Hariett Potter? Chapter One: A New Face at Hogwarts

When a strange girl transfers from a wizarding school in Japan, things in Hogwarts start getting weird. She seems to have amazing magical powers, enough that Dumbledore lets her teach her own class! Then she begins to uncover the students little secrets, and discovers that Harry Potter has a secret that is anything but little…

Two girls sat in a compartment alone on the Hogwarts Express. One of them, seemingly the younger of the two, had a pile of papers in her lap. The other was gazing out the window at the dreary weather.

"Riiin! C'mon, won't you please correct my potions paper?"

A tall girl with long, dark red hair sighed. "That would be cheating, Alyssa. I'm sure you can do it yourself."

The other girl, who had brown hair and big eyes, moaned. "They'll never let me into Hogwarts if I can't even get my assignments done!"

"Don't worry about that. We're already almost there; it's not like they can turn us down at the door."

The younger girl looked at her wide-eyed. "Could they?" she fretted.

Suddenly there was a knock on the compartment door. "Come in," Rin said. When the door started to slide open, she finally turned from the window. Three people walked in; a boy with red hair and freckles, another boy with brown hair and glasses, and a girl with frizzy, brown hair.

When Rin saw the scar on the boy's forehead, she immediately knew who he was. "Hello Harry," greeted Rin as they sat down. "And what are your friends' names?"

They exchanged looks. It was a rare circumstance that someone would not be in awe of Harry when they saw him, but it sure was a nice change. "I'm Ron," said the red-haired boy, "and this is Hermione."

"Hello Ron and Hermione. I am Rin, and this is my little sister, Tsukiko. Do you have a reason for seeing us?"

"Yes, well—" started Ron, but he stopped when the window sparatically exploded. He, Hermione, and Harry stared at it, bewildered.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Rin cut in. "I was having a rather strong thought." She reached towards the window and spread her fingers. Just like if she had flicked her wand and muttered an incantation, the pieces of the window reformed themselves and melded perfectly back to normal. Rin settled back into her seat and turned to the three people who had sat across from her. "You were saying?"

"Er…we…" Hermione started hesitantly. She was at quite a loss for words after seeing such a spectacle.

"Yes?"

"We were supposed to help you get accustomed to Hogwarts…show you around, tell you the rules, and such."

"I see."

Harry finally spoke up. "You should get changed into robes, we'll probably be arriving soon."

With those words, the young girl Tsukiko panicked. "Rin, you have to help me with this assignment! If I don't get it done, who knows what will happen! Won't you please help me!" All the sudden, her gaze fixed on Hermione. "You look smart! Can you help?"

"Tsukiko-chan, do not be rude!" Rin interrupted. "Don't force someone you don't even know into doing your assignment. Here; I will help you."

The expression on her face showed that was about the last thing she wanted to do. "That's alright," said Hermione. "I get that a lot. I can help." Rin hesitated, but Tsukiko had already thrust her papers into Hermione's hands.

Half an hour later, everybody had assembled into the great hall as the first years were sorted. When it was Rin and Tsukiko's turn, Professor McGonagall announced both their names and added, "They have just transferred from another school in Japan; Tsukiko is in her second year and Rin is in her sixth." The professor nodded to Tsukiko and she nervously sat on the stool and put her sorting hat on her head. "Hufflepuff!" it cried. She walked down to the Hufflepuff table and took a seat.

Rin sauntered calmly to the stool and sat down, putting the sorting hat on her head. It seemed like ages that he sat quietly, not saying a word, until he finally uttered, "Glytherclaw!" The entire hall burst out laughing at his mistake, and Rin smiled. "Can't think of where to put me, hat?" she asked. He scowled and decided, "Slytherin!"

The hall quieted down and Rin seated herself at the Slytherin table. The food appeared at the tables and everyone dug in.

Later, Rin had gotten settle into her room. She sat on the window sill and stared silently out into the rain, not saying a thing for hours. Her roommates, Ephimia Moonin, Cynthia Crawford, and Alyssa Fortwright, grew worried about her as they slipped in and out of the room and saw her in the same spot every time. Ephimia walked in at midnight after everyone else had gone to sleep and saw her curled up on her bed. She wondered what she had been thinking about all those hours she spent staring out the window, but decided not to worry about it and went to sleep herself.

Draco's POV

In the Slytherin common room, Draco Malfoy sat huddled by the fire, grateful that there were no windows in the dungeon. The dreary weather would only worsen his rather foul mood.

All over the room, people felt the weight of his melancholy demeanor. When he was unhappy, his mood tended to fill up the air around him with sadness. If anyone had suddenly walked into the room right then, they would have immediately drooped like a wilting flower and slumped off to their destination.

A couple people glanced his way when they heard the scrape of a chair against stone as he stood up. With an annoyed flick of his robe, he left the common room. He wasn't quite sure where he was going, but he decided that he might as well be going somewhere. It wasn't like there was anything else to do.

Somewhere where the torches' light couldn't touch, in a corner of the dungeon hallways, Draco heard a shuffling noise. He immediately stopped and drew his wand. "Who's there?" he asked, but his question was answered only by echoes. "Show yourself!" he commanded. A soft growl escaped from whatever was hiding in the darkness. He readied his wand, and saw a movement from the shadows. It seemed like something was getting taller, or standing up. Then a girl stepped from the gloom.

Draco, relived, lowered his wand. He tried to make out who she was, but it was too dark to tell. "What are you doing wandering the halls at these hours?" he asked angrily.

"I could ask you the same thing," she replied. "However, I don't really care about any of the actions that you choose to take, so I won't."

"Why, you—"

"Are you not used to being overlooked? Does it bother you that someone doesn't care? Would you prefer negative attention to anything else?" The girl snorted. "You are truly an imbecile."

She then turned on her heel and left in the direction of the stairs. Draco stared after her, bewildered. How could as girl be so incredibly rude to someone she didn't even know? And even worse, how did she know so quickly why he was angry? He paced back to the Slytherin common room and went immediately to bed, trying not to think about it any further. He was too preoccupied to notice a shadow that slipped silently past his window…

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