Chapter Five
Egypt
A letter arrived for Harry twenty minutes after Harry, Ron and Hermione had gone back to Gryffindor Tower to pack for the trip to Egypt.
"What is that?" asked Ron as Harry tore of the letter from the owls leg.
"Well, judging by the look of the envolope, it is from Tutankhamen's", said Hermione, taking a gold coloured envolope, with the eye of Ra and two gods on either side of the eye, on the back of the envolope from Harry.
"Well that must be the coat of arms", said Hermione, pointing at the Eye.
"What is it?" asked Ron, who, considering he had gone to Egypt a few years ago, had no idea the reason for all the funny pictures.
"Honestly Ron, you of all people should know this," said Hermione annoyed.
"Well I don't", snapped Ron. "Are you going to tell me or not?"
"Hmph," sniffed Hermione. "That thing in the middle that looks like an eye, that is exactly what it is, an eye. It is called the Eye of Ra. In Egypt, Ra is said to be the Sun God,and it was he who gave light to all of Egypt. They gave offerings of food and water to keep him happy so that he didn't take the sun away, because the Ancient Egyptians thought that if Ra was angered, he would take the sun away as punishment, and without sun, they couldn't grow crops. Ra was worshipped the most out of all the gods. The god on the left side of the Eye is Anubis."
"And who is Anubis," asked Ron.
"Just wait I was getting to that", snapped Hermione.
Harry remembered something about the god Anubis that he learned while at Muggle school. Surprisingly, he said it exactly as he remembered it, because he thought he had forgotten almost eveything that Muggle teachers had taught him.
"In Egyptian mythology, Anubis was the god of the dead."
"Well done Harry", said Hermione. "How did you remember that?"
"I did Ancient Egypt at muggle school", said Harry shrugging.
"Well what else do you know", asked Hermione.
"Um, let me think", said Harry frowning.
"Anubis was considered to be the inventor of embalming, a process that was used to preserve the mummies. He was also the guardian of tombs, and a judge of the dead.
"Spooky", said Ron.
Harry carried on. Now that he had started, he found it difficult to stop.
"The ancient Egyptians believed that Anubis stood at the gates to the Afterlife, where he weighed the person's heart against the Feather of Truth. If the heart and the feather balanced, the person was worthy to enter the afterlife. Anubis's head was represented as a Jackel."
"Very good Harry", said Hermione, rather impressed.
"The god on the right side is Osiris. He was said to be the first ever to be mummified", said Hermione, pointing at the second god.
"Osiris was the god of the underworld, ruler of the dead, and he - oh no".
"What", said Harry and Ron together.
"The page is missing", said Hermione, showing them the book that she was reading the information out of. "The only other part that i can tell you is that before Osiris was sent to the underworld, he was killed by his brother Set."
"Will all this information be any use when we go to Tutankhamen's later today", asked Ron.
"Well, i don't know. I heard that what we will do there is basically what we do here at Hogwarts", said Hermione shrugging.
They spent the rest of the day talking about what interesting things they might be learning at Tutankhamen's and played a few games of exploding snap when Hermione said: "Harry, didn't that envolope have a letter in it?"
Harry looked at the envolope and saw that it was a large envolope that oviously has a letter in it. Or several. Harry picked up the envolope and tore it open, pulling out the same type of parchment that he, Ron and Hermione had used to copy down the potions earlier that day.
The letter read:-
Dear Mr Harry James Potter,
My name is Professor Karnac, and I am the Headmaster of the Tutankhamen School for the Magic Arts and Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
While you are here, you will be taught all the values that the ancient civilisation of Egypt has pressed upon all of us.
You will be taught how to write things in Ancient Egyptian, using the secret art of Hieroglyphs. You will also learn how to read hieroglyphs by studying Ancient Egyptian texts.
You will brew potions that help us to learn the ways of the gods and learn what life was like back in ancient times with our agriculture section in the school grounds. We are the only school around that studies the way people lived back in ancient times in such detail. Even you at Hogwarts will only learn what they did by using books.
I hope that you will enjoy your stay and represent your school as best as you can be. Looking forward to seeing you here.
Yours sincerly, Professor Akuba Karnac. Headmaster. Egyptian Order of Merlin First Class.
"Oh, that sounds really interesting", said Hermione, with a look of awe on her face, as she thought about how wonderful it will be to actually act like an ancient egyptian.
"Blimey, look at this list", said Ron, who had picked up the envolope and had taken out another piece of parchment that had a list of set books and equipment.
Tutankhamen School for the Magic Arts
and Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Exchange Students Uniform:-
Sixth year students from Hogwarts will require these items:-
1. Three sets of red robes (these are available at Madam Malkin's Robes For All Occasions in Diagon Alley, or else use plain black robes with the schools coat of arms stitched in gold thread on the back).
2. One spare hat (red) for use in the grounds.
3. One set of Gardening Gloves (cotton or similar) for use in agriculture class.
4. One pair of sunglasses (in case of sand storms).
School books:-
All students should have a copy of each of these books:-
The Standard Book of Spells, Grade Six, by Miranda Goshawk
Advanced Transfiguration, by Emeric Switch
A Beginner's Guide to Reading Hieroglyphics, by Jason Truitt
Foreign Languages Made Easy, by Artemis Bloomsbury
Gardening Like A Muggle, by Jonathon Bidwill
Additional Equipment:-
One silver spoon, enchanted with an anti - poison charm
One set of solid gold scales (available for renting at the school)
Students are reminded that the start of term feast will be in the Dining Chamber, not in the Main Hall because of special circumstances regarding Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
"Geez, this place sounds really exclusive", said Ron, scratching his head nervously.
"Hmm, but I didn't think that a school would ever include a pair of sunglasses as a part of the uniform", said Hermione, frowning down at the list.
"It says right there", said Ron, pointing to the part of the list that had the sunglasses. "The sunglasses are used for sandstorms, but i'll be using them all the time. The sun is really bright in Egypt".
"YOU HAVE GOT TO BE JOKING", came the shout of Lucius Malfoy. "THE PLAN CAN'T PROCEED NOW".
"What is it father", said Draco Malfoy. Malfoy had been practising duelling in the specially made duelling room when Mr. Malfoy had shouted. Mr. Malfoy was in his study, Bellatrix Lestrange's head sitting in the fire.
"Potter isn't going to be at Hogwarts for most of this term", said Mr. Malfoy, having trouble containing his anger.
"Oh excellent", said Malfoy, a smile crossing his pale face. The Ministry must have finally expelled him, without question.
"Dumbledore sent him to Tutankhamen's", said Mr. Malfoy.
"Not excellent", said Malfoy, the smile falling from his face.
"No, not excellent", said Mr. Malfoy, slamming the point of a letter opener into his desk.
"This is a very big problem lucius", said Bellatrix, her head rippling in the heat of the flames. "With Potter gone, and under the protection of such powerful magic, the plan is as good as dead. Dumbledore must have found out somehow. Lord Voldemort isn't going to be pleased".
"No, he isn't", said Mr. Malfoy. "What I would like to know is how he found out about the plan in the first place".
"Maybe it was Severus -"
"Snape wouldn't be stupid enough to show his face to Lord Voldemort, after he betrayed him him before his downfall", snarled Mr. Malfoy.
"Yes, of course, but who else could have given Dumbledore the plan", asked Bellatrix.
"I'm not sure", said Mr. Malfoy, shaking his head. "Whoever it was, must have told Dumbledore everything, or Dumbledore wouldn't have sent Potter to Karnac's school. When Lord Voldemort finds out, he will treat all the death eaters, including us, as suspects".
"Yes I know that", said Bellatrix.
"I could do a bit of digging when I go back to Hogwarts in September", said Draco. "See what I can find out about this whole thing".
"No, that's too far away", said Mr. Malfoy. "By that time, the boy would have learned enough to destroy al least half of us. No, it's too risky, we have to act now".
"I'll tell Lord Voldemort the news then shall I?", asked Bellatrix.
"Yes, and report back to me what he says", said Mr. Malfoy. "He may want to continue with the plan another way".
Malfoy returned to the duelling room, and blasted a wooden statue, with a face of Harry Potter taped to the head. With any luck the plan would succeed, and Harry Potter will be gone for good. It was only a matter of time before Malfoy heard about poor, famous, Harry Potter for the last time. Malfoy smiled as he blasted another wooden Harry Potter statue, bits of wood flying everywhere.
Packed, and ready to leave, Harry, Ron and Hermione dragged their trunks down the marble staircase and into the Entrance Hall, then Ron and Harry went back up to Gryffindor Tower to get the cages that held their owls, Hedwig and Pig. Crookshanks, Hermione's ginger cat had followed her down the stairs.
"Well, this is it", said Dumbledore, who was standing by the oak front doors, that lead out into the castle grounds. Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape were standing next to Dumbledore, McGonagall had tears in her eyes, and Snape was sneering at Harry.
"Those trunks are no doubt heavy, and I expect you would like some help", said Dumbledore, gesturing to their trunks on the floor. Harry, Ron and Hermione nodded vigourously.
Dumbledore smiled, then he clapped his hands three times. There was a small rustling sound from behind Harry, Ron and Hermione, and as they turned around, twelve house-elves ran towards Dumbledore, the males bowing, and the girls curtsying.
"These students would like some help with their luggage", said Dumbledore", pointing towards Harry, Ron and Hermione.
The house-elves bowed and curtsyed again, then rushed up to the trunks and, four to a trunk, they lifted their trunks out into the grounds, where a beautiful persian rug was sitting in mid-air right outside the door.
"Can Dobby do anything else for Harry Potter and his friends", came the voice of Dobby the house elf.
"No Dobby, it's fine", said Harry, but before he could do anything, or say anything else, the house-elves had lifted their trunks onto the carpet, Hermione spluttering hurriedly that there was no need to help her, and she was quite sure that she could lift the trunk herself, but the house-elves took no notice.
"How's Winky", asked Hermione, once her trunk was on the carpet and the house-elves were standing next to Dumbledore, awaiting further instructions.
"Not good miss", said Dobby, his large green eyes full of sadness.
"Winky still blames herself for Mr. Crouch being dead, even though Dobby keeps telling her that it isn't her fault, that it is He Who Must Not Be Named that is too be blamed".
"Is she still going on about that, it was over two years ago", said Ron.
"Winky is getting so bad that the other house-elves have ordered Dobby to take Winky out of the kitchens", said Dobby sadly.
"No, what will you do with her?" asked Hermione.
"Dobby doesn't know miss", said Dobby. "Dobby must be putting Winky into the Room of Requirement until Dobby knows what to do. Dobby is hoping that Winky will see sense and stop drinking so much butterbeer."
"Hello Hagrid", said Hermione, and Harry looked up, into the shaggy face of Hagrid, the Hogwarts Gamekeeper.
"Ello Hermione, Harry, Ron", said Hagrid. "Thought I had better come'n see ya all off".
"Thanks Hagrid", said Harry.
"Where's Professor Umbridge?" asked Hermione, suddenly looking around the grounds.
"Professor Umbridge fancied staying indoors today, after what happened the last time she was here", said Dumbledore, with a hint of amusement in his calm voice.
"Y'all right Harry?" asked Hagrid.
"Yep, fine", replied Harry grinning.
"Good. I'll be up at Tutankhamen's later in tha year meself to check up on yeh, make sure yer getten along'n everything", said Hagrid. "But don't say anythin bout it, Dumbledore said not te say anythin",
"Ok then", whispered Harry.
"Um, excuse me Dumbledore sir, but I must say that if we don't go now, young Mr.Potter and his friends will be late", said the man on the carpet.
"Yes, Severus, are you ready?" said Dumbledore.
"Yes Headmaster", said Snape.
"Farewell Harry Potter", said Dobby.
"Bye Dobby", said Harry.
"See yer Harry", said Hagrid, grinning.
"See you", said Harry, returning the grin.
"Lets be gone now please", snarled Snape, as four house-elves heaved Snape's trunk onto the carpet, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Snape getting on after it.
"Take care", said Dumbledore, and with a wave of his wand, the carpet jerked, and was speeding away from Hogwarts towards the mountains surrounding the castle.
About an hour after they had left the mountains around Hogwarts behind them, they were flying across ocean and finally, someone spoke. It was Hermione.
"Um, Professor, do you think that Professor Dumbledore was wise in letting Umbridge teach your classes?"
Dolores Umbridge is an able bodied teacher who I am sure will teach my students the exact way that I would teach them myself", Snape sneered. "It is not you place Miss Granger, to be critisising teachers after what you and Potter have displayed in my classes".
"Professor Snape sir, we are comming up on the Egyptian coastline now", said the man who was driving the carpet (so to speak).
"Thank you", said Snape, who was now rumaging in his robes, then pulled out his wand.
Everyone must be touching the carpet", said Snape sharply. "You must have a part of your skin touching the material, a finger will do".
Harry put his hands onto the carpet. It felt smooth and silky, just like his invisibility cloak.
"Is everyone touching the carpet? Mr. Weasley, do not put your hand over the edge of the carpet, stupid boy".
Snape put the tip of his wand on a gold stitched Eye of Ra on the left-hand corner of the carpet, and muttered, lumesros.
Firstly, nothing happened, then Harry felt all funny, then he looked at his hands, and nearly fell of the carpet in shock.
The carpet, Harry's legs, and his hands had disappeared, it looked as though he was floating in mid-air.
"Do not move a muscle", said Snape sharply. "This carpet is bewitched with an anti-muggle detection jinx. " We are undetectable by muggle sonar and radar, but all the same, KEEP YOUR HANDS ON THE CARPET WEASLEY". Snape jabbed his wand in the air at Ron, and Ron's hands, automatically, as if stuck by glue, snapped onto the carpet.
Harry braved a look over the edge of the carpet, and was overtaken by awe. The site that met his eyes was the most beautiful thinghe had ever seen in his life.
The Pyramids of Giza rose up beneath him. The Great Pyramid was so high that the carpet had to rise a few feet, or they would be smooshed onto the side of it.
"There it is", said the carpet driver.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked up and gasped.
A large pyramid rose up from the horizon, made of solid gold, and with Egyptian Hieroglyphics and engravings all around the outside. The grounds were just as beautiful, with topiary figures of all the egyptian gods scattered around the grounds. Close to the Nile River, animals were running in the muddy soil, and plants of all kinds were scattered around the farm designed Herbology area, two small greenhouses five feet away for, Harry figured, for the dangerous plants.
They landed by the main stairs, and instantly became visable again, and, with a lot of trouble, they all heaved their trunks into the Entrance Chamber.
The Entrance Chamber was just as spectacular as the outside. It was brightly lit with torches all around the room. The ceiling was covered with paintings, that, Hermione figured, were stories of how the school came to exist. On their left there was a lot of loud voices, and Harry thought that everyone must already be in there, waiting for the four of them to introduce themselves.
The double doors, also made of gold, has a large eye in the middle of them.
"Oh, there you are, thank goodness your here", came a voice from there right.
Harry turned his head just in time to see a tall man wearing green robes emerge from a room, the stone door sliding back into place.
"Severus, nice to see you again, how are you", said the man.
"Fine, thank you ", snape replied sneering.
"So we have". The man wearing the green robes consulted a list he was carrying and read the names of as he looked around the hall.
"Ah, we have Miss Granger. Says here you are quite bright. Got four hundred and fifteen per cent on your transfiguration exam last year. and four O.W.L's as well. Very impressive, very impressive indeed.
Hermione's face turned scarlet, and she busied herself looking for Crookshanks's chew toy.
"And here we have Mr Ronald Weasley. Welcome back to Egypt Mr Weasley. I hope your stay this time is as good as your last.
Ron went scarlet too and decided to examine the paintings on the ceiling in more detail.
"And then we have Mr Harry Potter". The man did the usual eye flick to the scar on his forehead, but luckly for Harry, his fringe had grown quite a bit and the only way someone would be able to see his scar was if he was to stand on his head. He liked it when no one could see the scar, so he decided to leave his fringe long. Of course, Madame Pomfrey asked Harry almost every time he walked past the hospital wing if she wanted it cut.
"Deputy Headmaster Evans", came a voice from behind them. "The camels have stampeaded down the fence and now all the animals are in the lettuce patch. One horse is in greenhouse one, trying to eat a Mandrake."
"Good lord, sorry, have to run", said Professor Evans, heading for the doors to the grounds. "Those Mandrakes have reached the point of death. If I don't do something now, the entire care of magical creatures class will drop dead. Severus, tell the headmaster the situation and he will continue without me. Just knock on the doorand it will open by itself.
And he was gone. Snape looked out after him sourly.
"Never one to do things the easy way. Come now. Mr Weasley, must I always keep an eye on you."
They walked up to the doube doors and Snape knocked in a rather peculiar way.
"Enter friends", came a voice from within.
The door opened itself, and Harry, Ron, Hermione and Snape made their way up the isles of tables, packed with students.
Unknown to Harry, but there was an unwanted guest sitting at one of those tables. Someone who wasn't who they would seem to be.
That person, was a Death Eater.
Phew, finished finally. hope you all wern't dieing, waiting for me to update but i was having complaints that my chapters wern't long enough, so i wrote as much as i could in this one, without dipping into chapters 6 and 7. most of this chapter near the end wasn't even in my plan that i wrote. anyway. in hope to do chapter 6 soon. hope you enjoyed chapter 5 everyone.
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Egypt
A letter arrived for Harry twenty minutes after Harry, Ron and Hermione had gone back to Gryffindor Tower to pack for the trip to Egypt.
"What is that?" asked Ron as Harry tore of the letter from the owls leg.
"Well, judging by the look of the envolope, it is from Tutankhamen's", said Hermione, taking a gold coloured envolope, with the eye of Ra and two gods on either side of the eye, on the back of the envolope from Harry.
"Well that must be the coat of arms", said Hermione, pointing at the Eye.
"What is it?" asked Ron, who, considering he had gone to Egypt a few years ago, had no idea the reason for all the funny pictures.
"Honestly Ron, you of all people should know this," said Hermione annoyed.
"Well I don't", snapped Ron. "Are you going to tell me or not?"
"Hmph," sniffed Hermione. "That thing in the middle that looks like an eye, that is exactly what it is, an eye. It is called the Eye of Ra. In Egypt, Ra is said to be the Sun God,and it was he who gave light to all of Egypt. They gave offerings of food and water to keep him happy so that he didn't take the sun away, because the Ancient Egyptians thought that if Ra was angered, he would take the sun away as punishment, and without sun, they couldn't grow crops. Ra was worshipped the most out of all the gods. The god on the left side of the Eye is Anubis."
"And who is Anubis," asked Ron.
"Just wait I was getting to that", snapped Hermione.
Harry remembered something about the god Anubis that he learned while at Muggle school. Surprisingly, he said it exactly as he remembered it, because he thought he had forgotten almost eveything that Muggle teachers had taught him.
"In Egyptian mythology, Anubis was the god of the dead."
"Well done Harry", said Hermione. "How did you remember that?"
"I did Ancient Egypt at muggle school", said Harry shrugging.
"Well what else do you know", asked Hermione.
"Um, let me think", said Harry frowning.
"Anubis was considered to be the inventor of embalming, a process that was used to preserve the mummies. He was also the guardian of tombs, and a judge of the dead.
"Spooky", said Ron.
Harry carried on. Now that he had started, he found it difficult to stop.
"The ancient Egyptians believed that Anubis stood at the gates to the Afterlife, where he weighed the person's heart against the Feather of Truth. If the heart and the feather balanced, the person was worthy to enter the afterlife. Anubis's head was represented as a Jackel."
"Very good Harry", said Hermione, rather impressed.
"The god on the right side is Osiris. He was said to be the first ever to be mummified", said Hermione, pointing at the second god.
"Osiris was the god of the underworld, ruler of the dead, and he - oh no".
"What", said Harry and Ron together.
"The page is missing", said Hermione, showing them the book that she was reading the information out of. "The only other part that i can tell you is that before Osiris was sent to the underworld, he was killed by his brother Set."
"Will all this information be any use when we go to Tutankhamen's later today", asked Ron.
"Well, i don't know. I heard that what we will do there is basically what we do here at Hogwarts", said Hermione shrugging.
They spent the rest of the day talking about what interesting things they might be learning at Tutankhamen's and played a few games of exploding snap when Hermione said: "Harry, didn't that envolope have a letter in it?"
Harry looked at the envolope and saw that it was a large envolope that oviously has a letter in it. Or several. Harry picked up the envolope and tore it open, pulling out the same type of parchment that he, Ron and Hermione had used to copy down the potions earlier that day.
The letter read:-
Dear Mr Harry James Potter,
My name is Professor Karnac, and I am the Headmaster of the Tutankhamen School for the Magic Arts and Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
While you are here, you will be taught all the values that the ancient civilisation of Egypt has pressed upon all of us.
You will be taught how to write things in Ancient Egyptian, using the secret art of Hieroglyphs. You will also learn how to read hieroglyphs by studying Ancient Egyptian texts.
You will brew potions that help us to learn the ways of the gods and learn what life was like back in ancient times with our agriculture section in the school grounds. We are the only school around that studies the way people lived back in ancient times in such detail. Even you at Hogwarts will only learn what they did by using books.
I hope that you will enjoy your stay and represent your school as best as you can be. Looking forward to seeing you here.
Yours sincerly, Professor Akuba Karnac. Headmaster. Egyptian Order of Merlin First Class.
"Oh, that sounds really interesting", said Hermione, with a look of awe on her face, as she thought about how wonderful it will be to actually act like an ancient egyptian.
"Blimey, look at this list", said Ron, who had picked up the envolope and had taken out another piece of parchment that had a list of set books and equipment.
Tutankhamen School for the Magic Arts
and Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Exchange Students Uniform:-
Sixth year students from Hogwarts will require these items:-
1. Three sets of red robes (these are available at Madam Malkin's Robes For All Occasions in Diagon Alley, or else use plain black robes with the schools coat of arms stitched in gold thread on the back).
2. One spare hat (red) for use in the grounds.
3. One set of Gardening Gloves (cotton or similar) for use in agriculture class.
4. One pair of sunglasses (in case of sand storms).
School books:-
All students should have a copy of each of these books:-
The Standard Book of Spells, Grade Six, by Miranda Goshawk
Advanced Transfiguration, by Emeric Switch
A Beginner's Guide to Reading Hieroglyphics, by Jason Truitt
Foreign Languages Made Easy, by Artemis Bloomsbury
Gardening Like A Muggle, by Jonathon Bidwill
Additional Equipment:-
One silver spoon, enchanted with an anti - poison charm
One set of solid gold scales (available for renting at the school)
Students are reminded that the start of term feast will be in the Dining Chamber, not in the Main Hall because of special circumstances regarding Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
"Geez, this place sounds really exclusive", said Ron, scratching his head nervously.
"Hmm, but I didn't think that a school would ever include a pair of sunglasses as a part of the uniform", said Hermione, frowning down at the list.
"It says right there", said Ron, pointing to the part of the list that had the sunglasses. "The sunglasses are used for sandstorms, but i'll be using them all the time. The sun is really bright in Egypt".
"YOU HAVE GOT TO BE JOKING", came the shout of Lucius Malfoy. "THE PLAN CAN'T PROCEED NOW".
"What is it father", said Draco Malfoy. Malfoy had been practising duelling in the specially made duelling room when Mr. Malfoy had shouted. Mr. Malfoy was in his study, Bellatrix Lestrange's head sitting in the fire.
"Potter isn't going to be at Hogwarts for most of this term", said Mr. Malfoy, having trouble containing his anger.
"Oh excellent", said Malfoy, a smile crossing his pale face. The Ministry must have finally expelled him, without question.
"Dumbledore sent him to Tutankhamen's", said Mr. Malfoy.
"Not excellent", said Malfoy, the smile falling from his face.
"No, not excellent", said Mr. Malfoy, slamming the point of a letter opener into his desk.
"This is a very big problem lucius", said Bellatrix, her head rippling in the heat of the flames. "With Potter gone, and under the protection of such powerful magic, the plan is as good as dead. Dumbledore must have found out somehow. Lord Voldemort isn't going to be pleased".
"No, he isn't", said Mr. Malfoy. "What I would like to know is how he found out about the plan in the first place".
"Maybe it was Severus -"
"Snape wouldn't be stupid enough to show his face to Lord Voldemort, after he betrayed him him before his downfall", snarled Mr. Malfoy.
"Yes, of course, but who else could have given Dumbledore the plan", asked Bellatrix.
"I'm not sure", said Mr. Malfoy, shaking his head. "Whoever it was, must have told Dumbledore everything, or Dumbledore wouldn't have sent Potter to Karnac's school. When Lord Voldemort finds out, he will treat all the death eaters, including us, as suspects".
"Yes I know that", said Bellatrix.
"I could do a bit of digging when I go back to Hogwarts in September", said Draco. "See what I can find out about this whole thing".
"No, that's too far away", said Mr. Malfoy. "By that time, the boy would have learned enough to destroy al least half of us. No, it's too risky, we have to act now".
"I'll tell Lord Voldemort the news then shall I?", asked Bellatrix.
"Yes, and report back to me what he says", said Mr. Malfoy. "He may want to continue with the plan another way".
Malfoy returned to the duelling room, and blasted a wooden statue, with a face of Harry Potter taped to the head. With any luck the plan would succeed, and Harry Potter will be gone for good. It was only a matter of time before Malfoy heard about poor, famous, Harry Potter for the last time. Malfoy smiled as he blasted another wooden Harry Potter statue, bits of wood flying everywhere.
Packed, and ready to leave, Harry, Ron and Hermione dragged their trunks down the marble staircase and into the Entrance Hall, then Ron and Harry went back up to Gryffindor Tower to get the cages that held their owls, Hedwig and Pig. Crookshanks, Hermione's ginger cat had followed her down the stairs.
"Well, this is it", said Dumbledore, who was standing by the oak front doors, that lead out into the castle grounds. Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape were standing next to Dumbledore, McGonagall had tears in her eyes, and Snape was sneering at Harry.
"Those trunks are no doubt heavy, and I expect you would like some help", said Dumbledore, gesturing to their trunks on the floor. Harry, Ron and Hermione nodded vigourously.
Dumbledore smiled, then he clapped his hands three times. There was a small rustling sound from behind Harry, Ron and Hermione, and as they turned around, twelve house-elves ran towards Dumbledore, the males bowing, and the girls curtsying.
"These students would like some help with their luggage", said Dumbledore", pointing towards Harry, Ron and Hermione.
The house-elves bowed and curtsyed again, then rushed up to the trunks and, four to a trunk, they lifted their trunks out into the grounds, where a beautiful persian rug was sitting in mid-air right outside the door.
"Can Dobby do anything else for Harry Potter and his friends", came the voice of Dobby the house elf.
"No Dobby, it's fine", said Harry, but before he could do anything, or say anything else, the house-elves had lifted their trunks onto the carpet, Hermione spluttering hurriedly that there was no need to help her, and she was quite sure that she could lift the trunk herself, but the house-elves took no notice.
"How's Winky", asked Hermione, once her trunk was on the carpet and the house-elves were standing next to Dumbledore, awaiting further instructions.
"Not good miss", said Dobby, his large green eyes full of sadness.
"Winky still blames herself for Mr. Crouch being dead, even though Dobby keeps telling her that it isn't her fault, that it is He Who Must Not Be Named that is too be blamed".
"Is she still going on about that, it was over two years ago", said Ron.
"Winky is getting so bad that the other house-elves have ordered Dobby to take Winky out of the kitchens", said Dobby sadly.
"No, what will you do with her?" asked Hermione.
"Dobby doesn't know miss", said Dobby. "Dobby must be putting Winky into the Room of Requirement until Dobby knows what to do. Dobby is hoping that Winky will see sense and stop drinking so much butterbeer."
"Hello Hagrid", said Hermione, and Harry looked up, into the shaggy face of Hagrid, the Hogwarts Gamekeeper.
"Ello Hermione, Harry, Ron", said Hagrid. "Thought I had better come'n see ya all off".
"Thanks Hagrid", said Harry.
"Where's Professor Umbridge?" asked Hermione, suddenly looking around the grounds.
"Professor Umbridge fancied staying indoors today, after what happened the last time she was here", said Dumbledore, with a hint of amusement in his calm voice.
"Y'all right Harry?" asked Hagrid.
"Yep, fine", replied Harry grinning.
"Good. I'll be up at Tutankhamen's later in tha year meself to check up on yeh, make sure yer getten along'n everything", said Hagrid. "But don't say anythin bout it, Dumbledore said not te say anythin",
"Ok then", whispered Harry.
"Um, excuse me Dumbledore sir, but I must say that if we don't go now, young Mr.Potter and his friends will be late", said the man on the carpet.
"Yes, Severus, are you ready?" said Dumbledore.
"Yes Headmaster", said Snape.
"Farewell Harry Potter", said Dobby.
"Bye Dobby", said Harry.
"See yer Harry", said Hagrid, grinning.
"See you", said Harry, returning the grin.
"Lets be gone now please", snarled Snape, as four house-elves heaved Snape's trunk onto the carpet, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Snape getting on after it.
"Take care", said Dumbledore, and with a wave of his wand, the carpet jerked, and was speeding away from Hogwarts towards the mountains surrounding the castle.
About an hour after they had left the mountains around Hogwarts behind them, they were flying across ocean and finally, someone spoke. It was Hermione.
"Um, Professor, do you think that Professor Dumbledore was wise in letting Umbridge teach your classes?"
Dolores Umbridge is an able bodied teacher who I am sure will teach my students the exact way that I would teach them myself", Snape sneered. "It is not you place Miss Granger, to be critisising teachers after what you and Potter have displayed in my classes".
"Professor Snape sir, we are comming up on the Egyptian coastline now", said the man who was driving the carpet (so to speak).
"Thank you", said Snape, who was now rumaging in his robes, then pulled out his wand.
Everyone must be touching the carpet", said Snape sharply. "You must have a part of your skin touching the material, a finger will do".
Harry put his hands onto the carpet. It felt smooth and silky, just like his invisibility cloak.
"Is everyone touching the carpet? Mr. Weasley, do not put your hand over the edge of the carpet, stupid boy".
Snape put the tip of his wand on a gold stitched Eye of Ra on the left-hand corner of the carpet, and muttered, lumesros.
Firstly, nothing happened, then Harry felt all funny, then he looked at his hands, and nearly fell of the carpet in shock.
The carpet, Harry's legs, and his hands had disappeared, it looked as though he was floating in mid-air.
"Do not move a muscle", said Snape sharply. "This carpet is bewitched with an anti-muggle detection jinx. " We are undetectable by muggle sonar and radar, but all the same, KEEP YOUR HANDS ON THE CARPET WEASLEY". Snape jabbed his wand in the air at Ron, and Ron's hands, automatically, as if stuck by glue, snapped onto the carpet.
Harry braved a look over the edge of the carpet, and was overtaken by awe. The site that met his eyes was the most beautiful thinghe had ever seen in his life.
The Pyramids of Giza rose up beneath him. The Great Pyramid was so high that the carpet had to rise a few feet, or they would be smooshed onto the side of it.
"There it is", said the carpet driver.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked up and gasped.
A large pyramid rose up from the horizon, made of solid gold, and with Egyptian Hieroglyphics and engravings all around the outside. The grounds were just as beautiful, with topiary figures of all the egyptian gods scattered around the grounds. Close to the Nile River, animals were running in the muddy soil, and plants of all kinds were scattered around the farm designed Herbology area, two small greenhouses five feet away for, Harry figured, for the dangerous plants.
They landed by the main stairs, and instantly became visable again, and, with a lot of trouble, they all heaved their trunks into the Entrance Chamber.
The Entrance Chamber was just as spectacular as the outside. It was brightly lit with torches all around the room. The ceiling was covered with paintings, that, Hermione figured, were stories of how the school came to exist. On their left there was a lot of loud voices, and Harry thought that everyone must already be in there, waiting for the four of them to introduce themselves.
The double doors, also made of gold, has a large eye in the middle of them.
"Oh, there you are, thank goodness your here", came a voice from there right.
Harry turned his head just in time to see a tall man wearing green robes emerge from a room, the stone door sliding back into place.
"Severus, nice to see you again, how are you", said the man.
"Fine, thank you ", snape replied sneering.
"So we have". The man wearing the green robes consulted a list he was carrying and read the names of as he looked around the hall.
"Ah, we have Miss Granger. Says here you are quite bright. Got four hundred and fifteen per cent on your transfiguration exam last year. and four O.W.L's as well. Very impressive, very impressive indeed.
Hermione's face turned scarlet, and she busied herself looking for Crookshanks's chew toy.
"And here we have Mr Ronald Weasley. Welcome back to Egypt Mr Weasley. I hope your stay this time is as good as your last.
Ron went scarlet too and decided to examine the paintings on the ceiling in more detail.
"And then we have Mr Harry Potter". The man did the usual eye flick to the scar on his forehead, but luckly for Harry, his fringe had grown quite a bit and the only way someone would be able to see his scar was if he was to stand on his head. He liked it when no one could see the scar, so he decided to leave his fringe long. Of course, Madame Pomfrey asked Harry almost every time he walked past the hospital wing if she wanted it cut.
"Deputy Headmaster Evans", came a voice from behind them. "The camels have stampeaded down the fence and now all the animals are in the lettuce patch. One horse is in greenhouse one, trying to eat a Mandrake."
"Good lord, sorry, have to run", said Professor Evans, heading for the doors to the grounds. "Those Mandrakes have reached the point of death. If I don't do something now, the entire care of magical creatures class will drop dead. Severus, tell the headmaster the situation and he will continue without me. Just knock on the doorand it will open by itself.
And he was gone. Snape looked out after him sourly.
"Never one to do things the easy way. Come now. Mr Weasley, must I always keep an eye on you."
They walked up to the doube doors and Snape knocked in a rather peculiar way.
"Enter friends", came a voice from within.
The door opened itself, and Harry, Ron, Hermione and Snape made their way up the isles of tables, packed with students.
Unknown to Harry, but there was an unwanted guest sitting at one of those tables. Someone who wasn't who they would seem to be.
That person, was a Death Eater.
Phew, finished finally. hope you all wern't dieing, waiting for me to update but i was having complaints that my chapters wern't long enough, so i wrote as much as i could in this one, without dipping into chapters 6 and 7. most of this chapter near the end wasn't even in my plan that i wrote. anyway. in hope to do chapter 6 soon. hope you enjoyed chapter 5 everyone.
hey everyone.
listen, im having problems figuring out names for my houses in my story, and oviously, i can't have gryffindor, hufflepuff and all those, so i need you to help me and give me some of your ideas on what the house names should be. i will gladly give you credit for your help at the beginning of the chapter. my email address is in my profile, and if you can't find it, just go to search, and type Umbridgehater for my pen name, or just put it as a review, actually, it would be better as a review. hope to hear from you and to use your ideas. writers block sucks. and if you have any ideas on what i should write later in the story, i would like to hear them, and you will also get credit for your help for that too. i await your ideas for house names and hat they do. also for the other ideas you may have.