The Girl Who Lived Through it All

Shadow-Demon14

Disclaimer: I don't own anything of J.K. Rowlings

Part Two: Chapter Three

Author's note: This story is taking place just before the beginning of Harry's second year at Hogwarts. So Sarah is only a year younger than Harry and the gang, and is also starting Hogwarts with Ginny.

Sarah was following closely to Harry as they walked to the bookstore. Her eyes looking at all the people and things around her. The people wearing different colored robes, some carrying parcels, some walking with groups while talking, and some busy looking into the windows that held all sorts of things.

It was amazing! Sure there was a lot of noise, but it was coming from all the people just enjoying a day out.

As Sarah was walking, she had unintentionally slowed down some. Though Sarah never noticed her pace slowing, Harry did, and he slowed down with her letting her look at everything. After all, it was what he had done his first time in Diagon alley.

"Harry! Over here!" Harry lifted his head up to look where the voice was coming from, "Hey Ron! Is Hermione already buying out the whole store?"

Ron smirked, "Yeah, she kept on bugging me to buy some books for myself so I left. Said I was going to keep an eye out for you."

By the time Ron finished talking they were already inside the store. The was almost empty of people, except the one or two who were just browsing through the books to pass the time.

Just a few steps into the store Ron noticed a small girl on the other side of Harry, just a behind him. At first glance Ron thought that she was just someone going into the book store the same time as them or following Harry. The second glance proved Ron wrong.

She was a small girl, looking smaller than he had as a first year. She had black hair that was perfectly straight and that went down to her shoulders. As the strange girl was looking around Ron saw her eyes, they were bright green that looked just like Harry's. Ron was on Harry's right and the girl on his left, it was then that he spotted the nasty looking cross shaped scar on her cheek.

Harry glanced at Ron and saw him looking at Sarah, " Oh Ron, this is Sarah." Harry had turned had turned to Ron and stepped back a little giving a better view of Sarah, and so Sarah could meet Ron, "And Sarah, this is one of my best friends Ron Weasley. I've known him since I first started Hogwarts."

Sarah carefully looked at the boy named Ron. He had bright red hair, and was slightly taller than her brother. She could tell he was trying his best to smile warmly at her, but she was still nervous meeting new people. She unconsciously took a step closer to Harry, almost trying to hide herself from the new boy.

As Sarah stepped closer to Harry, Ron felt a little sad. He had been hoping that the girl would take a liking to him. It seemed that she wasn't very trusting of people yet.

"Well let's see if we can find Hermione somewhere in here. Hey Sarah you can pick out a few books for yourself, I'm sure that Snape will buy them for you. Me and Ron have to and pick out our school books."

Sarah nodded to her brother's statement and watched them walk over to the section for school books.

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Ron smirked once again at Harry, Harry saw the smirk, "What?"

"Not going to call him dad are you?"

Harry looked at the self of books, looking over the titles and pulling out the ones that were on this years supply list, " No. It would be to weird, besides I still don't like the guy. He hasn't given me any reason to suddenly forgive him of everything he did to us last year. Though I still do sort of hate the guy, I stand being around him just a little bit."

Ron looked a little disgusted, "Well I still hate the man, and I don't think that I could stand being around him more than I have to."

"Yeah well right now I have to stand being around the guy, he's taking care of Sarah and if I want to see her at all right now, I have to see Snape. I just learned that I have a sister and almost lost her, I'm not about to lose her again."

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Sarah was on the other side of the store from Harry and his friend. She was looking at all different kinds of books that were in the store, nothing was really catching her attention. Some of the books had a lot of dust on the top of them, and others looked like they were just pulled from a box and put on the selves.

There was a little section of books that looked like they were just plain stories. These books caught Sarah's eye. Two particular books caught her attention, one being about some wizard named Merlin, and the other being a girl who had lived on the streets her whole life suddenly finding out she is a witch on her eleventh birthday.

Sarah, now holding the two big hardcover books in her arms, slowly walked towards the back of the store. She came to a section of defense books. There were so many it took up almost all of the wall.

There was one big book that stood out, it was after all a lot thicker and taller than many of the books; Defense Against Almost Everything by Walter C. Corner.

The book was on the bottom self, so Sarah set her two books on the floor and sat on her knees. She grabbed hold of the big book and had to pull on it to come off the self, almost falling over in the process.

There were many different kinds of chapters, each one giving spells and others things to use to defend yourself from different things.

Sarah was flipping through the pages, just glancing at the kind of things that were in the book. Besides giving you things to help you defend yourself, the book also gave little descriptions of each thing at the beginning of each chapter. There was one chapter on werewolves that talked about how the wolf inside the person would take full control on the night of the full moon. The person would have no control over anything until the moon would go down. It also stated that a simple touch of silver is like drinking a cup of poison for the person and could kill them if treated immediately.

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Hermione Granger was looking through the books in the store, Ron had just left giving the lame excuse that he was going to keep a look out for Harry. Hermione didn't bother to call his bluff and just let him leave.

Hermione had already bought all of her school things but the books. She had already picked out the books and had decided to buy two other books since she had left over money. The store had quite a few books that the library at Hogwarts didn't have.

It didn't take long for Hermione to pick out two more books, and once she did, she decided to just browse around, not really looking for anything.

Walking towards the back of the store, Hermione saw a little girl kneeing on the floor with a big book opened in front of her. She had short black hair and seemed really skinny. Walking closer the girl noticed Hermione and looked up at her. Hermione smiled down at her.

Looking in the girls eyes Hermione knew immediately that this was Sarah, Harry's sister. The cross-shaped scar and the fading bruises only confirmed her thoughts.

Hermione knelt down beside Sarah, "Hi, I'm Hermione. I'm a friend of Harry's." The only reply was a timid hi back.

"Harry tells me that your starting Hogwarts this year," Sarah nodded, " I remember my first day, I was so nervous that nobody would like me and then I wouldn't have any friends the whole year."

Hermione saw the girls eyes widen a bit at the comment, "Really? You were nervous."

"Yeah, but then I met Harry and become fast friends." Hermione smiled at the memory, " Though it did take a little longer to warm up to Ron. We still argue sometimes, but that is just how we are. Can I tell you something?"

"What?"

"You have to promise not to tell this to Ron no matter what." Sarah nodded her head. "I've had a crush on him since the end of last year, but you can't tell him that no matter what okay?" Hermione whispered the sentence to make sure only Sarah heard her.

Sarah couldn't help but smile, "I won't tell."

Before much else could be said, both Harry and Ron turned up with their books in hand, "Hey Hermione, Sarah, you girls ready to go?"

Both girls stood, Hermione casting a quick wink towards Sarah before answering, "Yes I'm ready. And don't you even say anything more about buying the store Ronald Weasley!"

"I didn't even say anything!"

"I know that, but I also know that you were going to say it so don't even try and even deny it."

"Pfft, whatever." Ron was currently looking studying a wall. Hermione just huffed, Harry rolled his eyes, and Sarah was smiling a big smile.

Harry turned his attention to Sarah, "Did you pick out any books Sarah?" Sarah timidly nodded her head, bending down and picking up the big defense book.

Harry watched Sarah pick up the one book, but saw two other books next to that one. Sarah had to have picked them out because they didn't belong to this section of books. So when Harry looked towards him he pointed at the books on the floor and asked, "What about those two?"

"I can get more than one?" Harry just nodded, and once Sarah had picked up the other two books started to head to the counter to pay for his and Sarah's books.

Ron and Hermione glanced at each other, both suddenly feeling bad for what has happened to Sarah. They left to pay for the books and met Harry and Sarah outside the shop. Sarah was holding tightly onto her new books as if they were treasures that people were trying to take.

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As soon as the group had regrouped outside the shop Snape showed up. "Sarah, we have to be heading back to Hogwarts now." Sarah jumped, not having noticed her father come up behind her. Looking up at him she nodded her head.

Before Sarah could say bye, someone was suddenly hugging her, causing her to go stiff, not yet use to getting hugs from anyone. Just as soon as she was getting a hug, the person backed off, it was then that she saw that it was Harry.

"I'll see you when school starts back up again, okay?"

"Okay."

Sarah waved bye to gang before leaving with Snape and the other meeting backup with Mr. and Mrs. Weasley to head back to the burrow.

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Author's Note : I'm sorry if the chapter didn't turn out so good, I'm hitting a little writing block and the wall is really thick and is taking me a lot of time to break it. But I'm thinking of pairing up some couples, and I decided to a little poll on who you guys think I should pair up. So if you want me to pair up two certain people review and tell!