New Beginnings: 2
The first years around the table all gasped as Lauren pulled back her bangs to reveal her
lightening scar. "wwwwww-hy do you have a scar like mine?" "Well Harry, there's a simple
explanation for that, I'm your sister..." Harry turned to look shocked at Ron who confirms that,
yes, she is indeed his sister and that he knew the whole time. Harry exploded with questions "why
haven't we ever met before? how come i didn't know about you?" Lauren put her hands up "whoa!
slow down lil' fella! I'll explain it all in the common room! i need to eat, it's been four
months aparently since my last meal!" no sooner had the words left her lips when the plates all
filled up with food.
Meanwhile along the staff table Saria just remembered that Snape was sitting at that
table. She decided to say hi. "HI UNCLE SNAPE! DID YOU HEAR? DID YOU HEAR? DID YOU HEAR? I'M IN
YOUR HOUSE!oh we're going to have so much fun! we can play together *everyday*! remember how we
used to play?" it was at this point when Snape had jumped up from his seat and was in the process
of dashing around the table to stop her next words that she raised her voice loud enough for the
entire great hall to hear. "remember how you used to play dress-up, and house, and tea party with
me! oh we used to have so much fun! and you helped me paint my room pink! and remember on
halloween-" Saria could say no more as Snape clamped his hand around her mouth to silence her,
the great hall erupted with laughter and "WE WANT TO HEAR MORE!' from George Weasley. Snape, who
was now blushing even more slid off to the side and deposited Saria in an empty chair beside
Draco Malfoy who was staring at the other end of the room at Lauren, and went to speak to
Dumbledore. As Snape walked away Saria turned to Draco "hi Draco!" "huh? uh, what? how do you
know my name?" "i heard it at the sorting!" "oh ok, hey you know that girl over there don't you?"
"yeah ofcourse i do!" "uhh, who is she?" "oh! thats Lauren Potter!" Draco stared blankly at her
for a moment "L-L-Lauren P-Potter!? POTTER!?" "yeah! Lauren Potter! Harry's big sister! why is
there a problem?" "gah! uh no!" he quickly busied himself with his food, but since he was still
staring at her, he was constantley missing his mouth.
Over at the Gryffindor table Lauren was telling a joke "ok so i went into this bar a
couple year back and there was this guy in a kung fu outfit sitting at the bar he was like
totally blitzed and he looks at me and says take the advice of the wise kung fu master and never
test the depth of the water with both feet!" as everyone else in ear shot laughed Lauren smiled,
picked up her goblet and began chugging her pumpkin juice at an alarming rate. All the while
Harry just stared, completly amazed that he had a sister, that and the fact that she could chug
pumpkin juice better than any of the Weasleys was an amazing fact as well.
While all of this was going on Snape was up at the staff table talking to Dumbledore,
well...begging to Dumbledore, to kick Saria out, before she ruined his life and what little bit
of dignity and reputation he had left. "pleaaase headmaster! she can't be attending Hogwarts!
She's not even a witch! remember!" "Severus, she is half witch, and she is you niece! you should
be a little kinder to her" "but! but! she came from the school for half magical creatures over in
Scotland! you *can't* let my scottish niece in here! she's...she's...part pixie for crying out
loud!" he said the last little bit in a harsh whisper, he didn't really want the other teachers
to know that he was in fact, related to a pixie. "I'm sorry Severus, but she is here now, she
flew all the way from Scotland to be here, and i don't fancy the idea of sending her back out,
look at the weather! we're in the middle of a rainstorm!" "but! headmaster-!" "no buts Severus!
she's staying! whether you like it or not! you are going to teach your niece, spend some time
with her, and like it! now get back to your seat! your making a mockery out of yourself!"
defeated, Snape got up and slumped back over into his chair, he didn't touch his food, he was to
nausiated at the scene Saria was making over in the corner, she was showing off her ears, making
them grow pointy like a pixie's and then returning them to normal repetetively. I hope they get
stuck! he thought.
Dumbledore suddenly stood up and announced that it was bed time and they should all get a
goodnights rest because classes were starting tommorw. The Gryffindor table made it up first with
Lauren looking around at all the decorations oohing and ahhhing at them, it had been 4 months
since she saw them all, and she walked hand-in-hand with George all the way back to the common
room. Hermione was right behind them all spewing out facts of Hogwarts a history to Harry and Ron
neither of which were really paying attention to her, Harry was still in shock about his sister
and Ron just didn't care.
Over at the Slytherin table however..."what!? it's bed time!? it's only 8:30! what the
hell! you guys have one helluva curfew! damn! at my old school we never went to bed until 11:30
atleast! and still made it up fro breakfast and classes! with time to spare! god! you guys are
LAZY!" Saria shouted still sitting at the table not moving from her seat. Snape came and loomed
over her. "Saria, get your ass back to the common room!" "excuse me!? how come the teachers get
to swear, but I can't! thats unfair! damnit! i wanna be allowed to swear to! Dumbledore! if I
can't swear why can he!?" Snape whirled around to see Dumbledore's smiling face and twinkling
eyes "Severus, you know you aren't allowed to swear either" "err...yes headmaster, please excuse
me" he picked up Saria from under her arms and dragged her from the hall all the while she was
complaining that she wasn't tired and that it wasn't even her bedtime yet.
Over in the Gryffindor common room Lauren and George are sitting in an armchair together
by the fireplace kissing each other gently while George is makin remarks about how much he's
missed her and how worried he's been. Angelina was talking with Katie Bell "even after 4 months,
nothing has changed between them" "well for Lauren nothing really has changed! to her, it's like
no time has passed at all!". Harry just looked on in amazement. Fred, seeing the look on Harry's
face, leaned over and whispered in his ear "this was always a usual occurance in here before, and
it looks like it's going to start up again" Harry simply nodded, silent. Ron then leaned over to
Harry and whispered in his ear "remind me to *never* sit in that chair!" he said grinning.
Hermione looked over at him appalled and stomped on his foot to silence him "shut up Ron! it's
sweet!" Ron winced but said no more.
Back in the Slytherin common room Snape has just dragged Saria in, literally. He was damn
tired, she had refused to be cooperative and kicked and whined all the way back. As he dragged
her through the dungeons her topic of complaint switched to the decor, dark, dank, and downright
freaky "hey! uncle Severus! this place looks dead! it neds some livening up! how about some
colour!? how about a little *light*!" Snape ignored her. "why wont you talk to me!? don't you
love me anymore?" her eyes started to well up with tears. "oh please be quiet! i can't
redecorate! it's a dungeon! it's supposed to be this way!" "ewww! a dungeon1 you expect me to
take a shower in dungeon water!? does this place have rats? what the hell is that smell!? uncle
Severus? did you crack one off!?" Snape stopped and looked appalled at her once more then
continued dow the corridor with her still complaining about 'letting it loose' while you drag
someone behind you without warning them first.
Draco had managed to stumble back to the common room as well, however, he had been day-
dreaming off Lauren the whole time and couldn't really focus on where he was going causing him
to bump in to things. Needless to say, he walked into the common room heavily bruised. The
second Pansy Parkinson saw him she flipped out, asking him all kinds of questions about how he
had managed to injure himself this badly. He wasn't paying attention though.
When he entered the common room they saw that most Slytherins were roasting
marshmallows in the fire. His ears were also met by an unnusual thing. Over at a chair Snape was
trying to tell Saria off and get her a little more under control and also keep his dignity (or
atleast what he had left of it) while being hugged repetetively by her when he was yelling at her
and recieving no more than giggles of delight at his distressed tone. "your so funny when you're
mad uncle Severus! can we play now?" Draco found himself a nice quiet corner and began trying to
explain off the fact that Lauren is a Potter "she *can't* be a potter! It's impossible! I Draco
Malfoy, can not be in love with a potter! It's just not right!" Crabbe and Goyle were poking him
trying to make him talk to them. They had no idea what he was ranting about, he was speaking to
quietly for them to hear.
The first years around the table all gasped as Lauren pulled back her bangs to reveal her
lightening scar. "wwwwww-hy do you have a scar like mine?" "Well Harry, there's a simple
explanation for that, I'm your sister..." Harry turned to look shocked at Ron who confirms that,
yes, she is indeed his sister and that he knew the whole time. Harry exploded with questions "why
haven't we ever met before? how come i didn't know about you?" Lauren put her hands up "whoa!
slow down lil' fella! I'll explain it all in the common room! i need to eat, it's been four
months aparently since my last meal!" no sooner had the words left her lips when the plates all
filled up with food.
Meanwhile along the staff table Saria just remembered that Snape was sitting at that
table. She decided to say hi. "HI UNCLE SNAPE! DID YOU HEAR? DID YOU HEAR? DID YOU HEAR? I'M IN
YOUR HOUSE!oh we're going to have so much fun! we can play together *everyday*! remember how we
used to play?" it was at this point when Snape had jumped up from his seat and was in the process
of dashing around the table to stop her next words that she raised her voice loud enough for the
entire great hall to hear. "remember how you used to play dress-up, and house, and tea party with
me! oh we used to have so much fun! and you helped me paint my room pink! and remember on
halloween-" Saria could say no more as Snape clamped his hand around her mouth to silence her,
the great hall erupted with laughter and "WE WANT TO HEAR MORE!' from George Weasley. Snape, who
was now blushing even more slid off to the side and deposited Saria in an empty chair beside
Draco Malfoy who was staring at the other end of the room at Lauren, and went to speak to
Dumbledore. As Snape walked away Saria turned to Draco "hi Draco!" "huh? uh, what? how do you
know my name?" "i heard it at the sorting!" "oh ok, hey you know that girl over there don't you?"
"yeah ofcourse i do!" "uhh, who is she?" "oh! thats Lauren Potter!" Draco stared blankly at her
for a moment "L-L-Lauren P-Potter!? POTTER!?" "yeah! Lauren Potter! Harry's big sister! why is
there a problem?" "gah! uh no!" he quickly busied himself with his food, but since he was still
staring at her, he was constantley missing his mouth.
Over at the Gryffindor table Lauren was telling a joke "ok so i went into this bar a
couple year back and there was this guy in a kung fu outfit sitting at the bar he was like
totally blitzed and he looks at me and says take the advice of the wise kung fu master and never
test the depth of the water with both feet!" as everyone else in ear shot laughed Lauren smiled,
picked up her goblet and began chugging her pumpkin juice at an alarming rate. All the while
Harry just stared, completly amazed that he had a sister, that and the fact that she could chug
pumpkin juice better than any of the Weasleys was an amazing fact as well.
While all of this was going on Snape was up at the staff table talking to Dumbledore,
well...begging to Dumbledore, to kick Saria out, before she ruined his life and what little bit
of dignity and reputation he had left. "pleaaase headmaster! she can't be attending Hogwarts!
She's not even a witch! remember!" "Severus, she is half witch, and she is you niece! you should
be a little kinder to her" "but! but! she came from the school for half magical creatures over in
Scotland! you *can't* let my scottish niece in here! she's...she's...part pixie for crying out
loud!" he said the last little bit in a harsh whisper, he didn't really want the other teachers
to know that he was in fact, related to a pixie. "I'm sorry Severus, but she is here now, she
flew all the way from Scotland to be here, and i don't fancy the idea of sending her back out,
look at the weather! we're in the middle of a rainstorm!" "but! headmaster-!" "no buts Severus!
she's staying! whether you like it or not! you are going to teach your niece, spend some time
with her, and like it! now get back to your seat! your making a mockery out of yourself!"
defeated, Snape got up and slumped back over into his chair, he didn't touch his food, he was to
nausiated at the scene Saria was making over in the corner, she was showing off her ears, making
them grow pointy like a pixie's and then returning them to normal repetetively. I hope they get
stuck! he thought.
Dumbledore suddenly stood up and announced that it was bed time and they should all get a
goodnights rest because classes were starting tommorw. The Gryffindor table made it up first with
Lauren looking around at all the decorations oohing and ahhhing at them, it had been 4 months
since she saw them all, and she walked hand-in-hand with George all the way back to the common
room. Hermione was right behind them all spewing out facts of Hogwarts a history to Harry and Ron
neither of which were really paying attention to her, Harry was still in shock about his sister
and Ron just didn't care.
Over at the Slytherin table however..."what!? it's bed time!? it's only 8:30! what the
hell! you guys have one helluva curfew! damn! at my old school we never went to bed until 11:30
atleast! and still made it up fro breakfast and classes! with time to spare! god! you guys are
LAZY!" Saria shouted still sitting at the table not moving from her seat. Snape came and loomed
over her. "Saria, get your ass back to the common room!" "excuse me!? how come the teachers get
to swear, but I can't! thats unfair! damnit! i wanna be allowed to swear to! Dumbledore! if I
can't swear why can he!?" Snape whirled around to see Dumbledore's smiling face and twinkling
eyes "Severus, you know you aren't allowed to swear either" "err...yes headmaster, please excuse
me" he picked up Saria from under her arms and dragged her from the hall all the while she was
complaining that she wasn't tired and that it wasn't even her bedtime yet.
Over in the Gryffindor common room Lauren and George are sitting in an armchair together
by the fireplace kissing each other gently while George is makin remarks about how much he's
missed her and how worried he's been. Angelina was talking with Katie Bell "even after 4 months,
nothing has changed between them" "well for Lauren nothing really has changed! to her, it's like
no time has passed at all!". Harry just looked on in amazement. Fred, seeing the look on Harry's
face, leaned over and whispered in his ear "this was always a usual occurance in here before, and
it looks like it's going to start up again" Harry simply nodded, silent. Ron then leaned over to
Harry and whispered in his ear "remind me to *never* sit in that chair!" he said grinning.
Hermione looked over at him appalled and stomped on his foot to silence him "shut up Ron! it's
sweet!" Ron winced but said no more.
Back in the Slytherin common room Snape has just dragged Saria in, literally. He was damn
tired, she had refused to be cooperative and kicked and whined all the way back. As he dragged
her through the dungeons her topic of complaint switched to the decor, dark, dank, and downright
freaky "hey! uncle Severus! this place looks dead! it neds some livening up! how about some
colour!? how about a little *light*!" Snape ignored her. "why wont you talk to me!? don't you
love me anymore?" her eyes started to well up with tears. "oh please be quiet! i can't
redecorate! it's a dungeon! it's supposed to be this way!" "ewww! a dungeon1 you expect me to
take a shower in dungeon water!? does this place have rats? what the hell is that smell!? uncle
Severus? did you crack one off!?" Snape stopped and looked appalled at her once more then
continued dow the corridor with her still complaining about 'letting it loose' while you drag
someone behind you without warning them first.
Draco had managed to stumble back to the common room as well, however, he had been day-
dreaming off Lauren the whole time and couldn't really focus on where he was going causing him
to bump in to things. Needless to say, he walked into the common room heavily bruised. The
second Pansy Parkinson saw him she flipped out, asking him all kinds of questions about how he
had managed to injure himself this badly. He wasn't paying attention though.
When he entered the common room they saw that most Slytherins were roasting
marshmallows in the fire. His ears were also met by an unnusual thing. Over at a chair Snape was
trying to tell Saria off and get her a little more under control and also keep his dignity (or
atleast what he had left of it) while being hugged repetetively by her when he was yelling at her
and recieving no more than giggles of delight at his distressed tone. "your so funny when you're
mad uncle Severus! can we play now?" Draco found himself a nice quiet corner and began trying to
explain off the fact that Lauren is a Potter "she *can't* be a potter! It's impossible! I Draco
Malfoy, can not be in love with a potter! It's just not right!" Crabbe and Goyle were poking him
trying to make him talk to them. They had no idea what he was ranting about, he was speaking to
quietly for them to hear.