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A Ghostly Encounter Part 2
Lisa came off the train, in her robes. Looking around, she heard her name called. "Chang, Lisa?" A giant man stood behind her, casting an eternally shadow.
"Yes sir?" She asked timidly.
"Rubeus Hagrid or jus' Hagrid. Nice to met 'cha Lisa." He extended his hand and Lisa marveled at how big it was, the size of a trash-can lid she wagered. Lisa shook his hand, or rather Hagrid shook her arm. He then started to call out the first years to follow him and of course Lisa.
Lisa felt sick to her stomach from the boat ride when she got up to the castle. But it all disappeared when she looked upon the ancient building. "Wow," was all she could muster. When they got to the castle steps, a man in black robes greeted them.
"I am Professor Snape, your Potions professor. I shall bring you in to the Great Hall where you will be sorted." Turning around, he walked into the castle, the first years and Lisa followed after him. They walked through the grand doors into the Great Hall. There was four long tables longed up and Lisa instantly saw Harry and Andrew sitting together.
Stopping in front of the Professors' table, Professor Snape pulled out a three-legged stool and a rather tatty old wizard's hat. "Now when I call your name, you will sit on the stool and I will place the Sorting Hat on your head." Snape looked down at the list. "Let us first sort our new transfer student. Chang, Lisa!" Whispers emitted throughout the Great Hall as Lisa came up to the stool. She could feel her cheeks burn as Snape placed the Sorting Hat on her head.
"Ahh, new to Hogwarts then?" Lisa looked around wildly, where was that voice coming from? "No need to worry. I won't bite. Now let's see…you're Cho Chang's daughter! She was easy to place, quite smart, belonged instantly to Ravenclaw. But you're quite different from your mother, yes quite different. Hmm…" This continued on for several minutes. "Hm, you're quite brave, and smart. And you have a heart of gold. But where to put you? I know." Then the thoughts of the Sorting Hat rang throughout the Great Hall. "GRYFFINDOR!" The table closest to Lisa right side erupted with cheer as she got off and joined her fellow Gryffindor.
Harry and Andrew were sitting next to the front where Lisa joined them. "I thought for a second that you were going to Slytherin," Andrew called said to her as the cheer died down. The first years were then sorted, after that a cat walked onto the Professors' Table. Looking around, Lisa could've sworn that the cat looked over at her. The cat, with squares around its eyes jumped off the table and turned into a woman in midair, the woman had square glasses covering her eyes. The whole Hall erupted in an ear-splitting cheer.
"Now, now," said the woman, quickly the cheer died down. "I would like to welcome all our new students to Hogwarts. I am Headmistress McGonagall." She continued to say the rules of Hogwarts and warnings and such. After all that, McGonagall held up in hands. "And I'm sure that everyone is hungry so, tuck in!" Then platters of food appeared right in front of Lisa.
"I never get use to that," Andrew said between bites of food. Lisa and Harry laughed at his comment and ate. "So what's all this with Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin?" Lisa asked after she finished her small dinner.
"Well there are four houses, the one's you mentioned and Hufflepuff. Hogwarts was founded over a thousand years ago - the precise date is uncertain - by the four greatest wizards of the age. The four school houses are named after them: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin. They built this castle together, far from prying Muggle eyes, for it was an age when magic was feared by common people and witches and wizards suffered much persecution. For a few years, the founders worked in harmony together, seeking out youngsters who showed signs of magic and bringing them up to the castle to be educated. But then disagreements sprang up between them. A rift began to grow between Slytherin and the others. Slytherin wished to be more selective about the students admitted to Hogwarts. He believed that magical learning should be kept within all-magic families. He disliked taking students of Muggle parentage, believing them to be untrustworthy. After a while, there was a serious argument on the subject between Slytherin and Gryffindor, and Slytherin left the school."
"Wow."
"Yeah. Got all that from Professor Binns," Harry said.
"Binns?"
"He teachers History of Magic, he's a ghost. McGonagall, up there, teaches Transfiguration. Snape, you've probably met him when you came up to the castle from the boats, teaches Potions."
"He's an awful git too, only favors Slytherins among any other house due to the fact that he's Head of Slytherin House," Andrew injected. Harry nodded in agreement.
"Over there, that's Professor Spout who teaches Herbology and there," he said pointing to a worn out wizard, "is Professor Lupin. They say he's a werewolf." Lisa raised her brows. Andrew and Harry had decided to go up to the Gryffindor Common Room before everyone else rushes up there. "Come on Lisa." Lisa stood up and followed them up seven floors. "You need to be careful of the stairs-they like to change." And onto the Seventh Floor landing. Andrew said the password. "Sherbet Lemon." The portrait of the Fat Lady swung open to reveal the Gryffindor Common Room. Lisa looked around in amazement.
"Up there's the Girls' 6th Year Dorm and the other staircase leads to the Boys' 6th Year Dorm," Harry said, pointing up at the doors. Andrew had plopped down on the couch in front of the fire place. Then Lisa saw something-or rather someone usual sitting in the back of the Common Room, his body a misty, white fog. And upon his forehead, the most usual scar Lisa had ever seen or rather read about.
"I didn't know Harry Potter haunts the Gryffindor Common Room," she said somewhat to herself. She stared right at Harry Potter, or his ghost rather, and he stared back.
"Huh? Harry Potter? He doesn't haunt here, just the Weasley right here," Andrew said jokingly. Harry, the live one, proceeded to elbow him in the ribs.
"No, not Harry here. Harry Potter, over there," Lisa said, still staring at Potter. Then Harry Potter looked at Lisa, confused, but not before dematerializing into thin-air. "Didn't you see that!" Harry and Andrew quickly turned around.
"Lisa, there's nothing there…" Harry replied.
"Yes there was! Harry Potter! The Harry Potter was sitting there!" Lisa pointed to the table in the back of the common room.
"Lisa, listen to me. Harry Potter doesn't haunt Hogwarts. No one has ever seen him," Harry said, worried.
"But-but, I swear I saw him." Just then the portrait hole swung open and the rest of the Gryffindors filed into the common room, with Lisa still standing, staring at the table, like a rock in the middle of a river.
Lisa didn't get much slept her first night at Hogwarts. The way Harry Potter had stared at her was so haunting, even for a ghost. So she got up from her four-poster bed and went over to her wardrobe to get a robe. After pulling her robe on over her nightgown, she walked down into the Common Room, half expecting to see Harry Potter again. But it was empty.
Sitting on the couch, she stared at the flickering, glowing logs in the fireplace. "I swear I saw him, I swear," she said to herself. She stayed like that for several minutes, when she had started to doze off, she could feel another presence in the common room.
"Hello?" It was a voice, a young man's voice. Lisa's eyes instantly shot open and there, staring down at her figure, was Harry Potter. A ghostly Harry Potter. "Can you really see me?" He said, waving a hand in front of her face. She jumped, feeling like her heart was
caught in her throat.
"Yes, I can see you," she hissed. She then proceeded to wave his hand away from her, but when she did, her hand touched his hand. It didn't go through. Lisa looked up at him in horror. "But-but, I-you're-" Harry was also dumbstruck. Out of all the years he had been at Hogwarts as a ghost, he was invisible to everyone. Now, someone can see him and touch him.
"You know, you look strangely familiar…" Harry trailed off, studying Lisa's face.
"Of course I look familiar! I saw right after dinner," Lisa answered back.
"No, no. I mean you look like this girl I once knew."
"Well, whoever this girl is, I can assure you that-"
"Cho?" Lisa, at the time, had been looking away, but her head shot forward.
"Why did you just say my mother's name?"
"Your mother? Cho Chang's your mother?" Harry asked startled that it had been so long since Cho had finished Hogwarts.
"Yes, my mother is Cho Chang. Why? Did you know her?"
"I did actually. I didn't know it had been so long…"
"How do you know my mother?" Harry thought for a moment if he should tell her.
"I went to Hogwarts about the same time as your mother."
"Oh," was what Lisa could only say.
"Lisa?" Both of their heads shot up to the Boys' Dorm Staircase, where the other Harry was standing. Walking down, he came over to Lisa. "Lisa, what are you still doing up?" He said, oblivious to the fact that Harry Potter was standing behind him.
"I couldn't sleep, you know. I'm really excited about tomorrow…" Lisa trailed off, almost in a trance like state. She was still staring at Potter. Harry Weasley caught her eye and looked behind him, straight through Potter.
"Well, you should still try to get sleep," Weasley said, yawning. He then went up to the Boys' Dorm. Then there was a moment of silence between Potter and Lisa.
"I knew his parents," Harry finally said.
"You did?"
"Well, not just know them. They were my best friends: Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley…"
"Is that why his name is Harry? Because of you?"
"I suppose so. And he's right, you should get sleep." Lisa nodded and went up the stairs, but not before taking a look behind her, where she saw Harry Potter dematerialize.