Here is another Chapter. I hope you like it.
And I've decided there will be pairings in this story, only their going to be a surprise. So,
be patient. They will come up.
~*~*~*~*
A New Dawn
~*~
Chapter Two,
Hogwarts Here I Come!
~*~
Mina's alarm went off at it's usual time when they got up to get ready for the return trip to
Hogwarts.
She stumbled into her sister's room and attempted to wake her up. Didn't work as well as she'd
have liked, so she decided to get drastic.
Mina went downstairs and got an ice cold glass of water. She then went back up to Serena's room
and pulled the covers off of Serena. Then she dumped the glass of water all over her little sister.
Serena jumped up and screamed. "MINA! What did you go and do that for?!" she yelled.
"Because your so freaking hard to wake up, that's why." said Mina, agitated. She was usually that
grouchy in the mornings.
Mina left Serena's room and went to get her own stuff packed. Serena shook her head as she watched
her sister go.
Then she got dressed and started packing her stuff. She sat for a minute and looked through her
letters from all of her friends at Hogwarts. She smiled. Most of the letters were from a certain
red haired Weasley boy and a certain unruly black haired boy.
Josh knocked on her door a little while later. He walked in to see her looking through her letters.
"Did you get any from your boyfriends?" he asked jokingly.
"Very funny, Josh." said Serena, grinning all the same. She enjoyed having an older brother
who looked out for her.
"Mom says she wants to go over a few rules with us. Something about not acting up at Hogwats,
or something of that nature." said Josh, grinning.
"Okay, I'll be right down." said Serena, and she started packing up all of her letters.
After Serena had finished, she went downstairs to hear the 'rules' her mother had set up for
them while they were away at school.
Ilene had just finished lecturing Josh and Mina and they left to double check everything and
make sure they had what they needed.
Serena went over to the couch and sat down while Ilene lectured her.
Ilene looked at Serena afectionately. She really was surprised at how well she was growing up.
She opened her mouth to say something when the familiar call of "Honey, I'm home!" rang
through the house.
Ilene smiled. She was going to tell Serena something important, but didn't as her husband,
Bryce, just came in the house. He worked at the Ministry of Magic. He was an Unspeakable.
He went into the family room and gave his wife a kiss, then ruffled Serena's hair.
Serena scowled and tried to push his hand away but he moved it and poked her in the side where
she was extremely ticklish.
Serena burst out laughing as he did it more. He had both of her hands held tight in one hand
so she couldn't do anything and was tickling her more.
"Mom," panted Serena who was red with laughing so hard, "help me, please!"
Ilene smiled and shook her head. "Don't drag me into this." she said.
A minute later Bryce let Serena go, which was a good thing as she couldn't breathe.
"That wasn't fair, dad." said Serena, trying to catch her breath.
"Nobody ever said I was fair, now did they?" said Bryce grinning. "Now go make sure you have
everything you need for school. We don't want to be late for the train, now do we? Don't want
another last year on our hands."
Serena scowled again. "That wasn't their fault, daddy. It was Dobby the house-elfs fault. And
it was the Whomping Willow's fault that they got caught." she said, going bright red.
"Oh, right. I forgot. Your boyfriends were in that car. Sorry." said Bryce grinning.
Serena went even more red and went to her room to double check things AGAIN.
~*~
Pretty soon they were on their way to Platform 9 3/4. They were making pretty good time and didn't
have to use any magic to get there on time.
Once they were on the platform they bid goodbye to their parents.
It was easier for Josh and Mina because they were the oldest and were used to this kind of thing.
After a hug from both they both got on the train and went to get compartments.
Serena looked at her mother and father. She hated going because she missed them so much.
"Well, honey, we'll see you over the Summer. AND holidays, right?" said Ilene, grinning.
Serena had stayed at Hogwarts for the past two years for the holidays. She nodded, hugging her
mother. "Yes, Mum, I'll come home for the holidays this year." she said.
Then she went to hug her father. She had a special relationship with him. They always went and
did things together.
"Bye, daddy. I'll see you." said Serena, hugging her wonderful father.
"Bye Squirt." said Bryce, grinning.
"Dad, that's not my name." said Serena, scowling.
"What is it then? Oh, wait, let me think... I just about had it...Was on the tip of my tounge."
said Bryce, pretending to be thinking hard.
"Dad!" said Serena, although she was laughing.
"Okay, okay, bye Sere. Have a nice time at school." said Bryce giving her one more hug.
Serena was about to get on tehe train when they called to her again. She turned around, one
foot in the train, the other not.
"And Sere, DON'T GET INTO TROUBLE." said Bryce and Ilene in unison. Serena rolled her eyes.
They said that like it was a BAD thing.
"I won't, I promise." said Serena, and she turned and got on the train.
She walked down the corridor of the train, looking for a compartment that she could be in. She
finally found one where Hermione, Ron and Harry were all sitting together.
"Hi, guys!" said Serena, going in the compartment. She took a seat next to Ron. While she wasn't
looking Ron grinned at Harry, who scowled. Hernione rolled her eyes.
"Hey, Sere. How are you?" said Harry, smiling.
Serena smiled. "Pretty good; how 'bout you guys?" she replied.
Harry and Ron launched into stories about how their Summer went, and what had happened and all
that good stuff.
Hermione calmy explained about her vaction to Frace and everywhere around there. She said they
had really interesting stuff there and explained to Serena that the history of witches there
was amazing, although not nearly as exciting as in Egypt, where Ron had gone for his Summer
vactaion.
Serena was busy paying attention to everybody's stories, and telling some of her own. She had
lots of fun just talking with the three again.
"Who's that guy?" asked Serena, looking at the sleeping man in the corner. She had just bearly
noticed him. "Teachers don't usually ride the train."
"R.J. Lupin. It said so on his suitcase." replied Hermione.
"Hmmm." said Serena as the train sped on it's way to Hogwarts.
A while later the train slowed. Soon after that all the lights went out.
"I wonder what's going on?" said Hermione, looking around to no avail.
"I don't know. Is everybody okay?" said Harry.
"I am," said Ron.
Serena smiled. "I'm just peachy."
Hermione let out an exhasperated sigh. "I'm fine too."
Pretty soon Ginny and Neville came into the compartment. They both tripped over everybody and
so fourth, trying to get their seats.
They were all trying to get situated and were being quite noisy when a voice from the corner
made them all jump. "Quiet."
Serena looked back and there was that guy in the corner. He had what looked like a handful of
blue flame.
Then he went to check with the driver, as Hermione had done earlier.
Shortly after he left, the compartment went icy cold, and Serena watched Harry fall out of his
seat and start convulsing.
Pretty soon she was pretty out of it, but at least she could say she hadn't fallen out of her
seat. She was leaning against the window and her eyes slipped closed. An icy coldness filled her
chest, making her think she was slipping in cold ice water and couldn't get out.
But, instead of going into shock, as the others all had, she fell into an uneasy slumber. She
was only out for a few minutes, however.
She was dreaming of horrible things. Everything was dark and broken and shattered and seeping
with sadness.
Then a black enegyball came her way, and Serena suddenly jerked awake. She looked around. All the
others were grouped around Harry, and didn't notice her in anyway.
Serena reached up and felt her forehead. She realized that, as she was sleeping, cold sweat
poured out of her. She quickly wiped it off.
It was silent for a little while until everybody heard a snapping sound. Pretty soon the man
was handing out chocolate.
"Eat this; it'll help." he said, going around and handing out the chocolate.
As soon as Serena got hers she ate it quickly. She could feel the affects of the chocolate
spreading through her and smiled.
"What was that thing?" she asked the man.
"A dementor. One of the dementors from Azkaban." replied the man, looking at Serena and smiling
lightly. "Evil creatures, dementors."
"Obviously." she said.
The man chuckled lightly.
Pretty soon the train was up and running again. The rest of the trip was made in silence.
~*~
Alrighty then. Here is another Chapter. I hope you liked it. I know it was kinda blah, but the
next ones will be better. And I've just noticed how many people do stories set in third year.
I hope adding one isn't a problem, because that's my favorite book in the series. Anyway, R&R
if you want; if not I'm glad you're reading the story!
And I've decided there will be pairings in this story, only their going to be a surprise. So,
be patient. They will come up.
~*~*~*~*
A New Dawn
~*~
Chapter Two,
Hogwarts Here I Come!
~*~
Mina's alarm went off at it's usual time when they got up to get ready for the return trip to
Hogwarts.
She stumbled into her sister's room and attempted to wake her up. Didn't work as well as she'd
have liked, so she decided to get drastic.
Mina went downstairs and got an ice cold glass of water. She then went back up to Serena's room
and pulled the covers off of Serena. Then she dumped the glass of water all over her little sister.
Serena jumped up and screamed. "MINA! What did you go and do that for?!" she yelled.
"Because your so freaking hard to wake up, that's why." said Mina, agitated. She was usually that
grouchy in the mornings.
Mina left Serena's room and went to get her own stuff packed. Serena shook her head as she watched
her sister go.
Then she got dressed and started packing her stuff. She sat for a minute and looked through her
letters from all of her friends at Hogwarts. She smiled. Most of the letters were from a certain
red haired Weasley boy and a certain unruly black haired boy.
Josh knocked on her door a little while later. He walked in to see her looking through her letters.
"Did you get any from your boyfriends?" he asked jokingly.
"Very funny, Josh." said Serena, grinning all the same. She enjoyed having an older brother
who looked out for her.
"Mom says she wants to go over a few rules with us. Something about not acting up at Hogwats,
or something of that nature." said Josh, grinning.
"Okay, I'll be right down." said Serena, and she started packing up all of her letters.
After Serena had finished, she went downstairs to hear the 'rules' her mother had set up for
them while they were away at school.
Ilene had just finished lecturing Josh and Mina and they left to double check everything and
make sure they had what they needed.
Serena went over to the couch and sat down while Ilene lectured her.
Ilene looked at Serena afectionately. She really was surprised at how well she was growing up.
She opened her mouth to say something when the familiar call of "Honey, I'm home!" rang
through the house.
Ilene smiled. She was going to tell Serena something important, but didn't as her husband,
Bryce, just came in the house. He worked at the Ministry of Magic. He was an Unspeakable.
He went into the family room and gave his wife a kiss, then ruffled Serena's hair.
Serena scowled and tried to push his hand away but he moved it and poked her in the side where
she was extremely ticklish.
Serena burst out laughing as he did it more. He had both of her hands held tight in one hand
so she couldn't do anything and was tickling her more.
"Mom," panted Serena who was red with laughing so hard, "help me, please!"
Ilene smiled and shook her head. "Don't drag me into this." she said.
A minute later Bryce let Serena go, which was a good thing as she couldn't breathe.
"That wasn't fair, dad." said Serena, trying to catch her breath.
"Nobody ever said I was fair, now did they?" said Bryce grinning. "Now go make sure you have
everything you need for school. We don't want to be late for the train, now do we? Don't want
another last year on our hands."
Serena scowled again. "That wasn't their fault, daddy. It was Dobby the house-elfs fault. And
it was the Whomping Willow's fault that they got caught." she said, going bright red.
"Oh, right. I forgot. Your boyfriends were in that car. Sorry." said Bryce grinning.
Serena went even more red and went to her room to double check things AGAIN.
~*~
Pretty soon they were on their way to Platform 9 3/4. They were making pretty good time and didn't
have to use any magic to get there on time.
Once they were on the platform they bid goodbye to their parents.
It was easier for Josh and Mina because they were the oldest and were used to this kind of thing.
After a hug from both they both got on the train and went to get compartments.
Serena looked at her mother and father. She hated going because she missed them so much.
"Well, honey, we'll see you over the Summer. AND holidays, right?" said Ilene, grinning.
Serena had stayed at Hogwarts for the past two years for the holidays. She nodded, hugging her
mother. "Yes, Mum, I'll come home for the holidays this year." she said.
Then she went to hug her father. She had a special relationship with him. They always went and
did things together.
"Bye, daddy. I'll see you." said Serena, hugging her wonderful father.
"Bye Squirt." said Bryce, grinning.
"Dad, that's not my name." said Serena, scowling.
"What is it then? Oh, wait, let me think... I just about had it...Was on the tip of my tounge."
said Bryce, pretending to be thinking hard.
"Dad!" said Serena, although she was laughing.
"Okay, okay, bye Sere. Have a nice time at school." said Bryce giving her one more hug.
Serena was about to get on tehe train when they called to her again. She turned around, one
foot in the train, the other not.
"And Sere, DON'T GET INTO TROUBLE." said Bryce and Ilene in unison. Serena rolled her eyes.
They said that like it was a BAD thing.
"I won't, I promise." said Serena, and she turned and got on the train.
She walked down the corridor of the train, looking for a compartment that she could be in. She
finally found one where Hermione, Ron and Harry were all sitting together.
"Hi, guys!" said Serena, going in the compartment. She took a seat next to Ron. While she wasn't
looking Ron grinned at Harry, who scowled. Hernione rolled her eyes.
"Hey, Sere. How are you?" said Harry, smiling.
Serena smiled. "Pretty good; how 'bout you guys?" she replied.
Harry and Ron launched into stories about how their Summer went, and what had happened and all
that good stuff.
Hermione calmy explained about her vaction to Frace and everywhere around there. She said they
had really interesting stuff there and explained to Serena that the history of witches there
was amazing, although not nearly as exciting as in Egypt, where Ron had gone for his Summer
vactaion.
Serena was busy paying attention to everybody's stories, and telling some of her own. She had
lots of fun just talking with the three again.
"Who's that guy?" asked Serena, looking at the sleeping man in the corner. She had just bearly
noticed him. "Teachers don't usually ride the train."
"R.J. Lupin. It said so on his suitcase." replied Hermione.
"Hmmm." said Serena as the train sped on it's way to Hogwarts.
A while later the train slowed. Soon after that all the lights went out.
"I wonder what's going on?" said Hermione, looking around to no avail.
"I don't know. Is everybody okay?" said Harry.
"I am," said Ron.
Serena smiled. "I'm just peachy."
Hermione let out an exhasperated sigh. "I'm fine too."
Pretty soon Ginny and Neville came into the compartment. They both tripped over everybody and
so fourth, trying to get their seats.
They were all trying to get situated and were being quite noisy when a voice from the corner
made them all jump. "Quiet."
Serena looked back and there was that guy in the corner. He had what looked like a handful of
blue flame.
Then he went to check with the driver, as Hermione had done earlier.
Shortly after he left, the compartment went icy cold, and Serena watched Harry fall out of his
seat and start convulsing.
Pretty soon she was pretty out of it, but at least she could say she hadn't fallen out of her
seat. She was leaning against the window and her eyes slipped closed. An icy coldness filled her
chest, making her think she was slipping in cold ice water and couldn't get out.
But, instead of going into shock, as the others all had, she fell into an uneasy slumber. She
was only out for a few minutes, however.
She was dreaming of horrible things. Everything was dark and broken and shattered and seeping
with sadness.
Then a black enegyball came her way, and Serena suddenly jerked awake. She looked around. All the
others were grouped around Harry, and didn't notice her in anyway.
Serena reached up and felt her forehead. She realized that, as she was sleeping, cold sweat
poured out of her. She quickly wiped it off.
It was silent for a little while until everybody heard a snapping sound. Pretty soon the man
was handing out chocolate.
"Eat this; it'll help." he said, going around and handing out the chocolate.
As soon as Serena got hers she ate it quickly. She could feel the affects of the chocolate
spreading through her and smiled.
"What was that thing?" she asked the man.
"A dementor. One of the dementors from Azkaban." replied the man, looking at Serena and smiling
lightly. "Evil creatures, dementors."
"Obviously." she said.
The man chuckled lightly.
Pretty soon the train was up and running again. The rest of the trip was made in silence.
~*~
Alrighty then. Here is another Chapter. I hope you liked it. I know it was kinda blah, but the
next ones will be better. And I've just noticed how many people do stories set in third year.
I hope adding one isn't a problem, because that's my favorite book in the series. Anyway, R&R
if you want; if not I'm glad you're reading the story!