Harry Potter and the Minister's Daughter
Based on the novels by J.K.Rowing.Written By:
Ana Almeida
Rated T
For language
All the characters, locations and general ideas belong to J.K. Rowling. I only own the plot of the story and the character named Any, and/or anything you may not recognize . A profit isn't being made out of this story.
"Thanks for inviting us over, Ana" said Fred Weasley
"Well, I was thinking, who better to help me tell this story then you guys? I mean you were actually there." said Ana
"Yeah, those were the days, even though it wasn't exactly a good year." said George
"Guys, can we start the story? I don't want you to give away the ending." said Ana
"Then let's get this show on the road! Where shall we start?" asked Fred
"How about the beginning?" suggested Ana
"That works."
The Unexpected Task
Eleven o'clock. The Hogwarts Express departured from platform nine and three quarters, making its way towards Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Another year, Harry thought, but perhaps more complex as it was his sixth one. His godfather, Sirius, had died and it was very difficult to deal with that loss.
"Harry? Harry, can you hear me?" – asked Hermione looking worried.
"Huh? Oh, yeah". – answered Harry
"You seemed to be far away". – said Hermione
"I was just thinking about something."
"You know, wherever Sirius is I'm sure he wouldn't want you to be miserable."
"I guess."
"Anyway, guess who we saw on our way here, from the prefects' carriage?" – asked Ron
"I don't know, Luna Lovegood." – guessed Harry
"Well, yeah but we saw somebody else." – said Hermione
"Any." – said Ron
"Any? So, she's going back to Hogwarts?" – asked Harry
"I guess, since she is in the train."
The compartment door slid open. Neville's head came into view.
"Hello guys." – he greeted
"Sup Neville?" – asked Ron
"I got a note for you Harry." – said Neville passing the note to Harry.
Harry read it.
"What's up?" – asked Hermione
"The driver wants a word with me." – said Harry
"Weird! What does he want?" – demanded Ron looking astonished.
"I guess I'll have to go and find out. See you in a jiffy." – said Harry
He left the compartment accompanied by Neville.
"People keep asking me what happened at the Ministry last June." – said Neville
"They're bound to be, with all the articles on The Daily Prophet. Now they're staring at me more then ever too." – said Harry while they walked down the corridor.
"The Chosen One, they call you." – said Neville
"I know, now that I was finally getting used to "The Boy Who Lived"." – said Harry
Neville laughed.
"So, are we still going to have DA meetings?" – asked Neville hopefuly
"No point, is there? We got hid of Umbridge." – said Harry
"Right! See you later Harry." - said Neville sounding a little let down.
He got into his compartment. Harry continued to walk downward. Maybe they should continue the DA meetings, he thought, jut for fun. Suddenly he bumped into a girl. She was knocked to the ground.
"I'm so sorry, are you ok?" – asked Harry trying to help the girl to her feet again.
"Oh, yeah. I'm fine." – said the girl looking up.
It was Any. But she looked different from the Any, Harry had met last year. She was prettier, way prettier now. Her skin had a chocolaty tan and her hair was long and curly. Apparently living with her aunt was doing her good. However her father, the Minister of Magic, had died only a few months ago.
"Any!" – said Harry
"Had a good summer Harry?" – she asked
"Not one of my best ones." – said Harry – "You?"
"Same here." – said Any
"Sorry I bumped into you. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going." – confessed Harry
"Still the same daydreaming guy I met last year then?"
"Apparently." – he said
Just then, Cho Chang passed by.
"Hi Cho." – said Any
"Oh, hi." – said Cho
She caught Harry's eye and blushed, then she walked away.
"Weird girl." – said Any
"I'll say." – said Harry
"Where are you heading to?"
"I'm going to speak with the driver".
"Mind if I go with you? I don't have anything to do."
"Sure let's go."
They walked together to the head of the train. Harry knocked on the door. The driver opened it.
"Great, you're here." – said the driver inviting them in. – "I'll go straight to the point. I need you to drive the train while I go take care of something important."
"Are you mad?" – asked Harry
"Can't somebody else do it?" – asked Any
"No, but Harry here, is smart enough to do it. I mean he is " The Chosen One"." – said the driver
"And his job is to kill Voldemort not drive trains." – said Any without flinching.
The driver gasped at the sound of the name. Any mumbled something under her breath that sounded just like 'grow up'. Even Harry was surprised to hear her say the Dark Lord's name, but didn't comment on it..
"I don't know anything about train conducting!" – Harry turned to the driver.
"Come on you brought a girl along, and girls are supposed to be smart. Sure you know something." – said the driver to Any.
"Well, I did read something on how to operate a train once, but it was a muggle train." – said Any
"Close enough!" – said the driver then he left.
"Hey, wait!" – said Harry
"When you gotta go, you gotta go." – said Any
"What do we do now?" – asked Harry anxiously
"Take the wheel. That's the only thing you need to manage right now. I'll read the map." –
"If you say so."
Half an hour passed, the driver didn't come back. They could already see the Hogwarts castle.
"Now Harry, when you can see a red sign, you pull up the brakes." – instructed Any
She barely stopped talking and a red sign came into view. Harry pulled up the brakes.
"We did it". – said Any
"Great, now we don't have time to change into our robes!" – said Harry
"I forgot about that."
"Professor Snape is going to be pleased". - said Harry sarcastically
"That ridiculous slimy hair ball!"
"That's the one."
Any giggled.
A/N So far the chapters are short but I'm hoping they'll get longer. Hope you're liking it.
