A/N: Well sinceno one is reviewing, as usual for my stories it seems, I'll update again because I know how many harry potter romances came flying through ever day, so please read and review even if it's the worst most boring story you've ever read because all these stories do it sit in my notebooks, at least someone else is out there to give another opinion. Anyway enjoy and review.
The next morn Harry sat in the common room and found Hermione come down early too.
"Hey," Harry smiled, "Why are you up so early?"
"Nothing," Hermione smiled back noticing they where the only ones in the room. "Elwyn came back to the dormitory late, what you guys talk about?"
Harry remembered what she spoke about, wondering what to say and not.
"We talked about where she was from." Harry began, "I asked her how she knew so much about me and you guys. She said Dumbledore talked with her before she came…."
"Yah?" Hermione said waiting for Harry to continue.
"Yah, she said she knew who I was." Harry thought, "I don't really know what she meant. But she kind of yelled at me without yelling about being me…or so brave or something. Strange girl."
"Oh," Hermione sighed, "Thought she was trying to seduce you or something, she seems that type." Hermione chuckled.
"Naw," Harry smiled, "She's not my type."
Hermione was almost mad at Harry for being so oblivious. What was se going to have to do? Yell out to him she was attracted to him?
Hermione nodded coming to sit next to him on the couch. She saw it was 6:00 am, their first class didn't start until 9:00 and breakfast was served at 7:00.
"Don't worry," Hermione sighed, "People, like me and Ron, we know what you have done. Don't listen to her. She hasn't been her more than a day. She doesn't know what you've been through."
Subconsciously Harry put his arm around Hermione.
"Thanks."
They sat alone for a moment. The lights of the first sun came through the tall windows, casting a dramatic shadow on the couple. Then, Elwyn came down the stairs. Like Harry and Hermione she had her uniform on. Pausing at the stairs she blushed.
"Sorry," she walked towards the portrait; "I was just on my way out."
Elwyn left out of the portrait hole without a sound.
"Where could she be going this early?" Harry looked down at Hermione comfortable against him.
"Strange, your right." Hermione sighed.
Hermione and Harry sat there happy, which was refreshing for once to genuinely be happy.
Then people came down and Harry and Hermione got up and waited for Ron and the others. It was around 7:10 when they went down to breakfast. They sat down. Ron was now preoccupied with looking around at girls now, quite a shock to Harry. Ron before had very little interest in girls. He was more interested in passing a test or scheming against Malfoy or Voldemort. Luna however, looked down the table to see Elwyn sitting alone.
"You know what, I don't think anyone has given her a chance introduce herself." Luna said getting up, "I mean other than her name."
Harry shrugged, "She's odd."
"Well, I'll find out for myself," Luna said going down the table sitting next to Elwyn. From what the others could tell they got along well. As they spoke Harry continued with conversation down at his end of the table. Eventually Luna brought Elwyn down to Harry's end of the table.
"He guys," Luna smiled sitting down, "This is my good friend Elwyn. You've heard of her right?"
Everyone nodded, and Elwyn smiled around the table.
"This is Harry Potter," Luna said as she pointed to the person as she said there name, "This is Ronald Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Neville Longbottom. You can sit with us."
Elwyn sat down.
"So, where are y-you from?" Neville asked in a clammy tone.
"I'm originally from Wales, but I moved to Venezuela when I was little, and I moved back here over the summer." Elwyn said with an odd confidence.
"Really?" Neville spoke as if Dumbledore had not said this. "So can you speak Spanish?"
"Si, ablo Espanol" Elwyn slide off her tongue so naturally
The conversation continued and Elwyn smiled at Neville, whether it was pity or amusement no one could tell. But soon enough the bell rang to go to their first class. This was the class the Harry only has with Elwyn.
So they walked together to potions.
"Hey." Harry said, "Where did you go this morning?"
"I had things to do." Elwyn said quickly.
"Well obviously if you left. What where those things?" Harry asked again.
"I had to…-to go to the library and look something up for a part of my…homework I didn't get." She shuttered around.
"No you didn't. I can tell, that's a pretty crappy lie." Harry smiled at her flustered eyes she didn't show him.
"Right." She said and half smiled but pulled it back.
"Well aren't you going to tell me?" Harry asked impatiently again.
"Maybe later, if you see me leave again in the morning, if you can wake early again." Elwyn said sure that it would end the conversation.
They came into potions with Syltherins. Greeted by none other than Malfoy.
"Oh, Potter, see you've sucked another one in. Seems everyone wants to be on Potter's side he'll save you from everything!" Malfoy said moving his hands up and around wildly.
"Well," Elwyn darted in; "Perhaps I've chosen to hang around 'Potter' because I haven't seen anyone else better to hang around with. And seeing you, I wonder if there is anyone better than this 'Potter' here." Malfoy backed down and Elwyn muttered. "Luna Lovegood seems like a mighty fine person too."
They took their seats Harry said is amazement:
"I've never seen anyone make Malfoy back down before. That's amazing."
"People are pretty easy to break down. Say the right thing and you can make anyone back down," Elwyn but when she saw Harry's amazed look she quickly added, "But I mean it's not like I take advantage of them."
Potions painfully passed as if every word Snape spoke pierced Harry's side, and then the second part of the double class came, they had Transfiguration. Professor Snape looked at Elwyn as a nuisance asking her if she had learned this or that. She did though, everything but the potion you drink to make you fly, which Harry himself had never learned of. During Potions Elwyn told Professor Snape that the curriculum is the same throughout the world, expect they cover it in different times of the year. It seemed as though Professor McGonagall knew that. Professor McGonagall didn't ask if Elwyn had learned anything and went on with her class.
"Welcome class," McGonagall began in here monotone voice, "As you know I assigned you a deal of homework over the summer. If you have it pass it up. If not I will not take anything late, you had far too much time to do it."
Papers rustled around the class and McGonagall flicked her wand to bring the papers neatly on her desk as they began grading themselves.
"Now, looks like we have Elwyn Artensen in our class, welcome to Hogwarts." Elwyn nodded, "Class lets begin with a quick quiz!" Moans went through the class, "Take out your wands! Now turn you quills into fountain pens, as used by muggles. If you can not your quills will not write on the quiz I am handing out! And therefore a zero will be earned! Begin."
A mummer of spells went through the class. Elwyn quickly turned her quill to a pen and began. Harry hadn't a clue what to do so he used that same one. But he could only write in blood red: "This person has copied the spell from another!"
Looking over at Harry's paper Elwyn laughed, "I guess I shouldn't have used that spell." She laughed again saying, "Sorry."
McGonagall soon came beside their table. "Mr. Potter, I'm sorry. Even if you would have known that spell previously, she used it first, and this is a 'cat spell' or copycat. If you use it within five minutes of another in your area, it doesn't worry exactly right. You've earned a zero."
Harry quickly blushed as Slytherins chuckled. Elwyn quickly got to work and didn't speak with him for the rest the long class.
Finally the class ended, and lunch began. When they got out of class Harry said, "I've never heard of the spell you used on you quill. How do you us a 'cat spell?'"
"It's easy, you say the spell normally, but at the end you say Airro. I actually didn't think you'd use it. I mean, not many people know how to turn their quill into a green fountain pens, most choose blue or black."
"Yah, well, I did." Harry sighed, and saw Elwyn saw right through him. But as they were to turn into the Great Hall for lunch Elwyn continued on towards the library.
"Where are you going?" Harry asked as she was leaving.
"To practice."
"Practice what?"
"Nothing bad. Not even magic."
And with that she was gone.
Harry sat down with Ron, Hermione and the others.
"Where's Elwyn?" Ron asked.
"Practicing."
"Practicing what?"
"I don't know, it's not magic whatever it is."
Lunch passed and Harry wouldn't see Elwyn for the rest of this day, until the Gryffindor study hall, at the end of the day. The classes went much more quickly with Ron and Hermione. And the rest of the week continued on and then somehow another week passed. Slowly.
During those two weeks Harry had not slept well. He kept having dreams, nightmares, and he woke in a cold sweat, but they where nothing like last year's dreams, they where just dreams. Sometime in those two weeks Harry met Hermione in the library for help in potions. He desperately needed to study for an upcoming test.
He came to find Hermione looking over her notes, pretty content in what she was doing. Looking up she found Harry.
"Hey." She smiled up at him as he sat down. "I was looking over my notes, and I can see why you are confused. Frog's Brew uses the same ingredients as Griffin's Tea, expect Frog's Brew has more Sprunce Root than Griffin's Tea, the root makes Frog's Brew more potent, it will knock its drinker for a good day or two. Griffin's Tea only knows you out for a couple hours."
"Wow, thanks Hermione," Harry said looking over Hermione's shoulder to see her notes, "I didn't catch that in my notes."
"Is there anything else you need help on?" Hermione said turning to look at Harry to find he right behind her. They lingered closely for a few moments.
Harry found Hermione uncomfortably close to his face. She was lingering with a silly smile on her face. He knew he didn't want to, but he must have, he did exactly what Hermione wanted. He kissed her.
When they pulled away Hermione said, "I could get used to this."
"Me too," Harry smiled, he thought. Then: "If you really wanted to get used to it…"
"Would you go out with me?" Hermione said quickly, "I mean…"
"Yes."
Another smile took her face and she pecked Harry's cheek. For the rest of lunch that sat together and studied, more or less.
Another week passed. Harry was going out with Hermione and a weight felt off one shoulder and on another. Ron seemed happy for them; he was searching for his own girlfriend. He had gone out with Luna of a week before she gave him a bloody nose. They weren't fit for each other, just desperate. Elwyn and Harry where friends, she was always lingering around, slightly on the edge but Luna was her only other true friend. Harry thought Hermione didn't like her because she felt threatened by her, but Harry had no intentions of leaving Hermione.
Then, in was time for the Halloween party. Of course Harry and Hermione where going together. Hermione had convinced him to match to be a princess and a knight. Course their costumes where little more than old tin buckets and an old dress. But Ron was running asking any and every girl if she's go to the party with him, sadly everyone just said no and thought he was crazy. This was the party to commemorate past witches and wizards. It was like their independence day. No one knew why they kept up the tradition of dressing up, but they did.
So the day of the party came, and poor Ron was dateless. Harry and Hermione came in late from, a 'study session' but everyone knew what they where truly doing. They found their friends in a crowd. Luna was wearing a wacky outfit with bells and whistles to spare. No one knew what she was trying to be. Ron had guessed a bicycle and earned a slap in the face. Elwyn however wore simple dress of a medieval maid. It was white and green, which complimented her hair. Ron was a jester. While Harry and Hermione matched with her in purple and him in silver, or rust.
"Hello," Ron greeted them, "Studying?"
Harry gave him an annoyed look, he hated his teasing.
They took their places at the table. Elwyn, Luna and Neville sat across from Harry, Hermione, and Ron. (In that order with Harry and Elwyn across from each other.)
Dumbledore stood up, "Welcome my students! This is our holiday and I am very glad to be among you all. This has been a peaceful year, and let us enjoy this party free of fear. First we will eat, then the tables will be moved and you are free to dance and linger. Enjoy!"
With that the feast came in front of their faces and people immediately began to eat. After everyone had eaten the tables vanished and people began to talk and dance. Harry found himself dateless for about a half-an-hour when Hermione went to talk with other girls, which was quiet a shock, and Neville, dressed as a king, was dancing with Luna while Ron scoured for someone to dance with, leaving Harry and Elwyn, leaning against the wall.
When he was walking up to her she tried to keep from laughing.
"Yah know, it's funny how you look good as a knight in rusting armor." She smiled.
"Stop it," Harry brushed his costume off, "I like it." He quickly became very thoughtful of what he said, "Your costume, I mean, is very elegant."
"Thank you," smile smiled playing with it, "It was a gift from my uncle."
They leaned against the wall awkwardly for a few moments before Elwyn said:
"So, Harry seemed you're with Hermione now. I'm glad, I could tell she loved you when we met, she was jealous."
"Yah," Harry sighed looking across the floor for Hermione.
"How's Ron doing?"
"What?"
"He doesn't talk to me. He seems desperate for a date. How many girls has he asked?" Elwyn said nodding to Ron in a crowd of girls.
"I don't know why he's like that. If he wanted to seriously go out with a girl, he's get to know her." Harry sighed.
"Really?" Elwyn asked, when Harry did not say anything, "I think he's heart broken. He's jealous of you, can't you tell?"
"Seriously?" Harry asked, "He hasn't told me. He doesn't act like it."
"Would you act like it if he was going out with Hermione?" Elwyn asked.
"No…" They paused for a moment,
"Oh," Elwyn realized, "I'm sorry I didn't know you didn't know, and…sorry."
Hermione came out of the crowd to Harry and Elwyn.
"Can I steal him away?" she asked.
"Course you can, I wasn't keeping him." Elwyn said, and Harry and Hermione w ere off, a slow dance had come. Elwyn saw a depressed Ron plopped on a chair on the wall. Elwyn go up to him.
"Would you like to dance?" Elwyn said holding out her hand, "As a friend?"
Ron looked at her hand and shrugged, "Why not."
Elwyn danced with Ron, but they where not close, nothing compared to the way Hermione was gripping to Harry. The dance slowly came to a close and everyone went off to bed. Harry kissed Hermione goodnight and went to bed.
That night Harry had another disturbing dream, but the next day he woke and remembered it was Sunday, and today after lunch he had Quidditch practice. Harry went out after lunch; he had already finished his homework. Out on the field he saw the team readying as well as Luna and Elwyn circling around the field on brooms as well.
"What are they doing here?" Harry asked Ron looking up.
"Oh they are training to become officials for a job over the summer, so we're letting them official a scrimmage, it'll be for about an hour." Ron said mounting his broom taking his place. They had recruited a few Ravenclaws to help them scrimmage, and they began.
Harry was surprised how well Elwyn got around on a broom; it looked natural for her. After practice Harry caught up with Elwyn.
"Hey." He said, "You look really natural on a broom why don't you go out for the team?"
"I don't know," Elwyn shrugged, "I was on the team at my old school, but I just don't fell like it, I'm happy just flying around."
A/N: I know I know a whole lot a building stuff this time, but it's necessary, how is one to introduce the real peril next chapter without all these relationships! See you later. Cathrine