They appeared inside a large office that had books all along the shelves and with an old hat. And along every bit of wall there were photos with men and women in cloaks who all appeared to be asleep while the picture was taken.
"So, tell me, is orbing better than your flew powder?" Cassie asked letting go of Dumbledore and setting her suitcase on the floor. Dumbledore walked behind the desk and sat down.
"Yes, I actually believe that that was the best way I have ever travelled in my life" Dumbledore replied smiling happily.
"Cool, well umm what do I do now?" Cassie asked uncertainly trying to hoist her book of shadows into a more comfortable position and setting kit onto the floor.
"I will need to speak to you first before I let you go to your house, please sit down." Cassie sat down opposite the headmaster and settled the book on her lap. Kit was staring hungrily at the phoenix that had appeared on its perch behind the door.
"I have heard, well indeed many have heard about the charmed ones and how extremely powerful they are, but although that fact is apparent, I don't believe many people have heard that the charmed ones have had a child." Dumbledore stopped and stared at Cassie seeming to want a reply.
"Oh" Cassie sat finally, uncomfortable with the silence.
"You may not no why but, we believed that Voldemort would have kidnapped you and brought you up with the dark arts. Well, as you may know, he lost his power and disappeared without trace and still no one had thought of mentioning you, indeed we all believed that your identity should be kept for as little people as possible. And as of Voldemort's return, it has been crucial that your identity should remain hidden. That is why your mother and sisters decided to let you come to Hogwarts instead of going into hiding with them. I believe that whilst inside the castle, we should still keep your identity secret and not mention your family at all, which means that your powers should remain secret too. Do you understand?" Dumbledore asked.
Cassie looked blankly up at Dumbledore. She was confused by everything he just said, but she got the gist of what he was trying to say.
"You want me to lie about who I am, like what you've been trying to do all my life, all because this so called dark wizard will use me to kill everybody?"
"That's the general idea of what I was saying yes"
"Cool. So do I get to choose my own last name or what?" Cassie asked
"Of course. What would you like to be called?" Dumbledore asked.
"I don't know. What about Evans? I really like that name!" Cassie said enthusiastically.
"Well then Cassie Evans, we should make our way down to the start of term feast or we will be missed.
"Ok cool, hang on I'll just orb my book and suitcase to my room" Cassie waved her arm over her suitcase and book and walked down to the feast with Dumbledore.
As soon as they walked into the great hall, Cassie could see why they called it the GREAT hall, the long brown tables where all in a row with the teachers table at its had, candles floated in the air just above the tables, and the ceiling was decorated with flags and banners, red, green, yellow and blue. And the ceiling itself was spectacular, there wasn't a proper ceiling that you would have in a normal school or anywhere, but was an imitation of the sky outside, with the stars winking through the hall.
The other children weren't here yet so Cassie went to a random table and sat down. Looking up at the staff table and at all the teachers who where there. They were all staring at her as if they hadn't realised she was attending this school, well she hadn't, but they shouldn't stare so hard. Before Cassie could tell them to take a picture, there was a gaggle of noise at the entrance and a crowd of children started walking into the great hall and sat down at the tables. They were all wearing their cloaks already. Before they sat down however all of them glanced over at Cassie and kept staring, just as hard as the teachers had but this time with vague curiosity. Cassie looked down at her clothes, she was wearing a short jean skirt and a white off the shoulder top with her favourite brown boots, there wasn't anything wrong with her appearance other than the fact that they were all wearing a uniform and she was not.
A group of boys walked up to Cassie, the one in front was tall and with bleached blond hair, he had two massive guys that looked like gorillas behind him, like guards and a relatively pretty girl was walking beside him. The blond guy walked up to Cassie and held out his hand.
"Draco Malfoy" He said quietly, she looked around and saw that nearly everyone was watching this. "And you are?" He asked
"Cassie Evans" She said confidently holding out her hand, Draco took it and brought it slowly to his lips.
"Enchanted" he whispered so only she could hear. He sat down beside her and gestured to his friends to do the same, soon she was surrounded by a load of really masculine guys, some were handsome like Draco but others just had an auror about them that made them seem exciting and dangerous. Draco introduced his friends very briefly,
"So how did you come to being here?" He asked picking up a strand of her long brown hair and twirling it around his fingers as if entranced by the colour. But before she could answer a woman teacher stood up and silence fell. There was a group of little kids standing in a line, all waiting, the teacher, who Draco whispered was called Mcgonagol, called a name from the paper she was holding and they sat on the stool, Mcgonagol picked up an old hat and put it on the child's head, it was so big it slipped over their eyes so that they couldn't see what was happening, soon the hat would open its mouth, which seemed to be the rim, and called out a name, griffindor, slytherine, ravenclaw, hufflepuff. When all the names had been called out and the children sat with their houses, Mcgonagol made to pick up the stool, but Dumbledore stood up.
"My apologies Minerva but we have one more to be sorted, Cassandra Evans" Dumbledore looked at Cassie who understood and stood up. She walked confidently down the tables and towards the teacher's table. She tried not to catch anybody eye, but once she was sat on the stool her eyes swept the hall and landed on a pair of green eyes that were staring right at her, she smiled at the boy as the hat was brought down over her eyes.
Hmm what do we have here? This thought crossed across her head as soon as the hat went over her eyes, all she knew that it wasn't her thoughts.
Your powers are overwhelming, I don't think even the great four together had powers such as yours.
No one has powers like mine Cassie thought back, the hat was talking to her, but she had still seen weirder things.
That is a good thing, You and your powers are intermingled, you are as much your powers as your powers are you.
You were more than a hat once, weren't you? I can feel it Cassie thought, she could feel that this hat was much more than it seemed, it had a personality, which no enchanted object would ever have.
And brains to match your power too! Why I don't think I have ever come across someone with both
Well then its your lucky day, so what happened is this your punishment or something?
I am supposed to choose which house your in not tell you my life story.
There are a lot of things we are supposed to be doing, but one way or another we always get off that subject, that is the worst trait of human beings. Tell me. What happened?
It is obvious you are not going to get off the subject, so I'll show youAn image of a man killing people, children, dogs, mothers, fathers, then two great men and two great women standing before him and pointing down at him, a flash of light and the image was gone.
My punishment for choosing peoples punishment was to spend the centuries to come deciding what happens to others, now it is time to choose your house.
God I don't think I'd be able to spend the rest of my life reading snotty nosed kids mind and deciding where they are supposed to go. I would have put them in the wrong house on purpose.
She started giggling and heard more laughing in her ears that did not link in with hers, soon she was laughing so hard she had to clutch at her sides, she could hear someone laughing just as hard as she was,
"Griff ha ha ha Griff ha heee indoor ha ha ha" She heard the booming voice in her ears and in her thoughts. The hat was taken off her and she could, once again see the lights of the great hall. She jumped off the stool and wiped the tears from her eyes, she walked towards the table that had the griffindor flag above it and sat down, still giggling. A great mumbling went through the hall, Cassie looked up at the teacher's table and saw the hat still laughing, Cassie smiled, and turned to see who she was sitting with. Directly opposite her was a very pretty red haired girl, and a girl with dirty blond hair and large eyes. Who were both looking at her with wary expressions on her face, sitting next to her was a rather large boy who was looking wary but also very kindly at her.
"Hey" She said to everyone around her and turned round to see Draco, who she was sitting with earlier, she gave a wave and he waved back with a smile.
"Welcome all new comers and to the others welcome back! Now I would talk but it would seem very rude of me as I can see the very hungry looks on your faces. Let the feast begin."
"I'm Ginny" said the red haired girl, "and this is Luna and Neville" gesturing to the others.
" Hi, I'm Cassie Hal – Evans" She said quickly, she almost forgot her last name.
Everyone dived into the food that had appeared on the table after Dumbledore's words.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Ginny asked, thickly her mouth was full with mashed potato, as Cassie made no move to help herself to the food. But Cassie didn't hear her, she was busy trying to concentrate on something that was happening outside the castle. One of her powers was to read peoples emotions, and what she had just felt outside the castle scared her, she had felt a deep dark hatred, but it didn't belong to just one person but to at least half a dozen. Cassie brought her feelings back into the castle and where the ghosts that weren't in the great hall dwelled. She felt one in one of the towers smashing up binoculars and wiping chalk on the walls, he was perfect, she carefully tried to make contact with the spirit.
You there she thought to him, she could tell it was a poltergeist and not a ghost but that was even better. Although it made the connection hazy, she had to get him to come to her so he she could tell him what to do.
She felt the poltergeist turn around.
"Who's there?" The poltergeist said.
I need your help
"I can hear a separate thought but whom does it belong?" The spirit coaxed wickedly
There is trouble outside, a whole gang of them, it feels like vampires, but I cannot be sure
"What do you want me to do about it?" The spirit asked curiously
I need a distraction"And what am I supposed to do with vampires? Fly through them?" He said suspiciously
Not for them, I need to get out there without anyone noticing. Do you understand?The poltergeist smiled wickedly, "Perfectly" He said, zooming out of the room as if a rocket had been lit beneath him.