What is a Serris?

The next morning before any of them went down to the kitchen for breakfast (none of them were hungry after their food hunt last night) Harry told them about all that he had heard. From the trip from Diagon (N/A:sp?) Ally to the conversation he had heard the night before. Throughout it all Hermione looked a bit worried and Ron was interested. When he was done Ron asked the first question.

"The word serris sounds familiar but I can't figure out what it is." He turned to Hermione, "What is a serris?"

"A serris," she started, "is a person of large power. There is only one serris born every fifteen years. They have the power of twenty average wizards and they don't use wands, just their hands and minds. Also, I've read that every serris had complete control over two of the four elements: fire, water, earth, and air. There is a design on the back of their hand that tells you what elements they posses and it tells people that they are a serris, that is their main purpose."

"So, whoever I heard talking said 'the serris is most formidable, he will be almost impossible to touch as long as the serris is around' or something along those lines. Wait, Hermione can a serris be a girl?"

"Of course."

"And I heard the people last night talking about 'her' and how 'he'll' be perfectly safe with 'her' around."

"Do you think that the serris is going to Hogwarts Harry?" inquired Ron.

"That's exactly what I think."

"It would make sense," said Hermione. "Though I don't know why a serris would be willing to spend a school year at Hogwarts."

"Well it's the best wizard school around isn't it? Maybe she wants to learn something there."

"Well, the serris should be done with her schooling. They finish school when they're fourteen. They learn at an accelerated rate, and they receive special tutors to teach them their specific powers. They come into their powers at age ten, before that they can't even use magic."

"They only go to school for four years!" asked Ron.

"Right."

Ron sulked at this. He was positively annoyed that he had to go to school for so much longer. The trio went to the library to learn all they could about the serris's. They didn't learn much more then they already knew. They spent the rest of their time trying to find researching and things as such. Then the day before school was to start, they spent their time packing and running for last minute supplies. Finally they were all packed and said their goodbyes to all of the residents of the manor except for Dumbledore of course who had been at the school for quite a while. The next morning they set of for the train. Holding on tightly to their tickets the trio now accompanied by Ginny found their way to the Hogwarts platform. They said their goodbyes and got on the train. Although they were earlier than usual there were already a good load of people on the train.

"Full, full, full, one seat, two, one, full, slytherin, "said Ron, as they made their way through the train. Eventually they reached one that wasn't full. Harry opened the door. There was one girl seated next to the window she leaned against the wall in a way that her hair hid her face. She was reading something and either didn't notice or didn't care.

"Um, do you mind, everywhere else if full."

The girl lifted her head and turned towards them. She tossed her hair over her shoulder and said with a smile, "No, no problem."

Harry took a second then recognized the girl as Sam.

"Sam?"

"That's what they call me Harry." She smiled amused with his reaction. "I told you I'd see you at school."

Ron happy to finally know who Sam was introduced himself. "I'm Ron, nice to finally meet you."

Sam reached out her hand to shake his, Harry took note that Sam wore black, tight, leather gloves that went halfway to her elbow. He had noticed before but it hadn't registered.

"Remember me?" asked Hermione.

"Of course, I still feel bad about bumping into your table like that."

Hermione laughed lightly, "What are you reading?"

"Well I figured since that I'm new to the school I should do a little research on the teachers and such."

They agreed that this was reasonable. Then Ginny who had lagged behind to talked to a friend came in. "Hey," she saw Sam, "Hi, I'm Ginny."

"Sam" she said, "How's it going?"

"You're American."

"You noticed."

Suddenly Harry remembered a question that he had wanted to ask Sam. "Sam, how did you know my uncle was a muggle, or that I was a wizard."

"Well, I'm not sure," she said, nervously, "It's kinda like a sixth sense for me…" Seeing that her explanation had been accepted she relaxed. Hermione however started to think hard. They all talked for a while, Sam had a bunch of questions about Hogwarts, while Ginny had a lot of questions as to what America was like. Suddenly out of the blue Hermione asked Sam.

"Why do you wear those gloves?"

"When I was small I got badly burned on my right hand, and up my arm. I wear a glove to cover it, but only wearing one glove is awkward, so I wear these." This was a very practiced answer. Everyone in the cart figured that it was simply asked a lot. Hermione, however, was not convinced. Then the train jolted and Hermione's wand fell to the floor. Sam picked it up and held it out to Hermione. When she took it, she also grabbed Sam's glove, which slid off. Instinctively Sam threw her arm behind her back. Hermione grabbed her arm and dragged it out from behind Sam's back, she took a quick look at her hand before Sam knew what was happening.

"I KNEW IT!" she screamed, "You're a serris!"

Sam let out a loud laugh. "They told me you were smart, well I guess they were right."

Ha, two chapters in two days. This one's kinda long, and now you know what Sam's secret is, although I'm sure you figured it out before.