A/N

Alright, I admit it, this is a very EXPLANATION chapter.

For those of you who don't know, an explanation chapter pretty much has nothing but 'this is why this happened and this is what you need to know'

Some may know it as an Introduction chapter.

Yes well… apologies for this chapter, but we all know that it has to be done. And it will probably be kidda crap, because I'm going to have to jump around a lot.

BUT

It will most likely be a long chapter to, and those are rare, so enoy

Disclaimer: I own nothing other than that of which I own

Chapter 1: Sunny Eggs and Lemonade Lemons… Something is very wrong here…

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"Willow Tien Lemontine get down here this INSTANT!" shrieked the owner of Betterdale Orphanage, Ms Hinger.

"Someone's in trouble." Said an eleven year old Ella in a sing song voice, and Willow scowled at her full name and began to walk toward the door of Ella and her own bedroom.

"You too Ella Wise!" Ms Hinger screeched. Willow smirked.

"So, what do you think she's found out about?" asked Willow as she and Ella made their way down the unsteady wooden stairs of the Orphanage.

"I dunno… there was the ants we put in the sugar…" started Ella.

"Well we were doing the ants a favor…" said Willow.

"Yeah, and the yellow paint in the butter…" said Ella.

"Hey, it was non toxic wasn't it?!"

"The glue on Ms Hinger's pillow…"

"He he, that was fun."

"Well you can't say we didn't have perfectly good reasons…" said Ella dryly as the two girls turned into the kitchen where Ms Hinger was waiting.

"Girls… these arrived for you." Said Ms Hinger, handing over two letters addressed in purple ink…

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"You know, us being witches actually makes a lot of sense." Said Ella thoughtfully as she and Willow threw their trunks into the green fire.

"Yeah, it explains how we actually managed to explode that vat of combustible liquid down by the defense base." Said Willow, grabbing a handful of the white power that Professor McGonagall had given her and Ella.

"Okay, let's go." Said Ella, also grabbing some white power.

"HOGWARTS!" the two girls shouted, and at once they were spinning very fast through fire places. It seemed like forever before them finally tumbled out of the fire in Professor McGonagall's office.

"Whoa… okay… dizzy…" said Willow, attempting to get up of the rug she had fallen on, and failing.

"Ergh… bloody claustrophobia… "Said Ella, clutching her head with one hand and her stomach with the other.

"Are, girls, glad you could make it." Said Professor McGonagall curtly. "Try not to get any ash on the rugs."

Ella and Willow looked around the office. There were moving pictures scattered all over the walls. Suddenly there was a knock at the door and a man walked in, hunched over with long, very dirty grey hair and a cat at his heals.

"Now girls, it's eleven thirty at night here, the time difference can be quite confusing. All the other first years are arriving tomorrow at six pm. You will be sorted along with them. Mr. Filtch here will show you to our Heads Domitory, seeing as we cannot allow you to sleep in a house dorm yet, you may stay there for the night." Said McGonagall.

Ella and Willow looked around, still slightly dazed from the Floo Power.

"Hey, where did our trunks go?" asked Willow.

"Our house elves have already taken them, they'll be waiting in your respective rooms. I'm sure you'll figure it out, and now, I'm off to bed." Said McGonagall, heading toward the stairs at the back of her room.

"Creepy… teachers actually do sleep in school here…" muttered Ella, as she and Willow following Mr Filtch out of the office into a long corridor.

"Now you'll both behave yourselves tomorrow. No leaving the Heads Dorms until Professor McGonagall comes and gets you." Grunted Filtch as he led the girls toward a staircase. A very long, moving staircase. Followed by another moving staircase. And another. And many many more.

"Okay…" said Willow and she and Ella followed Filtch up to the very top, then down what seemed to be 10 more corridors until they reached a painting of a clown.

"Password." Said the clown.

Ella and Willow jumped, and then looked at each other.

"Awesome!" said Ella.

"The paintings can talk!" said Willow giddily.

The clown looked offended.

"Harris Montas." Said Filtch. The painting swung forward revealing a doorway. And Filtch began to walk away.

"Erm… bye then." Said Willow. Ella rolled her eyes and walked through the door/painting.

They walked into a room painted red with two fireplaces, a couch, four chairs, two desks with lamps and room for books, obviously for studying. There were paintings all over the walls, some smiling, a few waving, but most asleep. Straight ahead were two staircases veering off in opposite directions, and in between them attached to the stone wall was a note.

Misses Wise and Lemontine,

Welcome to Hogwarts.

We do hope the sleeping arrangements are suitable for tonight. You see, this room is quite magical. It changes to suit each of its residents wishes. Pick a staircase and at the top you will find your belongings and a room of your choice.

Tomorrow you may stay in this dorm, house elves will bring up your meals and you may read or, if you wish, practice magic with your new wands. Now that you are at Hogwarts, no one can stop you.

Goodnight.

Dumbledore.

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"Hummm… well this is difficult… you're brave, certainly have suffered through hard ships…" said the sorting hat in Willows head.

"Well yeah, I'd say the orphanage was a hardship." Thought Willow dryly.

"But you have cunning… and smarts… and loyalty… so where to put you…" asked the hat, humming slightly.

"I don't know hat, I do believe its your job to figure out." Thought Willow.

"Ummm…" said the hat.

"If I could roll my eyes at you I would. Just put me in the awesome house where the odd people go." Thought Willow.

"That could be any house!" argued the hat.

"…I like purple?" asked Willow.

"There isn't a purple house."

"oh."

"Well you're loyal, and hard working, and you're insane but not in an evil way. And insane people don't like Ravenclaw excepting perhaps that one girl… something to do with the moon.." rambled the hat.

"Get to the point!" thought Willow.

"Well… that rules out Ravenclaw, and you're not a Slytherin I don't think…" said the hat.

"I like badgers." thought Willow.

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

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"Well… another tricky one… " said the Hat into Ella's ear.

"That's great… " thought Ella sarcastically.

"Humm.. brave but not a Gryffindor, sneaky but not a Slytherin, smart but not a Ravenclaw, loyal but not a Hufflepuff… now contrary to your friend, you seem to fit no where." Said the hat.

"Oh thank you."

"Oh don't worry, I've never met a student that I couldn't place… no lets see… You're not a Slytherin, you have to much morality…"

"I thought you could read people, morality, really?"

"Yes well… you're not a Gryffindor, they pride themselves on their morality… "

"Well I'm not a Ravenclaw, contrary to the popular opinion, having the last name Wise does not help you in the intelligence department…"

"Do you like badgers?"

"BADGER? WHERE?"

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

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"I still can't believe we're the only two girls in Hufflepuff this year. Its insane…" said Ella, walking up the stairs to the dormitory.

"You know what's every more insane?" asked Willow as she opened the door and collapsed onto one of the five beds.

"There are no badgers in the entire of Hufflepuff's common room or dorms?" guessed Ella, chucking her books onto one of the five beds.

"YES! HOW IT THAT POSSIBLE?" said Willow, glancing at the portrait of a badger the two girls had stolen from a third floor corridor. "Well at least we have Snipe."

"Yes, Snipe the Badger." Said Ella grinning.

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"I can't believe we have to go back to the orphanage for the summer." Complained Ella, as she threw one of the fifty or so books on her bed into her trunk.

"I know, and worse still, back in Australia we'll have to go to school! They aren't even on holidays! Bah, stupid England and its backward Holiday system!" said Willow, walking across the room and looking under one of the three unoccupied beds. "Have you seen my purple quill?"

"Nup, ask Snipe, he knows where everything is." Said Ella absentmindedly as she threw a few library books she hadn't yet returned onto another bed.

Snipe pointed his nose toward the rug in the middle of the room.

"YAY!" said Willow as she lifted the rug to find her awesome purple quill.

"Well at least we get to go back to Australia, even if it is annoying with school, its not like we have to try hard anyway, we're witches, what good is maths going to do us?" said Ella, finally closing her trunk. "Remind me not to read so much next year."

"Like you'll listen."

"Good point."

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"Watch it!" exclaimed a bespectacled (A/N new favorite word, bespectacled) boy with jet black hair.

"Sorry!" said Ella, grabbing her trunk before it fell onto someone else's foot.

"You should be." Said the boy.

"Don't mind him, he's just a bit… angry…" said a girl from behind him with bushy brown hair and bucktooth teeth. "His thinks his godfather was refereeing the last quidditch match so that Ravenclaw would win instead of Gryffindor."

"Hey look, a three leaf clover!" said a red headed boy.

"Right…" said Willow.

"I'm Hermione Granger by the way, and the is Ron Weasley, and Harry Potter. We're in third year." Explained Hermione.

"I'm Ella and that's Willow. We're in first year." Said Ella.

"Why you speak funny?" asked Ron.

"Erm… we're from Australia." Said Willow, backing away slowly.

"Yeah, bye…" said Ella.

"Well. That was strange." Said Willow and she and Ella headed off in the opposite direction to everyone else.

"Ergh, I don't wanna Floo back to Australia, I almost died last time." Complained Ella.

"Claustrophobia isn't death. Wait… yes it is." Said Willow.

"Exactly."

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"Welcome, everyone, to another year at Hogwarts. Thank you to all students who were kind enough to reframe from 'freaking out' over the Triwizard Tournament rumors. They are indeed true. The Twiwizard Tournament will be held at Durmstrang this year, and all Sixth and Seventh year student wishing to participate please inform Professor McGonagall after the feast." Said Professor Dumbledore.

The hall was immediately filled with talking as the feast started.

"Does that mean we get rid of older students for the year?" asked Ella.

"I don't know, I'm still replaying Dumbledore saying 'freaking out' in my head." Said Willow.

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"Welcome, everyone, to another year at Hogwarts. And now, seeing as I'm famished, I will leave you with these words." Said Professor Dumbledore, taking a seat.

"Good words." Said Ella.

"Very entertaining." Said Willow.

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"Welcome, everyone, to another year at Hogwarts…" started Professor Dumbledore.

"Can you believe it's out forth year?" whispered Ella.

"I know, its freaky." Said Willow.

"Now, this year I actually do have something to say. Some of you may have heard stories from your parents about the notorious dark wizard, Lord Voldemort. Now, many of you may also have keep up with the news of recent muggle attacks.
"Indeed the two are connected. It is with regret that I inform you all, Lord Voldemort has returned."

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A/N

DUN DUN DUN

Okay, so, sorry, that was a very filler chapter of 1, 836 words xD

But now you know, Ella and Willow are in Hufflepuff, forth year. Voldemort is back. Snipe is awesome

And now, the return of my awesome LIST

For those of you who have read The Doctor Down Under, you may recognize my lists. xD

A) he he he, bespectacled
2) Ergh, claustrophobia
iii) Snipe! I admit, I may have heard the name from somewhere… Lol, I give full credit to the movie Up! For the word/name snipe. However, my awesome badger portrait Snipe belongs to Willow and Ella
D) Expect Voldy in the next chapter… but you didn't hear it from me

Thnx 4 reading

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