A/N: Here's hoping this new chapter will not disappoint. :)
Chapter 7: New Friendship.
Harry walked into the Great Hall, and took his usual seat next to Hermione across from Ron. "Hey, guys good sleep?" asked Harry.
"Yeah, I suppose, you?" asked Ron.
Harry blushed remembering his very…vivid…dream. "Yeah, yeah it was good." He said, smiling to himself, happiness clearly visible on his face. Unfortunately this did not pass Hermione's keen stare.
"What? Why are you smiling?" said Hermione, herself smiling.
"Oh, it's…um…nothing, I met someone new last night. Have either of you ever met an Brian Larkin?" asked Harry, his gaze drifting from Hermione to Ron and back. Both Shook their head. Then, suddenly, Hermione snapped to, "Oh, yeah, he's the one living with his sister, right?" said Hermione.
"Poor Bloke, if I had to live with my sister alone for the rest of my life…I can barely Take her now!" said Ron.
"It isn't funny Ron!" she said smacking him on the side of the head.
"Speaking of his sister, does she go to Hogwarts? I've never met her." Said Harry.
"That's because she's a sixth year." Said Hermione, "and she really only keeps to her own group of friends."
"Oh well, that explains that!" said Ron, "Now, I don't know about you, but I'd really rather not be late for Potions, Gryffindor can only lose so many points." They all got up and headed through the corridors to the dungeons. On their way there they made out the muffled words of shouting far down the Hall. "Leave…alone…malfoy…hex…next century…!" was all that could be made out. The trio instantly ran down the hall to the source of the commotion. What they saw next was what one could expect from a swine like Draco Malfoy. A little boy was hunched in the corner crying, with papers we all over the floor. In front of the boy stood Brian Larkin his wand pointed at Draco, whose wand was pointed back at him. "Maybe you didn't understand me, I said leave the kid alone, or I'll hex you into the next century!" shouted Brian.
"You think you scare me, Larkin? You and your bloody sister! The whole lot of you are blood traitors, like the Weaslys!" said Malfoy.
"Hey!" shouted Ron pulling out his own wand, and pointing it a Draco. Before Ron could cast his curse, Brian, with anger visible in his eyes, shouted,
"Resteria!" A dark green ball of light hit Malfoy squarely on the chest knocking him to the floor. Malfoy instantly stood up, pointed his wand at Brian, and shouted, "Expeliamus!" Nothing. Nothing Happened. "Expeliamus!" shouted Malfoy, louder. "W-What-did you d-do?" asked a scared Malfoy.
"I knocked out your powers!" said Brian in a matter of fact tone.
"Y-you what?" asked Hermione, her eyes bulging, herself slightly scared.
"I took away his powers," Brian repeated, "Temporarily, of course."
"Wow, How'd you do that?" asked Ron, who was instantly enthralled.
"It's an old spell, dating back to Merlin's time." Answered Brian, slightly embarrassed from all the attention. The thing was, all Brian's life, he never had many friends, besides his Sister, and his dog. All the attention was a different feeling for Brian. "Um…well…we…uh…better get to…potions…before…um…what's his name? Snape! Yeah Snape, before Snape kills us!" said a rather flustered Brian.
"Yeah, um that's a good idea!" said Harry trying to break the tension. "Let's Go!"
And with that, the quarto ran down the hall, to Potions.
Right in the middle of Potions class, as Snape was lecturing the students on how to brew a simple antidote, There was a knocking on the door, and in burst a girl, who looked to be about 16, with long flowing black hair, brown eyes, and a slim, slender, body that Ron instantly fell in love with. There were two things that Harry noticed about her after a longer investigation, One, she had a striking resemblance to Brian. It's not that she wasn't pretty, it was just her eyes were like the ones Brian had, eyes that you could very easily get lost in. Two, she wore a strange golden necklace with an F inside of an L dangling from it. As she burst through the door, she almost tripped on her robes, making her look rather clumsy. When she reached Professor Snape's desk, she promptly handed him a folded piece of parchment which he opened, read and placed on his desk all in one motion. He simply nodded his head, and she turned around surveying the classroom and then her eyes locked on Brian and began to smile. It was in this second that he noticed that Brian too, was wearing a golden necklace, but instead there was an B inside an L. She nodded her head, smiling brightly, it was sure to have made all the boys' hearts melt. Then, as if they had been having some mental conversation, Brian stood up, and followed her out of the classroom. This whole time Ron had just stared at her, mouth agape, but now he finally spoke, "What the bloody hell was that about?"
"That isn't really your concern is it, Mr. Weasly." Answered Professor Snape.
"If you must push yourself into other peoples business, then know this, Ms. Larkin has been given the permission to leave class." This left Ron with nothing more than he had to begin with.
A/N: What do you think of this new Character now? Anything, you'd like to see in the story or any ideas? If so just leave a review and tell me what you think.
~Werter~