Comments: Just to let you know, that whole thing w/ Harry answering Ron's unanswered question and Amy looking confused and then nodding to herself is this: Harry and Ron are best friends so they have sort of a link that Harry knew the question Ron was going to ask before he did. Amy and Dani are best friends as well and Amy looked at her and then nodded because they have the same sort of link...get it?
And the 'freak' Mrs. Clarkson was talking about was a child molester that had gotten out of jail and had moved into their neighborhood. They knew this because of the law that says if a child molester/rapist moves into a neighborhood the residents are informed (I can't remember what it's called if you know please tell me!) so that's why they were so scared and why Carrie wasn't suppose to go out into the yard even to talk to Dani.The whole memory sequece was hard to write too...cause like I've never had anything like that happen to me so I kinda had to make it up. I'm not sure how accurate it is, but I think it's ok.
Chapter Ten – The Dementors
Harry and Ron set off down the hallway in search of Hermonie and the others. They glanced in each compartment until they came toward the back and found them in one of the last compartments. When they got there Harry and Ron noticed there were a few more girls then they had expected.
Other than the four girls they had arrived with, Luna Lovegood sat with Dan and gave Harry a some what mysterious smile and a half-hearted wave, there was also a girl with shoulder length black hair, blue rimmed glasses, blue eyes, and was about 5'6. She was talking animatedly with Dani about something they both obviously enjoyed. Dani looked up when she saw Ron and Harry come in.
"Cori! There they are!" she said quickly pointing to Ron and Harry, who looked at each other and raised an eyebrow. The girls giggled and then Dani walked over to them. "Harry, Ron this is my friend Cori Nelson from Medlets. Cori this is Harry Potter and Ron Weasley." Cori grinned and stuck out her hand
"Hi, I'm very glad to meet you. You're in Gryffindor right? Oh I so want to be in Gryffindor but I suppose I'll get stuck in Hufflepuff...oh I don't know." She said this all rather quickly causing Harry and Ron to share another look.
Dani laughed then grabbed Cori's arm and dragged her over to the seat where they resumed their discussion. Ron wandered over to Hermonie and Harry supposed they were going to start snogging again. So he went and sat by Dani and Cori and looked around at the others. Amy and Ginny were sharing makeup and hair charms, Dan and Luna were talking about something in the Quibbler, Ron and Hermonie as Harry had guessed, were snogging, and as he tuned in Cori and Dani's conversation he noticed they were talking about Quidditch.
"So like I was chasing after the snitch right? And then I got hit with the quaffle! Knocked me right off course so I lost sight of the snitch and then like 15 minutes later I saw it again and then the Tigre beater hit me right in the face with her bat!" Dani was saying.
"Oh man that really bites..." Cori replied
"Isn't that Bludgeoning?" Harry asked and the girls looked at him.
"You know I think he's right..." Cori said quietly looking at Harry oddly.
"What? I play for Gryffindor. I'm the seeker." He said slightly defensively
"Wow what a coincidence so are me and Dani." Cori said excitedly. "But she plays for Leone and I play for Aquila."
"What are Leone and Aquila?" Harry asked frowning slightly.
"Oh they're our houses...like Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Slytherin, and Gryffindor are for Hogwarts. At Medlets they're Aquila, Leone, Tigre, and Orso." Dani said smoothly.
"Oh..."
"Yeah it's awesome!"
"So who's all in which house you guys?"
"Well...Dani, Amy, and Dan are in Leone of course."
"Why?"
"Well that's the brave or daring house...like Gryffindor"
"Oh I see..."
"And I'm in Aquila which is the smart or clever house...like Ravenclaw."
"So what are Orso and Tigre? "
"Well Orso is like...Hufflepuff loyal and hardworking"
"And Tigre is like Slytherin." Dani said while wrinkling her nose, "Lesa's in Tigre."
"I take it you don't like her much."
"Not at all. She and I are like...you and Malfoy Harry."
"Are Leone and Tigre rivals like Gryffindor and Slytherin?"
"Yeah pretty much".
They continued their various conversations, only stopping when the witch with the snack cart came by they all flanked around her and bought tons of sweets to munch on while they talked on about various things.
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About half an hour later they were sitting together discussing what they hoped would happen during the coming school year while daring each other to try the funny color Bertie Bott's beans. They had changed into their Hogwarts uniforms, the girls wearing knee socks and skirts with white blouses and vestswiththeir robes over them, the boys in slacks and a white dress shirt under their vests and robes.
The group looked up when the compartment door opened and Lesa Hansen and Draco Malfoy walked in. Dani stood and glared at Draco who got a slightly worried look on his face at the sight of her, but Lesa stood firm and glared at Dani. "I'll get you for putting me on that roof you filthy little mudblood."
Cori jumped up and glared at Lesa as well. "Who do you think you're calling a mudblood Hansen? You're Muggle born as well."
Lesa paled slightly then flushed bright red. "I'm not some filthy mudblood unlike the garbage in this compartment." She ground out before spinning around and storming out Draco following quickly behind her.
Dani stayed standing glaring at the door with her hands balled into tight fists when the first tremor hit. She stumbled and the others glanced warily at each other. Hermonie and Ron shared a look then moved closer to Harry while Amy and Cori did the same to Dani. They stood still then stumbled when the tremor hit again. The teens glanced at each other and fetched their wands from their robes pockets.
Harry saw Dani fumble with something in her pocket and assumed it was her wallet containing the picture of herself and Carrie and felt a wash of sadness roll over him as he though about her loss. Then he looked into Ron and Hermione's worried faces as a third tremor hit. Ginny walked to the door and opened it and they saw others had done he same, curious and slightly frightened of what might be causing the tremors. The train started to slow and Hermonie checked her watch and frowned.
"We can't be there yet, we still have at least half an hour." She said in concern then glanced at Harry.
Harry took a deep breath and straightened his shoulders then said in a soft tone "Yes Ron, I do think its Voldemort."
Amy looked slightly confused a minute then glanced at Dani and nodded slightly to herself. The train continued slowing as the tremors increased Dan looked out the window and gasped. The others looked out too.
"Oh my God…its giants!" Dani gasped.
They watched in horror as a giant about 10 feet tall lifted his arms high and then slammed them onto the ground, another tremor ensued. Ginny started shaking and crying softly and Amy put an arm around her. The train stopped and they looked at each other nervously. From the front of the train started screams occurred. Then they felt a cold air blow over them and Harry shut his eyes and said quietly. "Everyone think of something happy...the happiest thing you can think of and when I say go say 'expecto patronum'"
"Why Harry what is that thing...why do I feel like I'll never be happy again?" Cori asked.
"It's a dementor Cori." She gasped "Yes a dementor, the 'expecto patronum' spell if used correctly will conjure a patrouns the patronus gives off everything that a dementor lives on, happiness, cheerfulness, whatever. So do it with me now, think of a happy memory and then when I say go say the spell alright?"
The others nodded. "Ok then GO!"
Ten voices cried 'expecto patronum' and surprisingly eight patronus' appeared out the ends of their wands, they all smiled slightly as they watched Harry's stag, Dan's tiger, Cori's eagle, Dani's lion, Ginny's wolf, Hermione's otter, and Ron's falcon, and Amy's horse assume position infront of thier casters.
They looked at each other nervously then stepped back in horror when the compartment door opened. There before them stood 4 dementors.
"Ohmigod...ohmigod...ohmigod" Cori gasped and Dani put a hand on her shoulder and felt how badly her friend was shaking.
The dementors seemed to be looking for something…or someone and Dani shudders and swayed slightly. A scene popped into her head and badly a she wanted she couldn't push it away.
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Dani looked around the sunny yard of her family's home in America. She smiled and re-read the letter in her hand that was written on thick yellowish parchment.
Dear Miss Clarkson,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Medlets School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Enclosed is a list of books and materials you are expected to have. We expect you atUnion Station in Philadelphia on August 28th. We await your owl no later than July 31.
Sincerely,
Deputy Headmistress
Kelsey Harris.
Dani grinned then looked at the other pieces of parchment one was her materials list and the other was how to get tothe platformatUnion Station. A small girl about 5 years old with curly light brown hair and clear blue eyes walked out of the house and saw Dani and grinned running over. "Dani, Dani!" she said and threw her arms around her sister.
Dani smiled and hugged her little sister back "Carrie what are you doing out here? You know what Mum said."
The little girl sighed and frowned at her. "I wanted you to play with me! Pleassssse? We can go to the park and mummy can come too I'm sure she won't mind pleasssse?"
Dani rolled her eyes and then took Carrie's hand and started back towards the house. "Maybe later sis I want to do some things." Dani replied looking at her letter again. She didn't notice the little girl's crushed face or the fact that she had pulled her hand away and turned back to the yard going over to the swing set that Dani had been at.
She looked up when she heard her mother's frantic voice. "Dani...Dani have you seen Carrie? Mrs. McGee just called she said that the freak had been watching Carrie a lot and that she just saw him walking this way." Dani's eyes widened in fear and she glanced behind her just in time to see Carrie's foot disappearing behind the shrubbery at the back of the yard. "Oh no!" she said and spinning around dropping her letter on the floor and dashing to the back of the yard. "NO! CARRIE! NOO!" she screamed as she ran after the blue pickup truck that was barreling down the ally beyond the yard. She stopped at the end of the ally gasping for breath with tears rolling down her face. She watched with a sinking heart as the truck sped away.
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"Dani, Dani, DANI!" Dani frowned and opened her eyes grabbing Amy's hand which was slapping her face gently. She looked at her friend and then curled up and started crying. Cori and Amy glanced at each other and then crouched down next to her. Ron and Dan looked at each other looking confused and then at Harry who wore a sad look on his face. Hermonie crouch down next to Dani with her friends and comforted her cousin. The boys moved to the corner and looked at Harry expectantly.
"Why are you looking at me?" he asked and raised an eyebrow.
Ron sighed and then said "Because you know why she's so upset mate...mind telling us so we can help?"
Harry rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "Well...it's not my story to tell..." he looked up as Hermonie walked over. "What is it Monie? Was it about ...?" he asked softly.
Hermonie blinked back her tears and nodded. "She wants to talk to you Harry" she said and then buried her face in Ron's shoulder.
Harry nodded then walked over to where Dani was sitting with her knees close to her chest and her arms wrapped around them. Dani sniffed when he sat down next to her.
"I hate those things...made me relive it..." she sobbed. Harry put an arm around her shoulders and she leaned her head on his shoulder.
"I don't understand it." Harry said "I mean patronus' are suppose to keep the caster safe from the dementors by giving off all the things they feed on and not make it so that you have to relive those memories. You know what I heard whenever I got close to a dementor before I learned to do the patronus?" he asked softly. And Dani shook her head. "I heard my parents dieing." She sucked in a breath sharply. "Yeah it was bad..."
Dani looked around slowly, suddenly noticing that the lanterns were lit again and they were moving. "Did I pass out?" she asked and Harry nodded. "What happened?"
"We're not entirely sure, you collapsed and Amy caught you and laid you down and then all of a sudden the dementors just turned around and left and the tremors stopped and the train started again. It was really freaky."
Dani sighed softly and kept her head on Harry's shoulder for the rest of the ride to Hogwarts.
