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Changing
As they entered to common room, it once again fell silent.
"Come and sit with me, Ron and Harry." Hermione said and made her way to three chairs gathered around the fireplace, two of which were occupied. Eriador followed her, focusing on the walls as she walked.
"Harry, Ron, this is Eriador" Hermione began.
"Raid, Its just Raid." Eriador said smiling.
Ron was staring quite openly at the attractive girl standing in front of him with purple hair and black eyes.
"Its rude to stare" Raid said tartly.
Hermione smiled. Harry was also staring at Raid but not quite as avidly as Ron.
"Why Raid?" Asked Harry.
"Well when I was younger my friends found Eriador quite a mouthful so the changed two of the letters round and came out with Raid." She explained.
Hermione brought over another chair and sat down, she gestured to the spare chair and Raid sat down.
"Who is the fat, moody woman with the disgusting pink cardigan?" Raid asked.
The three other students exchanged dark looks.
"You've met Professor Umbridge then?" Harry asked.
"She such a.. a " Ron came out with a string of curses and swear word to describe the teacher then fell silent.
"I take it she not very popular then." Raid said with a smile.
"No, not exactly." Said Hermione. "She's from the Ministry of Magic"
"Ah yes, I remember now, I've seen her in the paper sometime, her and her stupid laws. She tried to send me out of Hogwarts because I wasn't in robes!" Raid exclaimed.
"She would." Grumbled Ron.
Hermione, Ron, Harry and Raid sat discussing which teachers were good and bad and which ones to stay away from until 11.30. "Well we'd better be getting to bed, its Monday morning tomorrow, I always have trouble getting up then." Harry said as Raid yawned widely.
"Yeah, I'll see you guys in the morning." Raid said as she and Hermione made their way up to their dormitories.
"It's weird they never mentioned my eyes." Raid said thoughtfully.
"They were probably too amazed by your hair." Hermione laughed. "They might not say anything, I mean, it probably won't bother them."
"Maybe" Raid replied as they walked in to their dorm. There were two girls up and as it seemed, waiting for them.
They crossed the room and linked arms with Raid and pulled her across the room with them away from Hermione.
"Hi, I'm Lavender." The one on the left said.
"And I'm Parvati." Said the other.
"You can hang out with us if you like" Said Lavender, shooting Hermione a nasty look. Raid saw it and smiled slightly.
"Maybe I will sometime, I would like to get to know everybody. But Hermione's been very nice to me tonight and Ron and Harry. So I might hang out with them a bit, I guess I'll see you around." Raid said in an even steady voice. She didn't want to be part of a group that wanted to be friends with her because they could get back at Hermione.
She disentangled her arms from theirs and walked over to her bed giving Hermione a wink as she did so. She saw Hermione smile and try not laugh as she got ready for bed.
Slipping under the covers of her bed, Raid relaxed. She thought about what here first proper day would be like at Hogwarts tomorrow, She didn't worry about not knowing enough, she knew she already could take her OWLs with her eyes closed. But she did worry about what people would think about her. She seemed to have made some friends tonight. With Hermione certainly, Ron maybe, and the famous Harry Potter. That was interesting, that she would have fallen in with him. She pushed the thought from her mind and drifted off to sleep.
Automatically waking up at 6am, Raids eyes flickered open to see the sun just starting to rise through her bed curtains. Quietly she got up and dressed, taking pains not to wake any of the deeply sleeping girls around her. Pocketing her wand, she stood still in deep concentration, completely focused on what she was about to do. Then with a small 'pop' she disappeared from the room. Deep in the Forbidden Forest the black unicorn Shadow was grazing in a clearing, a small 'pop' startled him slightly and he jerked his head around looking for the source of the noise. He saw Raid walking towards him and relaxed. "Man." Eriador said to herself. "Apperating and diapperating in the place sure is as hard as it says in the textbook, it takes ages to find a gap in the spells surrounding this place." She sighed. "Oh well, I'm sure practise will make perfect."
She conjured her horses saddle and bridle, placed it on him and swung herself in to the saddle. Within minutes they were galloping through the forest, leaping over fallen branches and dodging trees.
Raids invisible form, mid-apperation analysed the dormitory. There didn't seem to be anybody there. She apperated next to her bunk and looked around, double checking there was no-one there. At that moment Hermione strode in to the room.
"How did you do that?" She asked.
"Do what?" said Raid, trying to look as innocent as possible.
"Well, I was in her two seconds ago and you defiantly weren't in here, but now here you are. Do you have an invisibility cloak?"
"I don't have an invisibility cloak." Raid said slowly.
She looked at Hermione, wondering how much she should tell her new friend about herself.
"Can I trust you Hermione?" She asked.
"Yes of course" Hermione replied.
"Ok, come here and I will tell you a little about myself." Raid sat on her bed and
Hermione sat on the bed opposite her looking very curious.
Raid sat and looked at the floor, thinking where to being.
"Firstly, you can't tell Harry or Ron about this, not yet. You can't tell anyone." Raid looked at Hermione seriously. "Promise me."
Hermione nodded, wondering what on earth she was about to be told.
"Right. My father was powerful, very powerful. He had more power than most of the wizards in his generation. He's dead now, but I inherited a lot of his power. Not as much but enough. I've been having private tuition since I was about 6. I can do anything up to NEWT level and more." Raid said without a hint of boasting, she said it matter of fact, something that she just accepted. She continued. "One of the things I learnt was to apparate. But also to understand how spells work and how to break through them without destroying them."
"Like the protection spells around Hogwarts that stop people apparating here." Hermione said. Raid nodded. "Also, I don't need a wand for some spells. I can throw things with a flick of my hand, or call things to me. A lot of the basic spells I can do without a wand as well. Harder things need a channel for my magic, like my wand."
Hermione was amazed. "That's incredible." She said.
Raid sat quietly for a moment. Then looking up she had a huge smile on her face.
"There is something else I can do, that I personally think is more useful than anything else I can do."
Hermione watched as a look of utter concentration passed Raids face. Then slowly the roots of her hair began to change colour. The colour slowly spread down to the tips of her hair. Raid smiled as she looked in the mirror. Her hair was now blond but with purple highlights.
"Oh my God!" Hermione squeaked. "You're a Metamorphmagus!"
Grinning Raid nodded. "Cool, isn't it. Come on we should get to breakfast, its 8 o'clock."
Hermione followed her, completely astounded. This girl had to be one of the most unusual people she had ever met.
Changing
As they entered to common room, it once again fell silent.
"Come and sit with me, Ron and Harry." Hermione said and made her way to three chairs gathered around the fireplace, two of which were occupied. Eriador followed her, focusing on the walls as she walked.
"Harry, Ron, this is Eriador" Hermione began.
"Raid, Its just Raid." Eriador said smiling.
Ron was staring quite openly at the attractive girl standing in front of him with purple hair and black eyes.
"Its rude to stare" Raid said tartly.
Hermione smiled. Harry was also staring at Raid but not quite as avidly as Ron.
"Why Raid?" Asked Harry.
"Well when I was younger my friends found Eriador quite a mouthful so the changed two of the letters round and came out with Raid." She explained.
Hermione brought over another chair and sat down, she gestured to the spare chair and Raid sat down.
"Who is the fat, moody woman with the disgusting pink cardigan?" Raid asked.
The three other students exchanged dark looks.
"You've met Professor Umbridge then?" Harry asked.
"She such a.. a " Ron came out with a string of curses and swear word to describe the teacher then fell silent.
"I take it she not very popular then." Raid said with a smile.
"No, not exactly." Said Hermione. "She's from the Ministry of Magic"
"Ah yes, I remember now, I've seen her in the paper sometime, her and her stupid laws. She tried to send me out of Hogwarts because I wasn't in robes!" Raid exclaimed.
"She would." Grumbled Ron.
Hermione, Ron, Harry and Raid sat discussing which teachers were good and bad and which ones to stay away from until 11.30. "Well we'd better be getting to bed, its Monday morning tomorrow, I always have trouble getting up then." Harry said as Raid yawned widely.
"Yeah, I'll see you guys in the morning." Raid said as she and Hermione made their way up to their dormitories.
"It's weird they never mentioned my eyes." Raid said thoughtfully.
"They were probably too amazed by your hair." Hermione laughed. "They might not say anything, I mean, it probably won't bother them."
"Maybe" Raid replied as they walked in to their dorm. There were two girls up and as it seemed, waiting for them.
They crossed the room and linked arms with Raid and pulled her across the room with them away from Hermione.
"Hi, I'm Lavender." The one on the left said.
"And I'm Parvati." Said the other.
"You can hang out with us if you like" Said Lavender, shooting Hermione a nasty look. Raid saw it and smiled slightly.
"Maybe I will sometime, I would like to get to know everybody. But Hermione's been very nice to me tonight and Ron and Harry. So I might hang out with them a bit, I guess I'll see you around." Raid said in an even steady voice. She didn't want to be part of a group that wanted to be friends with her because they could get back at Hermione.
She disentangled her arms from theirs and walked over to her bed giving Hermione a wink as she did so. She saw Hermione smile and try not laugh as she got ready for bed.
Slipping under the covers of her bed, Raid relaxed. She thought about what here first proper day would be like at Hogwarts tomorrow, She didn't worry about not knowing enough, she knew she already could take her OWLs with her eyes closed. But she did worry about what people would think about her. She seemed to have made some friends tonight. With Hermione certainly, Ron maybe, and the famous Harry Potter. That was interesting, that she would have fallen in with him. She pushed the thought from her mind and drifted off to sleep.
Automatically waking up at 6am, Raids eyes flickered open to see the sun just starting to rise through her bed curtains. Quietly she got up and dressed, taking pains not to wake any of the deeply sleeping girls around her. Pocketing her wand, she stood still in deep concentration, completely focused on what she was about to do. Then with a small 'pop' she disappeared from the room. Deep in the Forbidden Forest the black unicorn Shadow was grazing in a clearing, a small 'pop' startled him slightly and he jerked his head around looking for the source of the noise. He saw Raid walking towards him and relaxed. "Man." Eriador said to herself. "Apperating and diapperating in the place sure is as hard as it says in the textbook, it takes ages to find a gap in the spells surrounding this place." She sighed. "Oh well, I'm sure practise will make perfect."
She conjured her horses saddle and bridle, placed it on him and swung herself in to the saddle. Within minutes they were galloping through the forest, leaping over fallen branches and dodging trees.
Raids invisible form, mid-apperation analysed the dormitory. There didn't seem to be anybody there. She apperated next to her bunk and looked around, double checking there was no-one there. At that moment Hermione strode in to the room.
"How did you do that?" She asked.
"Do what?" said Raid, trying to look as innocent as possible.
"Well, I was in her two seconds ago and you defiantly weren't in here, but now here you are. Do you have an invisibility cloak?"
"I don't have an invisibility cloak." Raid said slowly.
She looked at Hermione, wondering how much she should tell her new friend about herself.
"Can I trust you Hermione?" She asked.
"Yes of course" Hermione replied.
"Ok, come here and I will tell you a little about myself." Raid sat on her bed and
Hermione sat on the bed opposite her looking very curious.
Raid sat and looked at the floor, thinking where to being.
"Firstly, you can't tell Harry or Ron about this, not yet. You can't tell anyone." Raid looked at Hermione seriously. "Promise me."
Hermione nodded, wondering what on earth she was about to be told.
"Right. My father was powerful, very powerful. He had more power than most of the wizards in his generation. He's dead now, but I inherited a lot of his power. Not as much but enough. I've been having private tuition since I was about 6. I can do anything up to NEWT level and more." Raid said without a hint of boasting, she said it matter of fact, something that she just accepted. She continued. "One of the things I learnt was to apparate. But also to understand how spells work and how to break through them without destroying them."
"Like the protection spells around Hogwarts that stop people apparating here." Hermione said. Raid nodded. "Also, I don't need a wand for some spells. I can throw things with a flick of my hand, or call things to me. A lot of the basic spells I can do without a wand as well. Harder things need a channel for my magic, like my wand."
Hermione was amazed. "That's incredible." She said.
Raid sat quietly for a moment. Then looking up she had a huge smile on her face.
"There is something else I can do, that I personally think is more useful than anything else I can do."
Hermione watched as a look of utter concentration passed Raids face. Then slowly the roots of her hair began to change colour. The colour slowly spread down to the tips of her hair. Raid smiled as she looked in the mirror. Her hair was now blond but with purple highlights.
"Oh my God!" Hermione squeaked. "You're a Metamorphmagus!"
Grinning Raid nodded. "Cool, isn't it. Come on we should get to breakfast, its 8 o'clock."
Hermione followed her, completely astounded. This girl had to be one of the most unusual people she had ever met.