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Time In the Hospital Wing

Chapter 1: The Arrival

I was nearing 10:00 in the evening on September 1st and Nadia Ayla had just arrived in Hogsmead on the night bus. She desided to stop in the Three Broomsticks for a butterbeer and to gather her nerves before making her way up to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the school that she grew up hearing stories about and where she thought she would never set foot. It was after she was on vacation in London and she had been looking in that days edition to the Daily Prophet that she noticed that there was an opening at the school for the position of healer. Without really thinking that she would get the job she owled her resume to a Minerva McGonagal Headmistress of the school. The next day she was shocked when she had a reply back asking her for an interview that very afternoon at the Leaky Couldron. The interview couldn't have gone better and she was offered the job on the spot and was told to report to her post at 10:00 on the evening of September 1st at which time she would meet her new mentor.

As she made her way up the road toward the castle she looked back on the warning she had received on the night bus from Stan Shunpike. "If I were you I'd go back home right now and beginning looking for a different job. With all the deaths and injuries that have happened in the past few years I'd be afraid to set foot in the castle let alone take a full time job. But to each their own. To each their own." But she was going to put that out of her mind because nothing like that could ever happen to her and you know things can't keep going wrong for much longer at the school.

She had just reached the front doors of the castle and was just reaching up to knock when the door opened and the biggest man she had ever seen began to step out.

"Oh hello there can I help ye with something there missy."

"Yes I'm the new healer and I was told to report here tonight to begin my position."

"Oy I heard ye were comin' you must be lookin' for the Headmistress. I'll just go ahead and take ye to er. If you'll just follow me this was. My name's Rubeus Hagrid by the way I'm the Care of Magical Creatures teacher"

"Nice to meet you my names Nadia Ayla"

He stopped in front of a giant stone gargoyal and said the password and stepped on the spiral staircase and she took that as her cue to follow. When the staircase stopped she stepped off and was lead to a door. He knocked and was told to enter by a voice that she found to be quite familiar.

"Professor McGonagal this here is Ms. Nadia Ayla she says that she is reporting for the healer position" said Hagrid.

"Ah yes, Ms. Ayla I was just awaiting you're arrival. I'm glad to she that you made it safely. I just hope that the night bus didn't leave you to rattled. If you'll just have a seat well finish a few last minute details and then I'll take you to meet Madam Pomfrey in the hospital wing and she'll show you the hospital wing and tell you what you need to know and answer any questions you may have."

" Now it says here that you graduated in the top 10 of your class, but I'm sure that you still have lots to learn in the next year. You remember during our interview that you will be trained to take over Madam Pomfrey's when she retires at the end of the year. You have some very big shoes to fill and you are quite young but it is my belief that you will be able to fill those shoes after I talked to your professors. They said that you were quite gifted and I am looking forward to seeing those gifts" said McGonagal.

"I'm just excited to be here and I'm sure that I won't let you down. I must admit that I am quite nervous with this being my first postion" said Nadia.

"I wouldn't expect anything out of you. Now I'll take you to Madam Pomfrey I'm sure that she has many matters to discuss with you and it's beginning to get quite late. I expect you to be down at the staff table for breakfast at 7:30 in the morning so that I can introduce you to the rest of the school."

A/N: This is my first attempt at fan fiction and I know that this chapter was quite slow. Please review. Any suggestions would be appretiated.

What to look forward to in coming chapters: It seems that the whole school has come under a kind of enchantment. Is it because of the new arrival of Nadia or is something else going on.