Chapter 7: September the first
Isildur woke up at Hogwarts as he was accustomed to everyday now, but today was different as he would be sorted into his house today and meet all the students at Hogwarts. He would also with the others find out who the Defence against the Dark Arts (D.A.D.A) teacher was.
Meanwhile at the burrow Mrs. Weasly was busy trying to get Ron, Harry, Ginny and Hermione to King's Cross station where they would catch the train on platform 9 3/4's, she had called for a couple of muggle taxis as there were unfortunately no ministry cars available. One they reached King's Cross Station in London they crossed through the magical barrier to platform 9 ¾ where they bordered the Hogwarts express.
The journey from platform 9 3/4 was relatively uneventful. They spent most of their time planning there first Hogsmeade visit when they would see Fred and Gorge's new shop (they had originally owned the shop next door to Zonko's but because of all the Hogwarts students coming to them and ordering from their catalogue they had driven Zonko's out of business, and over the summer they had expanded into Zonko's as well), and wondering who the new DADA teacher would be as for some reason they had a new one every year, it was as if the job was cursed.
When the train arrived at Hogsmeade station it was just like any other year, Hagrid was there collecting the first years for there journey across the lake and the 2nd though 7th years were boarding the horseless carriages for the journey to the main gate. Harry, Ron and Hermione all got into a horseless carriage together, as always.
When they got to Hogwarts they walked though the huge front doors and into the entrance hall, from there they walked into the great hall where the house tables were all set for the opening feast. They saw all the teachers there plus two new ones, an older man that looked somewhat like Dumbledore only slightly thinner and dressed all in white, and the other was the most beautiful lady that anyone had ever laid their eyes on, her eyes seemed to contain the light of every one of the stars in the sky above.
Once every one was assembled Dumbledore stood up and said "This year we have not only two new additions to our staff and of course new first years, we have a new 7th year student who has been here since the beginning of August learning what the 7th years have learned in their six years here." He then asked Professor McGonagall to bring out Isildur and the sorting hat. When they came out Professor McGonagall instructed Isildur to sit on the stool and place the hat on his head.
The hat begin to speak to Isildur in his head saying
"Ah the heir of Ellendale has come to Hogwarts, at long last. Now where to put you, for one thing Slytherin wouldn't want you in his house, so where to put you, shall I try Hufflepuff or Ravencalw, no I will place you in the house of the one who foretold your coming here you shall be in Gryffindor"
(The last word it had said aloud so that all the school could hear it.) Isildur got up and took his place at Gryffindor table. He sat at the first place he saw available next to Harry, Ron and Hermione. They then watched as the first years were sorted there were 5 new first years for each house.
Then Dumbledore stood up again and said "Before the feast begins I would like to say a few words and here they are 'Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!' Thank you!" with that he sat down to a large round of applause from the students in the great hall.
Isildur looked at Ron and said "Ok that was wired and I've spent half the summer here and now I'm really stating to wonder if this guy is crazy or something else".
Ron looked at him and said "nah he's ok, after all he is a genius! Best wizard in the world too, but you're right he is a little crazy. Isildur Would you pass the potatoes please?"
Isildur looked back at the table and realised that it was now full of food. He reached to his right to had Ron the potatoes.
After the feast had finished and the tables had cleared themselves Dumbledore stood up again. He then said "I have a few announcements to make. First years are warned to stay out of the dark forest. Next I need to introduce our new staff members. First our new DADA (I'm only using that as a short from so I don't have to write the full name out) teacher Gandalf the white."
With that the old man dressed in white stood up and raised his had in acknowledgment of his introduction, he then sat down.
Dumbledore continued "We also have a new class for the 7th years only and it will be taught on Saturday afternoons. The class will be 'Things that were, Things that are, and Things that yet may be', and will be taught by Lady Galadriel".
She then stood up and looked around the room and though she did not speak she said something to each and every one of them.
Dumbledore then spoke again he told everyone to follow there prefects to there houses, except for Isildur, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville to stay behind.
After every one had left Dumbledore led Isildur, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville to his office. Once there he looked at Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville and said to them" Isildur knows everything about the things that have happened to you in your first, second, third and forth years, and he knows a bit about you fifth year. Now I must tell you that he does know a few secrets that some or all of us share." He then asked Harry Ron, Hermione, and Isildur to come into another part of his office, he also asked Neville to wait fro the others where he was. Dumbledore the said to the others "now just so you know when I said that Isildur knows everything about you there I meant everything even all the stuff about Sirius Black, so if he does mention him don't be worried about his safety. Also Sirius is well aware of him."
He then led them out of his office to the Gryffindor common room, where he told them the password. After that they went into the common room were Neville said he was tired and said he was going to bed.
Harry, Ron, Hermione and Isildur went to talk in a corner of the common room. It mostly consisted of a Q A session on things like why Isildur was here, why he was carrying a sword, and how he knew about them and several other questions. He answered all there questions as much as he could. In answer to the first question he said he was there because of a dream that Harry had had, and that Dumbledore was worried about what it had meant. He then told them all that Dumbledore had told him on his first Morning there at Hogwarts. He also told them about how the sword he carried was the legendary sword Narsil and was also his wand too. He also told them that the core of his wand came from Fawkes (Dumbledore's Phoenix); he looked at Harry as he said this and said to him "yes I know about the other two as well."
Ron and Hermione then asked about what that meant, Harry the quickly explained what Olivander told him back in his 1st year that his and Lord Voldemort wand shared cores. Isildur also explained about the Harry Potter books. Hermione had of course herd of them but she said that she had never read them as she was too busy reading books for school. After all that they decided to go up to bed. Isildur followed Harry and Ron to the 7th year boy's dormitory, where they found that an extra bed had been added to it, Isildur was also amazed to find that all of his stuff had been moved from Dumbledore's office to there.