CHAPTER 3: New students at Hogwarts.
"Harry, do you mind waking up your sister for me? She doesn't seem to want to cooperate..." Harry looked up, from behind the Daily Prophet, at Severus, who looked worn out even so early in the day. "She won't cooperate? Did you tell her we have to go to King's Cross Station today?", Harry asked him. Severus sighed. "Yes, Harry. I did tell her that. The only thing I didn't try was levitating her from the bed... No, Draco I didn't. And no I will not." Draco had walked into the room and heard him suggest this idea. Draco looked at Harry, who nodded, and they both went running from the kitchen towards Lina's room, with Sev trying to stop them. " Draco! Harry! Don't do it! Don't you dare levitate her from the room..." Harry and Draco looked at each other and pushed themselves faster. They hadn't planed on taking her out of the room, but now that he suggested it... " thanks for the new idea, Sev! I'm sure she'll love to hear who came up with this one!", Harry shouted. Draco just kept laughing. They reached her room in record time, ran inside and shut and locked the door before Severus could stop them.
They caught their breaths and looked around. Lina was indeed still asleep in bed, even though it was approaching eleven o'clock in the morning. Draco shoved Harry towards the bed and Harry shoved back. They were both grinning and snickering at the reaction they both knew she was going to have. They both walked over to either side of her bed, and stared at her. Draco suddenly had an idea. He looked at Harry and signaled for him to levitate her off the mattress. He didn't even have to concentrate anymore when he used his powers, so he simply looked at her and she slowly floated up and away from the mattress. He looked over at Draco, who silently motioned toward the garden. Harry caught on fast, and they began the slow descent toward the garden. They went out in the hall to see Sev and Bella, waiting for them. They were about to say something, when they saw a sleeping Lina floating along between the two of them. Both of them were in shock, but they smiled and followed them, not wanting to miss her reaction. All four of them, quietly made their way through the garden and towards the green house in the center. When Bella and Sev finally figured out what they were doing, they could barely stifle their laughs. They watched form a distance as Harry and Draco walked right up to the edge of the fountain. Then they leaned over and, at the same time, kissed her cheeks, on their own side. She began to stir, so Harry dropped her into the water. Her eyes shot open as soon as she hit the water and she sank down under the bubbles.
Everyone was laughing, and Harry and Draco helped her out of the fountain. She was dripping wet and she was angry that they had pranked her in her sleep. The three of them had been pranking each other since Harry had officially moved in. Severus had sent a letter to the Dursleys explaining that Harry had come of age and now lived at the LeStrange Manor. Lina decided she was going to get back at them for dropping her in the water so she smiled sweetly. They narrowed her eyes at her and before they could react, she threw her arms around them, one by one, soaking the fronts of their clothes. Severus and Bella were laughing hysterically. She saw them and decided to make them pay to. She acted like she going to walk up to the house, but she quickly turned around and shoved them both. Bella and Sev tumbled right into Harry and Draco, and all four of them fell into the fountain.
This time, Lina fell to the ground laughing as she saw them come up spluttering. She saw Harry and Draco jump out before Snape could grab them. She caught on to the potential danger and ran out of the greenhouse with them. Right behind them was a dripping wet Severus Snape, who was also a very angry Potions Master. They tried to run faster, even though their clothes were heavy from water when they heard him shouting, " Harry! Draco! Get back here, right now! I told you not to levitate her from the room! Come here! Stop running!! You will have a week of detention when you get to school if you don't take the consequences of your actions!." At that threat Draco yelled over his shoulder at Snape. " We already are suffering our consequences. We got trampled over by an angry Potions Master and now we are being chased by A WET angry Potions Master!" They were all laughing now as they tried to run even faster. Lina peeked over her shoulder to see Snape still chasing them and Bellatrix trying to run after them, but was laughing to hard to go any further.
They got back to their rooms and shut their doors and locked them. They listened at their doors and heard Snape laughing with Bellatrix. They all poked their heads out into the hallway and gave each other curious looks. They looked at Bellatrix then Lina, then Snape, and then back to Lina. They just shrugged and guessed it was just Lina and Bella's charm. They got dressed and packed their supplies for the school year. They came out with their trunks and dragged them down the stairs. They waited in the kitchen for Snape and Bella. They finally came down and just laughed at the three teenagers that were trying to look innocent. They just shook their heads. "Alright you three trouble makers, grab your trunks, and we have to go now... We have to fly now or else we won't make it." Bellatrix said. They just nodded. They still thought it was hilarious to see Snape on a broom. They shrank down their luggage and put it all in Bella's bag. They went outside and the three teens took off running. Before anyone could stop them, they jumped on their brooms mid-stride, and took off.
Snape and Bella chased after them knowing they could never catch them. Eventually, when they had their fill of fun, they slowed and let the two adults catch up to them. They coasted the rest of the way to King's Cross Station. Bellatrix, Severus, Draco, Harry, and Lina, all landed at the back entrance and walked through the door, with their luggage returned to full size, and their brooms shrunken down to pocket size. They quickly walked to the barrier that separated the world of muggles, from the world of magic. One by one, they walked through to the train's platform on the other side. They had their luggage put on the train, and said their goodbye's to Bellatrix and Lucius, who had met them there, at platform 9 3/4'. Then they quickly got on the train to find a compartment. The three students were now sitting in their own compartment, talking about how everything between them had changed so much in the past two weeks, in contrast to their past years at Hogwarts. Snape had gone to the special teachers compartment at the front of the train, and the three Firens weren't expecting anyone to join them. Lina was, naturally seated next to Draco, and across from Harry. She was like him in many ways, and she also liked to sit near the window and daydream as she watched the scenery fly past them.
The train had been moving for about fifteen minutes. Draco had Lina's hand clasped tightly in his own. Lina, like Harry, was staring out the window unseeingly, wondering about what would come of the school year. She had this horrible sinking feeling every time she thought of getting to school. She broke out off her trance to ponder Harry. She took in the sight of him, knowing exactly what he was thinking about, and that he was hiding his angst . He was thinking about the night Lina killed Voldemort, and how much power he had. And then all the power of a baby Firen, had been more powerful then he was. Harry felt eyes on him and he looked to his sister. He saw the raw fear in her eyes, and he realized she knew exactly what he was thinking about. He purposely let her see him mentally slap himself and her expression lightened. He gave her a half smile, and sent her a wave of happiness through their link. She returned his smile full force and giggled. Draco looked over and grinned. "Please, don't tell me whatever your thinking about, as long as it's not about me. I wouldn't want to be the center of your jibes when I can't be a part of your little mind games because I can't hear voices in my head. It just isn't fair, I tell you.", Draco noted. Harry rolled his eyes while Lina giggled. She leaned over and kissed her Fieren. She leaned against his shoulder and started to doze off. He let go of her hand to wrap his arm around her and hold her close, and took her hand with his other one. They heard a tap on the door.
Harry looked up first and jumped to get the door. He fumbled with the handle and finally slid the door open. Lina and Draco watched form the seat closest to the window, for she was now in his lap, as Harry hugged the people at the compartment door. He stood aside and three people came in and sat down. Lina's face lit up when she saw her old friend. "Hermione! How are you?! I haven't heard from you in forever!", she gushed. Hermione blushed at the sight of her close friend in her boyfriend's lap, and smiled. Lina jumped out of Draco's lap and hugged her. They started laughing and blushing and all the boys in the room just looked a little uncomfortable. This just made them laugh harder. Hermione gathered herself and cleared her throat. "Lina, it is very nice to see you again. It looks as though everything worked out between the three of you. I'm very happy for you." Lina blushed. She knew Hermione was also talking about her relationship with Draco being rock solid. She smiled at the thought. "Thanks, 'Mione. It looks like your doing great, too!" Then she whispered, "Who's the cute redhead? And when did you two start going out?" Hermione flushed scarlet instantly. She mumbled back, "His name is Ron Weasley. About mid June, at a picnic in the field behind his garden..." Hermione flushed profusely. Lina just giggled. She threw her a grating look.
Lina shrugged and said, "Who is the brunette my brother's making goo goo eyes at?" Everyone turned to Harry, who had quickly snapped his head towards Lina, in a deathly glare, before they had proved her correct. He flushed a pink color under the stares of everyone in the compartment. Hermione threw him a knowing look. Then she turned back to Lina. "Everyone, this is Ania Mikayla Pugliese. She is a new student this year, and she transferred from another witching school in Europe. Ania, you never did tell me which country you went to school in. Where did you live?" Hermione asked her suddenly. Now everyone looked at Ania. Lina could tell she wasn't exactly used to being the center of attention. She gave Draco a meaningful look. He sighed and reached out for Lina's hand.
"Why don't you all just sit down instead of questioning each other just standing around? Besides, I preferred it earlier when Lina was in my lap." Now everyone except Draco flushed. Lina had the deepest flush by far and was now fascinated with the floor. Harry laughed at his sister and she glared at him. "You know, Harry, I know things about you that you wouldn't even dream of. I can very easily make this year a living hell for you, instead of solving all of your problems, so I wouldn't laugh if I was you." Harry shut up instantly. Now it was everyone elses turn to laugh. Lina sank down into Draco's lap and cuddled up in his arms. Harry sat in his seat from before. Ron and Hermione sat next to each other, holding hands, and Ania sat between the window and Lina, directly across from Harry. Lina was curious why Ania was so quiet. She seemed like she would cry or scream at any minute, and this bothered Lina. She wanted to know why she could feel a melancholy aura, but she just shook her head slightly. Lina didn't know about auras or anything like that.
She looked at Ania again. She looked so emotional tortured, and Lina wanted to be her friend. "Ania, Hermione said you were from Europe. I was wondering which part of Europe you were from, but you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to.", Lina said. Ania looked back at Lina and smiled. Lina thought she looked grateful for her comforting words. Ania sighed and turned so she faced everyone. " I was born in Stare Miasto, Poland. In English, it would be called Old Town. I lived there until I was four, and my parents started fighting. I was bright for such a young age, and I understood why my father was so upset. She was having an affair with a man she had met in France. The man was from Italy and he was just recently divorced by his wife, who had taken everything. She fell for him and they had a steady going affair. My father found out and they started fighting. I tried to make them stop once, because I couldn't stand the yelling. My father hit me across the face, and my mother tried to hide me behind her and he hit her face, too. He threatened her to end the affair or he would kill me. My mother looked at me like she hated me for ending her affair. I begged her to end the affair. My father waited for her answer. She looked at him and then she walked out the door. My father rounded on me. I was in the hospital for a week. When I gained consciousness, I saw my dad at my bedside crying. He said he was so sorry for what he had done, and that he didn't actually think she had left, but that she was outside the door. He thought she would have come back in to protect me from him. But she had run off to Italy with her boyfriend. He took my hands and promised never to hurt me again, and that he would do everything in his power to make sure no one ever hurt me again."
She paused in her story to let that information sink in. They all looked shocked, except Harry. His expression confused her. He looked upset, and angry at something. He realized she was looking at him and he tried to rearrange his expression. When he looked back at her expectantly, she continued with her story. " Three weeks later, there was a break in at the hospital I was staying at. There were two men and a woman, who looked slightly pregnant. I heard them coming and I hid under neath my hospital bed. They came in and they started ransacking the room. A man with dark brown hair and dark blue eyes lifted the blankets that were draped over the bed and he saw me. "I found her." Is what I heard him say. The woman came over to me and hugged me. It was my mother. " Ania! I didn't think he would hurt you! I can't believe he put you here!" She was crying and I pushed her away. " You walked out on me, and you knew very well he would go through with the threat! He actually loves me. And that is why he stopped hitting me when you didn't come back! I hate you! Get out of here!", I remember screaming at her."
If she thought they looked shocked before, now they were just dumbstruck. They couldn't believe the mother had come back. Lina felt her pain the most at having to reject her mother. Lina reached over and patted Ania's arm. Ania turned her head to look at Lina, and she noticed tears in the abused girls eyes at recalling the memory. Lina took her hand and squeezed it encouragingly. Ania took in a sharp breath and continued. " When the man with the dark hair heard me say that to my mother, he hit me across the face. I remember crying and yelling at the top of my lungs how tired I was that everyone was hitting me. I remember a sharp pain in the back of my head and I touched it and it felt wet. I remember hitting the floor and trying to look at my hand at the same time. When I looked at my hand I saw it was glowing and covered in blood. I know the light was a strange, but familiar color, but I can't remember what it was for the life of me. The last thing I remember about that night, was my mother screaming and crying, and being restrained by the smaller man. The smaller man had auburn hair, and I'm pretty sure it was my uncle. I had seen a picture of him once. But I never saw him again. I remember a lot of blackness. And then I woke up in a dim room. My mom was there, along with her boyfriend. She was pregnant, and she was waiting for me to wake up. I found out later that she wanted me around to do housework while she was pregnant.
When I refused, she left the room and Vince, the name of the dark haired man, hit me again. I remember him grabbing me and then I blacked out. After that I did what I was told. I didn't want him to hit me again, but he hit me whenever he was drunk, bored, or if he didn't think I was doing a good enough job. Five months later, I looked out the window, and I saw my father with a group of men walking down the street and knocking on doors. I looked around the room, and no one was in the room with me. I quietly opened the window and climbed out. I wasn't wearing anything but a large shirt and aa dish towel around my waist. Vince didn't want me to wear clothes, because he liked to look at the marks he made when he hit me. I ran through the garden and I heard Vince yell from inside. I heard him slam open the door and start chasing me, and I screamed for my Dad. By the mercy of god, my dad heard me and he pulled out his wand and killed Vince on the spot. My mother had seen the murder and he killed her, too. I finally reached him and he grabbed me and he held me close to him. I heard him saying over and over, "I'm so sorry Ania. I couldn't find you. I wasn't there. I broke my promise, I'm so sorry." I was crying to and I told him I was okay now and I wanted him to take me back to the hospital. He said he would never take me there again, and we Apparated to St. Mungo's. Stare Miasto is a muggle town, so there was no magical hospital, so he had put me in a muggle hospital when he had hurt me himself. They healed me and gave me some better clothes to wear, and my dad took me home. My nanny was waiting for me and my father to return, and she hugged me for hours when I got home. My dad kissed her, and I figured they had fallen in love. A year later, my dad married her, and our new family moved to Paris, France.
Our neighbors were two brothers, who shared a flat, and they had both been helping my dad to find me. I thanked them for helping my father, and our two families became close friends. Our other neighbors was a family with three children. Two of them were off the street, and staying there for shelter. Their names were Lacey and Robbie. The family's biological child was a boy, his name was Nick. The four of us became inseparable. When I turned eleven, I started going to Beaxbaton.
Lacey also went with me. Nick and Robbie went to another school in France. When summer came around again, Lacey and Nick started to get closer. By the time fourth year came around, they were a steady couple. Robbie had met a girl in his third year, Amber, and they have been going out ever since. In the beginning of the summer, my uncle saw us in the market and started making a scene. My fathers friend stunned him, while my father grabbed me, and my step mother and ran. We just recently moved to London. And now I'm going to Hogwarts. I met Hermione in Diagon Alley with Ron, and I guess were friends now.", finished Ania. Lina looked out the window, and realized they were almost halfway to Hogwarts. Lina looked back at Ania. She squeezed her hand, which she was still holding. "Well, Ania, if you are friends with one of us, you're friends with the rest of us. Sorry, but even Harry and Draco are part of our package deal." Everyone laughed, and Ania relaxed a little more. Draco, however, was now squishing Lina to no end. "Alright! I take it back! Draco is a privilege friend! Ouchie...", Lina wheezed out through Draco's clenching arms. Now Harry and Ania were laughing. Lina tried to pry herself from Draco's death grip, so she moved her hand from Ania's, and felt a tingling sensation from he wrist. Lina's eyes widened in shock, and she instantly blocked the emotion from Harry. Ania had a Heartfire Mark on the inside of her wrist, and Lina knew who had the other mark. She looked into Ania's strange purple eyes, and saw Ania giving her a pleading look.
Lina nodded and pretended to struggle with Draco. When she finally got tired of being squished, she kissed him, full on. Draco loosened his grip instantly, and Lina relaxed. Harry just glared at Draco in a mocking way and said, " So is that how you two work? You force her to kiss you? I better not catch you doing that again with my sister, Draco..." Harry couldn't even finish his sentence because he was laughing so hard. He noticed that only he, Ania, Hermione, Draco, and Lina were the ones laughing, because Ron wasn't laughing. He had no idea who Lina was, or when Malfoy had become Draco to Harry, or when the two hade made a truce. They were the only ones who knew why Draco and Harry weren't fighting anymore. Harry laughed harder, and Draco gave him a questioning look. Lina quickly whispered why, and the three of them just kept laughing. By the time they regained control of themselves, Harry was on the floor of the compartment, and Lina trying to help him up, even though she was close to collapsing herself, with Draco still on the seat scrunched up in a ball. They finally caught their breaths, and Lina helped Harry up from the floor and he stood for a second to wipe the tears from his eyes. Everyone in the room saw the mark on the inside of his left wrist, and Hermione and Ron both gasped, while Ania's eyes widened. Ron decided to ask, "Hey mate, what the hell is that thing on your wrist? And why has no one explained to me what the hell is going on? Why is Malfoy in here? And did you say that Slytherin girl is your sister? That has got to be the worst prank in the world! You don't have any siblings, mate! Especially not some stupid Slytherin! I'd bet it was one of Malfoy's tricks! 'Mione, why are you slapping me?!" Hermione hushed him with flustered rapidness and by slapping her hand repeatedly on his shoulder.
Lina tried to sink back down into Draco's lap, but Harry grabbed her in a tight hug, and held her. She felt safe in either of their arms, and so she let the tears fall. She heard gasps from all around the compartment, so she looked up at them. They gasped louder and she soon realized why, she was glowing her heartfire color, and so was Harry, but Harry was glaring at Ron, probably for saying anything that upset his sister. Lina quickly sent him calming emotions, and soon neither of them were glowing anymore, but Lina still had silent tears flowing from her eyes. Hermione was in shock. "Lina, Harry, are you telling me that you are the... the. Prophecy?" Lina nodded. Ron went pale. Apparently, he knew what the prophecy. "Mate, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get anyone upset...", Ron stammered. Hermione comforted him and Harry just shook his head. " Why don't Lina, Ania, and I all leave to change into robes, and we will come back when you have done the same? Then we can catch up after that?" Everyone nodded. As the three girls were leaving, Harry gave his sister another hug. Lina kissed Draco, and waited outside the compartment for the other two girls. Draco immediately went to his trunk for his robes, while Ron kissed Hermione. Ania paused, and turned to Harry. She smiled at him, and in a very obvious gesture, she tucked her hair behind her ear with her left hand, showing only him what was on the inside of her wrist.
Harry's eyes widened in shock, and he couldn't help himself, so he quickly gave her a hug, while no one else would notice, but he got caught by both of the other boys in the compartment, and blushed profusely. He picked her up, still in the hug, and took the two steps to the compartment door, where he put her down and she instantly turned and bolted over to Lina and Hermione, blushing all the way. Harry smiled and shut the compartment door, and locked it. He had no particular urge to make it easier for Lina to prank them while they changed. Draco and Ron both started jesting at him to his flirting with Ania. He just backfired the comments at Ron, but he joked at him about Hermione, and instantly Ron shut up. Draco just laughed, and Ron and Harry just threw their shoes at him. Draco fell over at the sudden attack, still trying to put his socks on, when the girls waked right into the compartment. Hermione and Lina had excited looks on their faces, and Ron and Harry quickly exchanged a wary look. Then Harry realized that he had locked the compartment. " How did you guys get in here? I locked the compartment!" Lina just at him and asked, "Do you really want to know?" Harry thought about that, then shook his head. "I didn't think you did..." Lina said. The girls laughed. "I tell ya, Harry. Those girls are mental!", Ron said. Hermione stepped over Draco to swat at Ron. Lina tried to help up Draco, but he just pulled her down to a sitting position and kissed her. Lina blushed profusely and yanked Draco up off the floor and gave him a little shove towards their seat from earlier.
Hermione laughed at her. Harry was looking at Ania, smiling. Ania was smiling back at him, only she was blushing. Ron sat down, and Hermione followed Lina's earlier example and sat in his lap. Lina was already sitting in Draco's lap, and Harry sat down next to Ania, who was sitting next to the preoccupied-with-Hermione-in-his-lap Ron. Only Lina noticed they were holding hands. There was a sudden wrap at the door, and before anyone could answer it, the compartment slid open with a bang. There in the doorway, stood Pansy Parkinson, Gregory Goyle, and Vincent Crabbe. Pansy looked furious. She turned her gaze toward Lina and Draco. Draco just looked bored at her. "Hello Pansy. Is there something I can do for you?", Draco asked boredly before yawning. Harry, Ron and Hermione, and Lina all sniggered. Pansy turned red in the face. Lina took on a fake look of concern. "Be careful Pans, or you might spontaneously combust.." Lina warned. Draco chuckled and leaned over to kiss Lina. That was the last straw for Pansy, and she jumped onto Lina and ripped her away from him before anyone knew what was going on.
She slapped Lina in the face and screamed, " How dare you kiss my Draco? You little slut! How dare you bring your little gryffindor friends into Draco's compartment? You worthless little pile of trash! I will kill you if I ever see you near my Draco again!" Lina was in tears on the floor. Her face badly beaten by Pansy, who had finally finished her rant, and Ania had dropped Harry hand and was by far the most outraged by the outburst from Pansy. Lina had shown such openness towards her that she couldn't believe that this evil person could just come in and start hurting and yelling at her newest addition of friends. Lina was crying steadily now, which meant she was glowing again. Her light surrounded her in a protective looking cocoon, while a bright purple light came from Ania. Only Harry and Lina weren't shocked by the color. Ania stood up from her seat and jumped on top of Pansy. Crabbe and Goyle just stood in the doorway avoiding a fight with Draco. They already knew what he was. They were in the dorm when he came into his powers. They simply stepped in the compartment, shut the door, and cast a silencing charm so that no one would think anything bad was happening inside. They turned back around to see Harry and Draco helping Lina off the floor, but having trouble as she had her shield up, while Ania was beating Pansy to a pulp. She was scratching and punching Pansy to no end, while she screeched her own rant at her.
"How dare you? Draco and Lina are mated you little dirt bag! Who do you think you are trying to take him away from her, trying to take him away from all of us? You are in Slytherin, so you should know how much Draco doesn't like you! He loves Lina! Who do think you are? Did you just think you would get away with attacking her in front of her brother and her closest friends? Did you not know we would retaliate? Well here is a little wake up call, you little whore! You will never touch Lina, or think crossly about her, or this will just seem like a hug compared to what I will do to you. Do I make myself clear? Answer me, Pansy! Do I make myself clear?!" Ania was now kicking Pansy. Pansy was in tears on the floor. She nodded her head. Ania backed off to go get Lina out of her cocoon. "Lina, Pansy will never do that to you again. Draco loves you and he will always love you, and your brother will always protect you, and so will I. I promise you."Crabbe and Goyle went over to make sure Pansy was alright, and the they left her on the floor, and took the two seats they knew were supposed to be empty. Harry and Draco used their link to get her out of her shield, and she was crying so hard she couldn't breath. Harry and Draco held her until she stopped shaking Hermione and Ron moved over to make room for them. Harry and Draco sat next to each other with Lina in their laps, Draco wiping her tears and rubbing her back while Harry was holding her hands and sending her calming emotions through their link.
Hermione got up from Ron's lap, and kneeled on the floor next to Ania, and patted Lina's arm. Lina finally regained her self control and thanked the all. Draco stood up, cradling Lina to his chest, and sat down in the seat that Crabbe had just vacated, to sit in the other seat across from Goyle nearest to the compartment door. Lina was sitting in his lap, holding him in a hug, and no one had any doubt that she would stay in that position until they arrived at Hogwarts. Ania and Hermione stood up, and in Hermione's case, returned to her boyfriend lap, in Ania's case, sat on her potential boyfriends lap. Pansy finally got up off the floor and glared at Lina. Lina couldn't see pansy, but could feel her staring at her, and started glowing. Alerting everyone that she was crying again. Pansy looked shock by the color and decided she would speculate. " Lina... what the hell are you? And since when do you have a brother? Why is our compartment filled with these loser Gryffindors anyway?" Pansy sat down in Greg Goyle's lap, since was the next cutest guy and no other seats were open to her. Lina turned to her and stood up, while Harry tried to stop her. "Lina I don't think that is a good idea..." Lina looked at him then and she responded, "Why would I hide something she has just seen? Besides, I want to show her why you are here. Please, Harry?" Harry looked at her, and caved in instantly. "You are such a charmer, Lina. You do know that don't you?" Lina giggled, but she still had small tears falling down her cheeks.
She faced Pansy then and moved her bangs aside. What was on her forehead made Pansy and Ron both gasp. Ania already knew it was there, for she could sense all similarities between Harry and Lina, but she had never seen it either. Hermione had been shown by Lina, to prove she was Harry's sister. Draco had also seen it, seeing as the two of them had grown up together. Pansy was dumbfounded. "W-wh-what is that exactly, Lina? It looks like a Harry potter fan scar to me." She decided to try and play off the statement as an insult but she failed horribly. Ania was getting risingly agitated by the pug-like girl. She looked at the boy she was sitting on and noticed he looked slightly annoyed at being used as a chair, and wasn't being included otherwise. She got his attention and made a motion of dropping her knees. He smiled and nodded. She couldn't wait for the perfect moment to come and then she would be on the floor. She looked out the window, and guessed they would be arriving at the school soon. She quietly asked Hermione, who confirmed her guess. She looked back at Greg and suppressed a laugh. She guessed he was waiting for people in the train corridor to be able to see Pansy fall on the floor. Lina spoke then. " This scar is the twin scar to the one left on Harry by Voldemort, whom I killed when I was an infant. Harry and I share a Firen Twin bond, prophesized by a Seer centuries ago. The Potter family line has been waiting ever since for us to be born. When Voldemort heard another more recent prophecy, involving the two of us killing him, he set out to kill us. He apparently wasn't strong enough to stand up to a baby girl and her infant older brother." She giggled again, and all of her glowing finally faded. Harry chuckled along with her, and snuck a peek at Draco, who now was apparently more relaxed at seeing his fieren happier than when Pansy had interrupted.
Pansy looked around the compartment. " Who else in here is a freakish, glow-in-the-dark rag doll?" She sneered. Harry instantly glowed a brilliant green color. Lina glowed her crystal blue and midnight blue colors. Draco stood up then and glowed silver. Ania had already been standing and started to glow a swirling color of lavender and royal purple, which matched her strange eyes. She was glowing the brightest and it made her hazel hair flutter from the wind only she could feel. She was glaring straight at Pansy. " What did you call Lina, you little slut?!"
At that point, Greg had a disgusted look on his face, for Pansy had tried to hold onto him when they all started glowing, so he shook off her arms and dropped his knees, dumping her at the feet of the four Firens in the small compartment. Ania kicked her in the face and then opened the compartment door. She shoved Pansy out the door with her foot and left her crying in pain on the hall of the compartment. That's when Crabbe and Goyle decided to take Pansy away before she got them all beaten up. They picked her up by the arms and dragged her, tears falling, back to the compartment they had occupied earlier. Ania watched them go and then turned around to see four familiar faces from her past.
Oh my God!! This can't be happening! I can't believe you guys are here! How did you get on the train?! I thought you two were going to Durmstrang! A you two are supposed to be at Beaux batons! Oh My God!", Ania was jumping for joy at the sight of her friends. They quickly surrounded her and tried to calm her down. They had no idea why she was glowing, but in Ania's case, she forgot she was STILL glowing. A tall dirty blonde boy spoke to her quickly. "Ania. We need you to calm down and then we will explain. You need to control your glow first, though. We can't make any sense of what you are saying and your fire light will attract attention to your gift!" Ania stifled her laughing to small giggles and hugged all of them tightly. She turned back to the boy who spoke. "Sorry, Nikki. But you aren't the reason why I'm glowing, that girl you saw crying was. Anyways, come in here, you will understand more." They all shrugged and followed into the compartment, where she shut and re-locked the door. She turned to the confused faces of her new friends and blushed. " Um, guys, remember the story I just told you? And I mentioned the only four friends I ever had? The ones from Paris? These are the same people I just told you about, This is Nick, Robbie, Amber, and Lacey." Nick, who had mid length wavy dirty blonde hair, was tall and had brick-red colored eyes. He was holding hands with a girl who only measured up to his shoulder. This was the girl introduced as Lacey. She had long corn-yellow blonde hair that curled down in tight ringlets, with yellow-gold eyes. Next to her was another girl who was slightly taller, and was apparently Amber. She had her wavy mud brown hair pulled back in a loose clip, and her bangs hung low to partially cover her pumpkin-orange eyes, and she was partially hiding behind another boy, introduced as Robbie, who had orange blonde hair, that looked almost tan from the strange color mixture of it, that fell just above his eyes that were, ironically, the color of amber stone. His eyes seemed to swirl with all the colors of amber rock, it was almost hypnotizing. Harry and Lina were closest so they were the first to greet them. When everyone was introduced they all sat down.
Hermione was itching with curiosity. She knew exactly what they were, and she could tell they were powerful by the way they carried themselves. She wanted to know more. " So, you are all firens, am I correct? I mean your eyes and your mate marks give that impression." amber smiled at her, and Robbie followed suit. He answered her, ignored the searching looks the others in the compartment took on when they heard Hermione mention 'mate marks'. " Yes we are Firens. And we are mated into couples, like Lina and Draco are. Although, most of us have come into our powers, where Ania, Lina, and Nick haven't." He pulled Amber closer to him and she smiled. Ania smiled radiantly at them. She was so happy they were here. She didn't feel like she was alone because she was the only new person. She turned to Lacey, who was currently staring into the eyes of Paul. "So, does anyone want to tell me why you're all here and not at the Beaux Baton and Durmstrang schools? I thought you all said that was where you were going." Ania asked them. Lacey turned to face her with a big heart warming smile. "We were, but then we couldn't stand the thought of being without our mates. We knew that you were going to Hogwarts, and that this school also allows wizards, too. So we contacted the Headmaster and he welcomed us vehemently. I was almost strange, and as if he was expecting the four of us to come here this year. Have any of you here met the Headmaster in person?" Hermione, Ron, Draco, Lina, and Harry all nodded. Harry decided to explain. " Professor Dumbledore can see things that will more than likely happen in the future, he has Seers in his family line. That allows him to see who will be attending school, but outside those lines, he is a completely normal wizard." The four of them nodded. Ania was looking out the window again, and Lina noticed a faint reflection of her face, and it was completely blank and lifeless. A moment later she regained life in her facial features and she turned to face her friends. Amber sent her a questioning look, which Ania responded to by nodding. Amber smiled and barely stifled a giggle, then turned to her other three friends and whispered something. They all smiled at Ania, then they all returned to normal. Only Lina noticed the exchange, for everyone was talking to someone else. Lina met Ania's eyes and she smiled reassuringly. She leaned over to her and whispered, "Don't worry about Harry and you being future fieren, I won't tell anyone you don't want me to tell, especially him. He is kind of dense, so it will take him forever to realize that you two are meant for each other." Lina and Ania giggled. Draco and Harry looked at them questioningly, but the two girls just shrugged.
At that moment they pulled up to the school, and they all filed out, in pairs, off the train, and to the biggest carriage they could find. When the carriage finally stopped, they were all laughing and joking around. They filed out of the carriage and headed toward the castle. Lina was linked arm-in-arm with Hermione on one side, and Ania on the other, with Ania linked onto Amber, who was linked onto Lacey. The five girls were having fun while the boys just walked along them laughing at the funny sight, a fake-punching each other for remarks about another's girlfriend/mate. The girls broke apart when they reached the entrance, and the way to the Great Hall. Along the wall of the entrance was Professor Snape and Professor Dumbledore, waiting for them. Dumbledore spoke to them first. "Ah yes, and these must be the new students who will be joining us this year! It is a pleasure to have the five of you coming to our great school. Ah, Miss Granger and Mister Weasley, you two may be seated at your house in the Great Hall, there is a matter of importance about which of must speak to the rest of you." He smiled at the two Gryffindors and watched as they hesitantly walked over to the Great Hall, then entered. He turned back to the large group of Firens. He had a slightly more serious look on his face than before, and his eyes had that signature twinkle in them. " As for the rest of you, I need you to follow me around to the teachers quarters, behind the teachers table."
They quickly and quietly followed their headmaster, and were followed by their Potions Master. They cut through a small corridor behind a beautiful Hogwarts tapestry, and they were in a cozy room filled with un-matching furniture. He turned to face them and smiled. "Now I trust that you are all accounted for? Yes, Harry, Draco, Robbie, Paul, Lina, Ania, Amber, and Lacey. That makes all eight of you. Now pay attention for what you are about to hear will affect your future drastically." Everyone in the room straightened up to listen. Dumbledore cleared his throat. "As you all know, there are four Houses to the Hogwarts school. What you do not know is that Firens are immune to these four houses because they posses all the traits that separate the Houses from each other. This is also because, once Firens come together as a group, such as the eight of you have, they cannot separate, for they will grow a strong bond. A Firen bond is an unbreakable one. It is based on the deepest of emotions. For example, Harry and Draco have been House rivals since they first arrived in this school, and now they are acting as if they were long time friends." Everyone turned to see Draco leaning his arm on Harry's shoulder. Lina laughed at the two of them. Then she asked the Headmaster a question.
"Professor, um... if we aren't in any of those four Houses, what House will we be in?"
The Headmaster smiled at her then. "That is an excellent question, my dear Lina. There has always been legend of a fifth House. A House that was made by a fifth founder because he was a Firen himself. He named it Dragontora. It is a house that is specifically for Firens. The other founders did not believe there were any other Firens in existence, so they hid the Dragontora House, it's dorms, etc. But now that the prophecy has been fulfilled, the house has shown itself and there are now five tables in the Great Hall, a fifth Dormitory, for Dragontora, and there are new classes that you will have to take to control your powers. Also, the eight of you cannot wear your glamours any longer. You are the chosen Firens of Dragontora, and you are going to need training, so you will need to openly show yourselves to your classmates. Does anyone have a problem with that?" He waited for one of them to object. He smiled slightly at lina who had jumped at Harry, then Draco in her joy, The other girls jumping amongst themselves. He actually let slip a chuckle when the all the girls started to jump simultaneously and the boys started to mock them.
He waved his hands to gain them under control. "Alright, now I will have to ask you to remove your glamours now, and when Professor McGonagall announces you, you may all go out into the Great Hall. There, the Sorting Hat will put you in your destined house. This is necessary for all of you, because if you are not re-sorted, you will remain in your given house, and will not be able to undergo the necessary training. I must now go explain to your school mates about the fifth house and then Minerva will call you in. Ah... Severus? Could you take over?" He was now looking at Severus, who nodded. The Headmaster left the room, and the Potions master approached them. "All right now, the eight of you are going to have to go out there without your glamours, so I will remove them now." Severus withdrew his wand, and they heard the Headmaster begin speaking to the Houses and their new members, the first years. Severus flicked his wand at them, one by one, revealing their true looks.
They looked around at each other. Harry had an emerald green streaks in his jet black hair. He was just slightly taller than before and even though he was slouched over his sister, he had an alluring look to him. His sister, Lina, had midnight blue hair and clear light crystal blue streaks at the tips of her hair. Her hair had grown down to her mid back and had graceful curves all the way down the length of it. Her skin had paled and looked like a pale white sheet, and she had changed so she looked just as alluring as Harry, if not more. Draco now had dark grey hair that faded into the usual white blond hair he had. Ania had royal purple hair, with swirls of lavender that trailed all the way down to just past her bottom. She had stayed the same in height, but had slimmed out and looked like a porcelain doll. She was standing next to Amber, Who had Pumpkin orange hair, with black roots, and slightly black tips. Her hair had straightened out and fell perfectly to her shoulders. She had grown to be the same height as Robbie, and her skin was the color of flushed pink rose petals. She was now hiding behind Robbie almost as if she was embarrassed. Robbie turned around to hold her reassuringly. He had broadened and now had a decent amount of muscle on his body. His hair was amber color, with streaks of brown and hazel, almost as if his hair was made of the stone. His hair had also grown and was now near the base of his neck and was slightly wavy. His skin was the color of new parchment. He tapped Paul on the shoulder, who instantly moved to stand on the other side of Amber. Paul had brick red hair, that as it got closer to the tips, became brighter in color, to finally end in blood red near his ears, for it was now shorter than before, he grown considerably taller, and now stood over the rest of them by inches. Lacey had moved to stand slightly behind Amber and was patting her arm comfortingly. Lacey had golden hair, shorter than before, but still falling to just beneath her shoulders. She had actually become slightly shorter, and was the same height as Lina, and even had the same, sheet white skin. The eight of them stared at each other in awe. They could not believe how different they all suddenly looked. The saw an orange glow and they instantly realized that Amber was crying. Robbie was holding her tight and was trying to comfort her. She collapsed on the floor and Lina saw what must have upset Amber. It was a tail.
A graceful, yet slightly fluffily feline, black tail. She looked closer and could see small cats ears on her head, and a slight pink tint to her nose. Lina went over to her and patted her head. Amber reached up to cover her face and Lina saw that Amber also had claw-like nails, but they weren't sharp. Lina sat down next to her and smiled. Amber began to calm down almost instantly when she heard Lina say, "I don't know about everyone, but I can tell that most of these people absolutely love and adore all cats, and they happen to be my favorite animal. I wish I could be part cat. Then maybe I could scratch my annoying brother." She looked over at her brother who grinned impishly. She noticed that he had a tail, too. His was tan an had a brownish orange tuft of hair at the end. She recognized it instantly. "Harry you have a lion's tail! Now I am insane with jealousy!" Everyone looked at Harry's tail, and Amber laughed. She stood up, and hugged Robbie, who had strange ears. Draco helped up Lina, and she saw that he had different ears and a tail. She looked around the room, and saw that everyone that had come into their powers had peculiar ears, and some of them had tails. She looked at professor Snape and he explained. "When Dumbledore said you had to take off your glamours, it was so that you could see how much you have changed. Only Amber had seen her panther-half before, and you can see how she reacted. I trust you understand that all of you will be mixed with another creature. Those of you that have not come into your powers yet will find out soon enough. Harry, it appears you are a lion, how very Gryffindor of you." Snape paused to chuckle, along with the Firens. " Amber, it would be apparent that you are a panther, and you a very lucky, for panthers are a rare mix for Firens, and usually show a large amount of power. Draco, you are apparently a Dragon. That isn't ironic in any way." He added in a sarcastic note. Now everyone was laughing. Severus quieted them and continued. " Robbie, it seems that you are mixed with an Hippogriff . This shows you must be very wise, and extremely loving and loyal to all friends. You can also turn into any animal that is included in the blood of a hippogriff, and when you control your power, a hippogriff itself. Lacey you are without a doubt mixed with a pixie. This shows you are graceful and understanding, if not cautious of about all things." Severus paused to looked at the three Firens who had no powers. " As for you three... Lina, you show a great deal of grace and charm, which means you will probably be mixed with a fairy, Ania, from what I know of you and your history, you will be part Vampire, and will also be able to run at extreme speeds and even fly. And Nick, I believe you may be mixed with a werewolf, for you seem always on edge and ready to protect in any situation. These are just predictions and may not be correct, but keep your minds open and soon we will begin training you. For now, though, I do believe the school is waiting for you." With those words, they heard McGonagall announce them and they all approached the door. Harry put his hand on his sister's and she smiled. She took Draco's hand in hers and amber's in the other. Amber smiled gratefully for the encouragement. They all left the room and entered the hall full of gasps, oohs, and aahs.
McGonagall beamed at them and called their names one by one.
"Harry James Potter"... He sat on the stool.... "Dragontora!", the Sorting Hat boomed. The rest followed suit.
"Lina Melanie Potter"... there were some gasps from the students at her name... "Dragontora!"
"Draco Lucius Malfoy"... some evil glares from a certain jealous Pansy... "Dragontora!"
"Ania Mikayla Pugliese"... some flattering whispers... "Dragontora!"
"Robbie Joseph Armstrong"... some giggles at his apparent strength... "Dragontora!"
"Amber Rory Charm"... some curious whispers and audible adoration... "Dragontora!"
"Nicholas Aaron Charm"... Some appreciative whispers... "Dragontora!"
"And Lacey Darnella Altomare"... some aahs from the students... "Dragontora!"
Everyone was sorted and they were all seated at their tables. The Sorting Hat bid everyone a good year at Hogwarts and fell silent. Food appeared on the tables and everyone ate their fill. Gradually, people from other tables, came over to speak to the Firens at the smallest table in the room. They had compliment for their looks, their animallike features, and even questions about their abilities. Soon their friends came to say hello, and even more friends introduced themselves. The new students of the Dragontora house were happy. Amber and Lina looked at each other once and they knew they both felt the same thing... Extreme troubles on the horizon.
That is the end of chapter three!!! Sorry it is so long!!!! It just didn't want to stop the plot until here... so I set it free to rest when it wanted to!!!...
The next chapter... : Chapter four: The secrets of Dragontora!