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Okay so um, warning you that this might be the last chapter for a while, cuz school starts on monday and i will be piled with homework!

Chapter 4

"Oh snap!" Exclaimed Danica as she jumped out of bed. It was 9:45 and Dumbledore was going to be there at ten. She quickly changed into a pastel green spaghetti strap, and a pair of blue basketball shorts. She slipped on her pair of black converse and heard a knock at the door. She grabbed her black visor that had the word KINGS in blue across it and ran towards the door. She opened the door, slightly out of breath and said, "Hold on a sec," to Dumbledore, then grabbed a brush and walked out of the door, brushing her hair. Dumbledore closed the door chuckling, and followed Danica. She had stopped at the end of the driveway and was waiting.

"So, where are we going?" Asked Danica.

"I think you know perfectly well where," said a smiling Dumbledore. He was right, she did know. She sighed and he grabbed her arm, holding it firm, but not hurting her.

"What are you doing?" Asked Danica, staring at her arm. She had an idea, but she wasn't sure, and wasn't very eager, if it was what she thought it was.

"Side along apparating," replied Dumbledore. As it started, Danica felt her entire body being squeezed and it felt like all the air was being pushed out of her. She was afraid that she wouldn't be able to breath and was about to start panicking, when it stopped. She stood in front of a run down bar. It had a sign that read, The Leaky Cauldron. She stared at the sign as if it wasn't real, as if she couldn't be here. Dumbledore led her inside and through to the back. As she walked through, people stared at her. She just figured it was because she was with Dumbledore and the fact that she was wearing muggle clothing, and her hair was streaked with red and tipped with black.

They stepped out of a door at the back, and were facing a wall. Dumbledore tapped one of the bricks and the wall opened up to a long street with bright shops on either side. They stepped on the street and the wall started closing behind them. Danica's jaw dropped as she stared. It was amazing, every shop had people in brightly colored robes inside, talking and laughing. She walked along and stopped at every window to stare inside.

"Now, where do you want to go first, your robe, apothecary, wand, or would you like to get your books?" Questioned a smiling Dumbledore.

Danica smiled and answered, "I'm not sure, you pick!" She was really excited, though not sure where she wanted to go first. Dumbledore laughed and led her towards the wand shop. After that, they went to get her school robes, then her books, and then her potions supplies and anything else she would need, such as quills, and parchment.

Danica took a bite of the ice cream she was eating and sighed contentedly. After they had finished shopping, her and Dumbledore had gone to Florean Fortescue's ice cream parlor. She had her bags on the ground beside her and was thinking about everything that had happened in the past two days. She had gone from believing she was with her real family and was a muggle, to learning that she was adopted and was a pure blood. It's a beautiful day she thought absentmindedly; the sky was a clear blue with white fluffy clouds drifting across.

"So, do you want to move into the castle tonight, or tomorrow?" Asked Dumbledore.

"Oh, um, tonight I guess," she answered. Danica had completely forgotten that she would have to move into the castle and was sort of surprised when Dumbledore asked this question. He smiled and nodded then got up and waited for her to do the same.

She stood up and picked up her bags. They silently walked back to the laky cauldron.

They walked back through, and Danica still got strange stares that made her feel uneasy. This time though, instead of going outside to apparate, they went to the back of the bar to some fireplaces.

"Have you ever used the floo network before? I suppose you haven't, this is how we are going to travel back to your house. I had it added to the floo network this morning for this exact reason. What you do is you throw a bit of this powder into the fire and state clearly 'Correy house' you will end up in your house, but you must remember to enunciate your words and say them loud and clear," explained Dumbledore. He held a bag out to Danica and she took some green powder out of it, throwing it into the fireplace. The fire erupted up as green flames and Danica practically shouted 'Correy House, causing several heads to turn as she stepped inside the fire. She kept her arms to her side as she was whipped around and around finally falling out into her living room at home. She stepped aside as Dumbledore stepped calmly out of her fireplace a couple moments later.

Smiling, Dumbledore turned to Danica, giving her bags to her and saying, "Now if you would please go pack quickly, we can get going."

Danica nodded and grabbed a post-it note and wrote a message to tell her parents where she was and stuck it on the fridge, then walked to her room. She pulled a suitcase out from under her bed and started packing all the stuff she'd got and her clothes, pajamas, that sort of thing. When she was done, she slipped on a school robe, and walked out to the living room where Dumbledore was waiting. He smiled and the two of them opened the back door and walked out. As Danica was closing the door Jack came running up and started to follow her. She bent down to tell Jack that he had to stay, but then looked up at Dumbledore as if asking if Jack could come. Dumbledore looked as if he was about to say no, but then nodded and Danica squealed with delight giving Jack a big hug. The three of them trudged up to the school. When they reached it, they stepped inside and Dumbledore started walking up the great staircase and motioned for Danica to follow.

When they stopped, they were standing in front of a stone gargoyle. Danica recognized it almost immediately. Dumbledore mumbled something and the gargoyle sprung aside revealing a spiraling staircase. They stepped onto the staircase and started going up. They stopped and walked inside Dumbledore's office. Danica looked around in awe and almost dropped her suitcase. She sat down in a chair in front of Dumbledore's desk. He was taking down an old and ratty hat and place it on the desk in front her.

"Now to see what house you're in," he said. He then placed the hat on her head, and Danica heard whispering as the hat decided. A few minutes later, the hat called out "Gryffindor!"

Danica was so excited. Gryffindor! She would get to be with Ginny, not to mention the boy who lived and is two best friends. Dumbledore told her the directions to Gryffindor tower and the password then she left his office. This is going to be a great year she thought happily as she told the password to the fat lady and walked up to the fifth year girl's dorm.