So! Back again! Sooo.. Just so you remember from last time…
Percy had given him a replica of a snitch, with a moving figure of a famous seeker. Harry was especially surprised at this, because he had expected no present, or a boring present from Percy.
Fred and George sent a 50 galleon gift certificate to their store, and a Quidditch case, that included, a snitch, two blugders, two bats, and a quaffle. Harry was extremely pleased with that.
This was his over all best birthdays ever.
So it was his birthday! And the next month is going to go by fast just so that they can get to Hogwarts already! So this next part goes to the Order meeting ok?
Oh and also, if you know any really awesome Harry Potter fanfics, then tell me about them ok? Especially Lily and James ones, I love those!
Ok! Enough rambling… read on!
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The Order was having the meeting again. They first called Harry in, as the other two waited outside.
"So, Harry, your magic ability test will be the following. Please perform a Patronus." Someone said from the crowd.
Harry whispered something, and a silver stag erupted from the tip of his wand. The audience watched and gasped in amazement.
"Thank you Mr. Potter, please wait outside as we discuss for awhile, we will be calling you shortly," Said the same person. Harry went outside to join Ron and Hermione.
"What'd they make you do mate?" Ron asked.
"Oh, just a Patronus." Harry replied.
"Knew it, it's your specialty now isn't it?" Ron said, grinning. The three stood nervously staring at the door in silence.
After what seemed like hours, the door finally opened, and Professor Lupin called them in with an expressionless face. The group carefully made their way in front of the crowd.
"Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, and Miss Granger have proposed their acceptance to the Order. They have each successfully completed both tests required upon entering the Order. The Order would like to formally welcome you, and congratulate you." A grim witch said. Harry, Ron, and Hermione all grinned at each other, while Hagrid beamed at them. The same witch stated a few rules, before adjourning the meeting.
After the meeting ended, it was noisy once again, and people came up to the trio and congratulated them.
The grim witch that had read them the rules earlier, didn't look so grim anymore, and looked rather nice, happy, and young.
"Hello there! My name is Tiffany Starr. Congratulations! I am an auror, and also a seer, but that isn't really an occupation is it? Well, enough rambling, I need to go and take care of some other business, see you next time!" She said cheerfully, and disapparated out of the kitchen.
"Congratulations you three, well it's getting late, I expect you need to be off to beds eh? Night then." Lupin said.
It was then that they noticed it was 1 a.m. in the morning. They quickly left and fell into a quick sleep.
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The next few weeks passed by quickly with not much happening. It was finally the day before their departure to Hogwarts. Everyone was running around with last minute packing, because it had been awhile since Percy, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had last been there.
"Wow, I can't believe we are already in our 7th year." Hermione said later that evening.
"Yeah! It's our year of fun! Before we go to become boring old adults." Ron said with a disgusted face.
"Well, it's my year to find more horcruxes, and get closer to defeating Voldemort." Ron winced at the name.
"Don't you just put the fun in everything?" Ron said sarcastically.
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"Hurry up you three! The train will leave any minute!" Mrs. Weasley said while walking quickly through Platform 9¾.
Harry smiled as he walked through the platform. He was going home. Even with the current events, he still felt most at home at Hogwarts.
They saw two different entrances to the train. One was labeled "family" and the other was labeled "students." The group separated and boarded the train.
"Hey Neville! Why don't we go get a compartment before these three go to the prefect/head compartment?" Ginny said.
They found a compartment quickly and Harry, Ron, and Hermione left their stuff in the compartment and went to the Head/prefect compartment.
The halls weren't as packed as always, from the lack of students, though they did see some new students in each year.
They arrived at the Head/prefect compartment as Harry waited for the Head girl and the rest of the prefects.
The prefects all arrived, but the Head Girl had not arrived yet.
Suddenly, a beautiful, tall, blonde girl walked in with a "Head Girl" badge.
"Sorry for the wait, I couldn't find this compartment," she said in a French accent. "I am Crystal Collier." She smiled at Harry and let him start the meeting.
After snapping out of his gaze at Crystal, he began the meeting with rules and regulations of being a prefect. He handed out patrol schedules and each house its own password. He finally adjourned the meeting.
"Hello Crystal, I am Harry Potter," He introduced himself. "Would you like to join my friends and me in our compartment? You are new here aren't you?"
"Yes, I transferred from Beauxbatons. I was a prefect there, and I guess Madame recommended me, I never knew new kids could become a Head." She said as they began walking back.
They reached the compartment, and Harry introduced Crystal to the rest of the group.
"Hi Crystal! If you ever get lost or anything, any of us can help you!" Hermione said. There was a hint in her voice that she knew Crystal would be nice and a friend soon.
They occasionally had to patrol the corridors, but other then that, it was a very quiet and peaceful train ride.
"Oh look! Almost at Hogwarts! Better change into our robes now." Ginny said. They all got their robes from the trunks and changed.
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They met again at the Gryffindor table and were surprised to see Crystal there.
"Oh! You are in Gryffindor too? That's wonderful!" Hermione said happily before plopping next to her.
"Hmm, wonder who the new teachers are." Ron pondered out loud.
The first years were led in by and unknown teacher, and were quickly sorted into their houses after the hats annual song of unity and the dangers lying ahead.
"Attention, attention, please settle down." Professor McGonagall said. The hall quieted down quickly. "Welcome all first years, and new students, and welcome back to the rest of you all." Harry could tell she was trying to make it as it Professor Dumbledore were here. "You may not know, but your family is all behind and are able to see you, though you cannot see them. More announcements will be given later, but for now, dig in." she concluded.
Great mounds of food appeared on the tables. Everyone was excited and wolfed down the food.
As their feast was concluding, Professor McGonagall rose again, and called for order.
"First, I would like to say, Congratulations to our new Heads, Mr. Harry Potter, and Miss Crystal Collier." Everyone at the Gryffindor table cheered. "Now, our new heads of houses are, Professor Elizabeth Prim for Gryffindor, Professor Sprout for Hufflepuff, Professor Flitwick for Ravenclaw, and Professor Slughorn for Slytherin. Our new teacher is Professor Prim, and she will be teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts. I will still maintain my job as Transfiguration Professor. Now, I must stress you all not to wander about the castle, or anywhere outside of it. We are living in extremely dangerous conditions, and it is not wise to wander around. You will be allowed to see parents during the weekend, but you must contact your head of house first. Now, On a lighter note, we will be having several balls this year, as you see that dress robes were required once again. Also, since there will be no Hogsmeade trips planned, we have another room with the Owlery that has catalogs you may send to any store. We will also be having several other events, so pay attention to the bulletin board in your common room. That will be all for tonight, prefects, please lead your house back, and Mr. Potter and Miss Collier, I would like to see you."
Harry and Crystal walked up to McGonagall.
"Hello Professor." Harry said smiling back at her.
"Hello Mr. Potter and welcome Miss Collier. The heads will be living in the same quarters, though separate rooms. Your entrance is located in the Gryffindor common room, behind the fire. Point to the fire and say your password. I chose 'Godric' as your first password, but you may change it as frequently as you two may please. The way to change it is to be inside, and stand directly in front of the fire, and say the password then. However, it does require both of your wands. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me, but I do believe you have had a long day so I will let you adjourn to your rooms. Good night." McGonagall said before walking through another door to the families.
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"Welcome families of our Hogwarts students. I am Professor Minerva McGonagall, and I am Headmistress of Hogwarts. Concerning those who need to attend work, we have a special vehicle that can transport you safely and unnoticeably to your destination. First of all, you will be split into your child or children's house. You will not be participating in certain house events. This is just to make it easier to manage this large group. If you have children in different houses, there is a separate group for you. Now, Gryffindor's will be group one, Hufflepuff group two, Ravenclaw group three, Slytherin group four, and the extras group five. Group one will go to the north hall, group two the east, group three the west, group four the south, and group five in the center a map will be provided in your dormitories. There are more written instructions there, so I will let you adjourn to your own rooms." McGonagall said concluding her tiring speech.
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Harry and Crystal tried the password and entered. They immediately became speechless by the spacious and luxurious room. They had their own common room, and two doors on opposite sides. It was labeled with their names.
Harry entered his room and found his stuff already out and organized. After observing every inch of his room, he quickly went out and got Hermione, Ron, Neville, and Ginny.
"Hey you guys! Look at this!" Harry said and told the fire the password.
"Uh, mate, why are we standing in front of the fire?" Ron asked.
"Just wait." Harry said. The fire suddenly vanished and a big opening appeared.
"Blimey Harry."
"wow."
"This is so cool."
"Lucky!"
They all loved his dormitory. They spent the rest of the night there, before having to go back to their own rooms.
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Harry lay in bed just thinking about everything that had occurred. He suddenly heard a noise. He sat up quickly and pulled his wand out and looked around.
"Harry! Harry!"
"Who's there?" Harry called out.
"Harry! Over here! It's Sirius! I'm here with your parents!" called the voice from Harry's silver mirror.
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GASP! Well, tell me what you though and review! Please! And if you haven't noticed yet, bolded fonts are usually notes from me. So I finally got to my goal, which was get to Hogwarts already! Yeah, yeah. And the new students and teacher are going to be pretty important and aren't going to just be random characters. Anyways, please review.
(Oh and also, if you notice something is wrong, like according to the original Harry Potter please tell me, because after reading SO many awesome fanfics, I've almost forgotten what had really happened. Yeah I know, shameful... sorry! But please do tell me.)
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