I smiled at the girls as they were having fun petting Blot. I couldn't believe I was able to have the dog in the first place. The girls were so happy and I guess- So was I. I knew that- with this being my first year at a new school, I was still going to have the best of friends that I could ever think of. Sure this was going to be different – but noting could change how I was going to feel. I looked around to see if there was anything else that could go wrong but I knew that in my heart, my dad would want to talk to me about be being in Gryffindor. Ginny left the room after a while as she had to go to her own dorm. I smiled at Hermione.
"I'm going to take Blot for a walk before we have to go to sleep." I stated as I grabbed Blot's leash and went for a walk.
As Blot was walking down the stairs I smiled as I could see that the twins were up. Blot saw people and ran over with the leash slipping out my hands. I couldn't believe that this idiot of the dog was going over to the twins because he saw people! Blot needs some training – and I don't know how to do it. My dad would probably want him to be trained soon – by me. Blot was already trained but he needed more training. I guess this was what he was doing while I was that the Malfoy Manor. I walked over the twins and smiled as Blot went to Fred.
"Hi Fred, George." I smiled as I pulling Blot off of Fred.
"What are you doing with a dog?" George asked as he looked at me and started petting Blot.
"My dad thought that it would be great to have a dog – because I love dogs and I guess my Aunt told him how much I wanted one." I looked at Blot and smiled.
"What's his name?" Fred asked.
"Blot. He came with the name." I smiled.
"You know that this is something amazing. You get to have a dog with you all over Hogwarts!" George stated.
"Really? I thought pets had to stay in the dorm rooms." I suggested.
"Well, they can but we were reading up on dogs one summer and they said that you can have a dog anywhere and everywhere if it's a service dog." Fred stated.
"Really? I heard about those in the Muggle World." I smiled.
"We can Blot here a service dog." George suggested.
"That would be great! But I think he already is one." I stated grabbing papers out of my pocket.
"What do you mean?" Fred asked looking a bit confused.
"I mean, these papers say Service Dog for Panic Attacks, Anxiety, Depression." I said reading off of the paper.
"So your dad already got you a service dog? I didn't know you had any of that." Fred said standing up.
"I mean…I'm alright. The depression was because my mom died." I whispered.
"You'll be okay." Fred said pulling me into a hug.
I couldn't help but smile a bit. He was holding me so close that I could still smell him and it was a nice smell. I couldn't believe that this was happening today. I've been hugged twice by Fred and this was something I never thought would happen. I pulled away and smiled up at him.
"Do you guys want to come with us? By us I mean Blot and me." I asked.
"I'm going to be turning in. But Fred can show you how to get in and out of the castle without being seen." George said getting up and stretching. "Night"
"Night." Fred and I both said.
I looked at Fred as we walked towards the entrance. I looked around and knew that being with him- I was going to be okay. We walked out of the Common Room and we were standing in Grand Staircase. There were so many ghost out tonight and I was a bit scared. Fred lead me to a flight of stairs that was going up and I looked at him like he was crazy. Usually people want to go down when they have to go out.
"Where are you taking us?" I hissed.
"There's a secret entrance that no one- but me, George, Ron, Ginny, Harry, Hermione and now you know, trust me it leads right outside." Fred whispered as we were on the seventh floor.
I looked at him as we walked around and we were hiding from people who were already out and about. I was bit worried that we weren't going to be able to go get outside to let Blot out. We came across a small door. He opened it and I got in and then he handed me, Blot and then finally Fred got in and shut the door.
"Lumos." Fred said and the door had stairs that were going to be going down some stairs.
"We are on the seventh floor, and we have to get to ground level – how are all these stairs going to do it?" I asked him.
"Well, if you don't want to walk – we can slide down." Fred suggested.
"Slide?" I asked.
Just then the stairs were turned in a huge slide! We were going down the slide and I held on to Blot as we went down. We arrived outside and I looked at Fred- To be honest I thought he was crazy making me go down that slide. Fred smiled at me and then looked around to make sure there was no one coming so Blot could go to the bathroom. I set Blot down on the ground as he started to do what he needed to.
"You know Elizabeth-"
"Liz"
"Huh?"
"You can call me Liz or Lizzy."
"Sure. So Liz are you ready to start your first day at Hogwarts?"
"Well, when do Classes start?"
"Not tomorrow, the next day. They give us all day tomorrow to settle in after the summer vacation. They also give the day to first years to know where all the classrooms are so they aren't late to classes."
"I see. Well, hopefully I'll have class with Harry, Ron and Hermione."
"You will. Dumbledore will probably let that happen."
"How do you know?"
"Because you are Professor Snape's daughter and you are friends with us."
I smiled at him and couldn't believe that everyone was being so nice. Even though they know that I'm Snape's daughter. Blot looked up at me and wagged his tail. I got down on the ground and hugged him.
"You ready to head back?"
"Yeah, is there another way to get back besides those stairs?"
"Yup!"
"Why didn't we take it going down?"
"Because George and I only use it going up."
"Alright. Let's use it"
Fred tapped a pattern on the wall and it opened up revealing a plat form. Fred ushered me into the wall with Blot next to me. I looked around and noticed that this wasn't how I thought this would be. Fred mumbled something and it seemed to be a spell of some sorts. I looked around and saw that the platform was going up. On the inside of walls there were numbers.
"What are the numbers for?"
"Ah, those are for floors."
"Really? So you use it when your are going down?"
"If we are late for class."
"That's awesome, but I make sure that I am never late for class."
"You are just like Hermione. She hates being late to class."
"I guess me and her have a lot in common"
Soon the platform arrived at floor 7. The wall opened up and we walked out and ran to the painting of the Fat Lady. Fred said the password and we walked inside. I smiled at him as I really had a great time with him and there was nothing that would change that. I walked to the girls dorm as Fred waved goodnight to me. I walked to the fifth year dorm door and opened it. I changed out of my clothes and into some sweats and a tank top. This school year was going to be amazing. I hope that the rest of the school years here would be too.
~Next Day - Gryffindor Tower~
I woke up with Hermione shaking me. I opened my eyes, looked at her and rolled over to my side. It was way to early to get up.
"Elizabeth wake up! Or we will be late for breakfast!" Hermione said shaking me once more.
"Okay. Wait for me down in the common room." I moaned.
"Alright." She said and then she left.
I sighed and got out of the bed and walked into the bathroom. I brushed my hair back into a ponytail, changed my clothes into the school uniform. I sighed and knew that my dad would want to talk to me today. I smiled at Blot and had him come down the stairs with me.
"Are you ready?" Ginny asked.
"Yeah! Let's get some food.!" I giggled.
I saw Fred looking at me and I couldn't help but blush. Hermione and Ginny linked their arms around mine and dragged me out of the common room. Blot was right behind me as we were walking. I looked around the castle as there was light now- it was better to see everything instead of relaying on the light from candles. I smiled at the paintings. We soon arrived at the Great Hall and we sat down. I looked over and saw Draco glaring at me from across the hall. I rolled my eyes and sat down next to Hermione and Ginny.
"You guys can call me Liz or Lizzy. Just not Elizabeth." I said.
"I wonder what classes we are going to have this year." Hermione said smiling.
"It's Umbridge." Harry said watching the door as a pink woman walked over to the table.
"She's the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher." I remembered. "She looks like she's not going to teach what we really need."
"Liz, have you heard of Who must not be named?" Ron whispered.
"Yeah. Our history classes dealt with the witching wars in England." I nodded. "He was a ruthless person. Causing so many people to flee to other countrires and so many people died too."
"Wow." Ginny said. "I thought in America they would only teach about there."
"Well, some of the wizards and witches were the few that escaped from the war and came to America. They became teachers and taught us all that there is to know about happened during the war." I nodded my head.
"Ms. Snape, I have word that your father will like to talk to you now." Professor Mcgonagall said handing out our schedules.
"I'll see you guys later." I waved and got up. I walked over to the teachers table. "You wanted to speak to me?" I asked him.
"Yes. Come with me." He said.
He got up from the table, we started walking somewhere and I had no idea where we were going. I looked around- as we were going down to the dungeons. He opened a door and it was an office. He sat down at the desk and I looked at him.
"Elizabeth, I know that I wanted you to be in Slytherin so I can watch over you. But now that you are in Gryffindor - there isn't anything I can do but watch over you in my class." He said looking at me.
"Dad, I know that- But I love the people I met! They are amazing." I smiled at him.
"Elizabeth you are strong willed like your mother."
"Mom...I...I've been told that I act like her sometimes too."
"I just want to make sure that everything is okay with you."
"Dad trust me. Noting is more better than knowing that I am getting to know you and being with people who like me."
"That is all."
"I'll see you for potions class tomorrow"
I walked out of the office and made my way back to the Great Hall to see if the group is still there. When I got back I saw them standing outside. I saw Blot running over to me. He jumped on me and licked my face. I looked at him - and I just had to laugh at him.
"Blot get off." I said laughing.
"Liz, is everything okay?" George asked.
"Yeah. Everything is great." I smiled.
"Come on, we are going to the Black Lake." Hermione said.
We walked out of the castle, the sun was shinning brightly. This was something that didn't feel like summer was over yet. The weather was still warm. We arrived at the Black Lake- George and Fred casted a spell and there was blanket and food on the ground. I took off my shoes and put my feet in the water.
"How is the water?" Ginny asked.
"Great!" I answered. I waved my wand and I was wearing a bathing suit. "Ta-da!" I smiled.
"Are you really going to go swimming?" Fred asked.
"Yeah, Why not?" I smiled and ran into the water and dove into the nice cool water.
~Hogwarts Grounds - Black Lake~
I looked around the water and saw that it was really wonderful. Just then a mermaid came over to me and grabbed my hand- she started dragging me down further into the water. I knew that this was something that wasn't going to make me last. I tried to pull away from her grip. I tried to reach for my wand- but it wasn't with me. I left it with Hermione. I looked at mermaid as we arrived at a treasure chest. I looked at her. She was now really crazy. She opened the box and pulled out a necklace and placed it around my neck. The necklaced glowed and I got a pair of mermaid fins and I looked at her.
"What is this?" I asked her now that I could breathe underwater.
"A necklace- for you. It has been lost and no one else made it glow. You have amazing powers that are yet to be unlocked. With this necklace, the powers are now unlocked. Good Luck, Elizabeth." The mermaid said and then she swam away.
"WAIT!" I cried. "HOW DID YOU KNOW MY NAME!"
"A Prophecy" The Mermaid called.
I swam up to the surface and I waved at the group. There were two more people who showed up. One of them was a Gryffindor and the other one - well I don't know what house color was that was. I made my way out of the water and used my wand to put the school uniform back on.
"You are Elizabeth Snape." The girl said.
"Yeah, but you can call me Liz or Lizzy." I smiled.
"I'm Luna." The Girl- Luna said smiling back.
"And I'm Neville." The boy said.
"Nice to meet you two." I nodded my head.
"You weren't wearing that necklace earlier." Ron commented.
"No, I wasn't. When I was in the water, a mermaid took my hand. She opened a chest and placed it around my neck and it started to glow! I grew fins and I was able to talk under water. The weird thing is-" I started to say but Ron cut me off.
"The fins aren't the weird thing?" Ron asked.
I looked at him and shook my head. "She knew my name and when I asked her...she said a prophecy and then she disappeared."
"A Prophecy? That's how she knew your name?" Ginny asked.
"Yeah." I nodded my head.
"Well, we can do some research later." Hermione smiled.
"True." I giggled.
"You know, I was thinking- that we should do something fun." Ginny said.
"Like what?" Ron asked.
"A band" I suggested.
"YES! Liz you could be the vocals" Ginny said grabbing my hands.
"Me? Vocals?" I questioned her.
"Yes! Come on sing us something." George said smiling.
I looked at them and got up and stood on the rock and closed my eyes.
"I was thinkin' about you, thinkin' about me.
Thinkin' about us, what we going be?
Open my eyes, yeah; it was only just a dream.
So I travel back, down that road.
When you coming back? No one knows.
I realize, yeah, it was only just a dream.
I was at the top and I was like I'm at the basement.
Number one spot and 'till you found a replacement
I swear now I can't take it, knowing somebody's got my baby.
And now you ain't around, baby I can't think.
It's hard to leave the ground with those broken wings
Cuz I can still feel it in the air.
I'm falling hard for you and I'm getting scared
My lover, my life. So sorry, goodbye.
He left me, I'm tied.
Cuz I knew that it just ain't right.
I was thinkin' about you, thinkin' about me.
Thinkin' about us, what we going be?
Open my eyes, yeah; it was only just a dream.
So I travel back, down that road.
When you coming back? No one knows.
I realize, yeah, it was only just a dream.
When I ridin' I swear I see his face in every turn
The spark is gone but it still burns
And I just hope he knows he's the only one I yearn for.
Oh, I miss him when will I learn?
Didn't give him all my love, I guess now I got my playback.
Now I'm all alone thinkin all about my baby.
Hey, he was so easy to love. But wait, I guess that love wasn't enough.
I'm goin through it every time that I'm alone.
And now i'm missin, wishin he'd pick up the phone.
But he made a decision that he wanted to move one.
Cause I was wrong.
And I was thinkin' about you, thinkin' about me.
Thinkin' about us, what we going be?
Open my eyes, yeah; it was only just a dream.
So I travel back, down that road.
When you coming back? No one knows.
I realize, yeah, it was only just a dream.
If you ever loved somebody put your hands up.
If you ever loved somebody put your hands up.
And now they're gone and you wish you could give them everything.
I said, if you ever loved somebody put your hands up.
If you ever loved somebody put your hands up.
And now they're gone and you wish you could give them everything.
I was thinkin' about you, thinkin' about me.
Thinkin' about us, what we going be?
Open my eyes, yeah; it was only just a dream.
So I travel back, down that road.
When you coming back? No one knows.
I was thinkin' about you, thinkin' about me.
Thinkin' about us, what we going be?
Open my eyes, yeah; it was only just a dream.
So I travel back, down that road.
When you coming back? No one knows.
I realize, yeah, it was only just a dream.
I was at the top and I was like I'm at the basement.
Number one spot and 'till you found a replacement
I swear now I can't take it, knowing somebody's got my baby.
And now you ain't around, baby I can't think.
It's hard to leave the ground with those broken wings
Cuz I can still feel it in the air.
I'm falling hard for you and I'm getting scared
My lover, my life. So sorry, goodbye.
He left me, I'm tied.
Cuz I knew that it just ain't right.
I was thinkin' about you, thinkin' about me.
Thinkin' about us, what we going be?
Open my eyes, yeah; it was only just a dream.
So I travel back, down that road.
When you coming back? No one knows.
I realize, yeah, it was only just a dream.
When I ridin' I swear I see his face in every turn
The spark is gone but it still burns
And I just hope he knows he's the only one I yearn for.
Oh, I miss him when will I learn?
Didn't give him all my love, I guess now I got my playback.
Now I'm all alone thinkin all about my baby.
Hey, he was so easy to love. But wait, I guess that love wasn't enough.
I'm goin through it every time that I'm alone.
And now i'm missin, wishin he'd pick up the phone.
But he made a decision that he wanted to move one.
Cause I was wrong.
And I was thinkin' about you, thinkin' about me.
Thinkin' about us, what we going be?
Open my eyes, yeah; it was only just a dream.
So I travel back, down that road.
When you coming back? No one knows.
I realize, yeah, it was only just a dream.
If you ever loved somebody put your hands up.
If you ever loved somebody put your hands up.
And now they're gone and you wish you could give them everything.
I said, if you ever loved somebody put your hands up.
If you ever loved somebody put your hands up.
And now they're gone and you wish you could give them everything.
I was thinkin' about you, thinkin' about me.
Thinkin' about us, what we going be?
Open my eyes, yeah; it was only just a dream.
So I travel back, down that road.
When you coming back? No one knows."
Everyone clapped after I finished singing. I knew that this was something amazing. I actually sang in front of them! I got off the rock and Ginny hugged me.
"You guys would be great." Luna said smiling.
"You don't want to be in our band?" I asked her.
"I rather go look for the Nargles." She said and waved us goodbye as she headed back to the castle. "Goodbye everyone."
"Bye Luna!" I said waving back at her.
We stayed out by the Black Lake for 20 minutes. I looked around and saw that the sky started to get dark. It wasn't time for night time. Just then there was thunder rumbling. We got up and gathered our things and ran back to the castle before the rain started to fall. We made in to the Entrance Hall as the rain started pouring.
"Wow. That was unexpected." I said to them.
"Come on, let's go work on our band name and a song!" Ginny smiled.
"You guys go ahead, Fred and I are going to get some food and bring it back to the dorm room." George said.
"Alright. Be safe you two." Hermione said.
We walked up the flight of stairs until we got to the Fat Lady painting. Harry said the password and we walked into the common room. I looked around as Ginny and Hermione sat at a table with paper and a pen. I walked over to them and looked at the song list.
"Seems like you have no idea." I smiled at them.
"Do you have like a line we can start with?" Ginny asked.
"Let me think." I sat down. I really didn't know how our first song should start. I started humming and then it came to me. "How about. Wake up! and then one of you go starry. Here let me write it down." I smiled and grabbed the paper and pen. I started writing the whole song down. I couldn't believe how this happening.
"When do you think we should perform the song?" Hermione asked.
"At dinner time." I answered.
"So soon?" Ginny asked.
"We have until 6pm to get the dance and song right." Hermione agreed.
"It will be a surprise and no one will ever see it coming." Ron chimed in.
"So let's get the music beat down!" Fred said as he walked in with a basket of food.
So for the rest of the time before dinner, we were practicing. I knew what we had to do. We were going to use magic to change our outfits and hair styles. Hermione, Ginny and I were doing a last round on our dancing before we had to get down to the Great Hall. This was going to be the best time of our lives, well I hoped it was. It was thirty minutes until dinner. So we started to go down to the Great Hall. Ginny, Hermione and I were going to be standing on the tables. Hermione on the Gryffindor table, Ginny on the Ravenclaw table, I would be on the Slytherin table and our band on the Hufflepuff table. We do it before Dinner would start so we could dance without stepping on food.
~Hogwarts - Great Hall~
We arrived at the Great Hall and we sat down at the table. We had to plan it well before anything happened. I walked up to the Headmaster and told him what was going to be happening and if we can do it. He smiled and nodded his head. I walked back to the table and gave them the thumbs up. I walked over to the Slytherin Table as we were getting into our positions. Just then the band started playing the opening song. I stood on the Slytherin Table, Hermione was on the Gryffindor table, and then Ginny was on the Ravenclaw table.
"Wake up (Starry)
Get up (Ready)
Move up
To the music revolution, baby
Warm Up (Ah)
Stand up (Yeah)
Reach out
For the music revolution, baby
Everybody knows it
Everybody shows it
Everybody
Move your feet on the dance floor
Watch out (Starry)
Look cool (Ready)
Hey, girls
Let's start a revolution"
Just then before the chorus started, I had a Heart charm appeared- Hermione had a Diamond appeared and Ginny had a Crescent Moon charm. The cha rms glowed and we threw them in the air. We were covered in the light what color the charms were. Mine was a Pink light, Hermione had a Blue light and Ginny had a Orange light. Our outfits changed. We were once wearing the school uniform and now we were wearing skirts and tank tops with covers. Our hair were each pulled up differently. Mine was pony tail, Hermione had a braid and Ginny had her half up and half down.
"We are energetic
We are charismatic
Party on the planet
Dance to the revolution
Don't be automatic
Just be supersonic
Let go never panic
Dance to the revolution
Stand up, you can follow
Wakey up, sing and holler
Loving one another
Dance to the revolution
You'll be energetic
You'll be charismatic
Party on the planet
Dance to the revolution
Chill out (Steady)
Work out (Ready)
Watch us
Do the music revolution, baby
Hands up (Ready)
Way up (Say it)
Start up
To the music revolution
Everybody knows it
Everybody shows it
Everybody
Move your feet on the dance floor
Dress up starry
Diamonds shining
Star girls party
Let's start a revolution
We are energetic
We are charismatic
Party on the planet
Dance to the revolution
Don't be automatic
Just be supersonic
Let go never panicDance to the revolution
Stand up, you can follow
Wake up, sing and holler
Loving one another
Dance to the revolution
You'll be energetic
You'll be charismatic
Party of the planet
Dance, dance, dance, dance
You'll be energetic
You'll be charismatic
Party on the planet
Dance to the revolution"
Just then everyone clapped but some of the people at the Slytherin Table - and Professor Toadface...I mean- Nah I mean Toadface. She like glared at us until we sat down. She stood up and looked at everyone in the eyes.
"This will not be tolerable!" She said in her stuck up voice. "This is not how a school should be run. This will be a warning to you."
"Now now, Dolores , they were just having some fun. They asked me for permission to do it anyways." Dumbledore stated.
I couldn't believe that! Shes giving us a warning? Who does she think she is...Well, she works for the Ministry. Our group just looked at each other and knew that something like this was big, we wouldn't have her being the center of everything and telling us that we can't do something. I knew that we were going to hold secret band concerts for people since they were really enjoying our song. Umbridge had to go down. One way or another.
~Hogwarts - Gryffindor Tower~
"I can't believe that...Toad!" I said.
"Liz, calm down. She does have a right to tell us." Hermione started to say.
"No! Did you hear everyone today?" I asked her. "The loved us! They really loved our song"
"Lizzy, we can think of something to do." Ginny smiled as she walked over.
"I hope so. That toad woman needs a lesson." I nodded my head.
