A/N: Back at home again... for 2 days... then going away for a week.
The Harry Potter Studio Tour was brilliant! i bought a pygmy puff key ring and a Sirius Black 'wanted' photo frame.
Oh, don't worry i haven't forgotten about the baby thing. But it'll have to be born in S&L4 'cause otherwise it'll interfere with the thing at the end (there has to be a big thing and Bella doesn't kill Sirius, so i had to think of something else)
Enjoy ;-)
Chapter 5 – The Ministry Is Interfering At Hogwarts
Larissa followed Harry through the barrier to Platform Nine and Three Quarters. Larissa looked around and immediately saw Luna. She grabbed Ginny's sleeve and pulled her over to see her.
'Hello Ginny, hello Larissa.'
'Hi Luna.' Ginny said
'Hey,'
'Would you like a copy of this weeks Quibbler?'
'Yes please.' Ginny said, as Luna handed her a copy. 'What are wracspurts?'
'They're magical creatures that float in your ears and make your brain go fuzzy.'
Just as Larissa was about to answer she was pulled away. She was then hugged by her friends and looked around to see that it was Matthew that had pulled her away.
'Hey guys!' she said hugging them all.
'We should probably go and find a compartment.' Emily said
'One sec, I'll just say good bye.'
She ran over to her parents and the Weasleys and said good bye to them, with promises to write and try not to get into too much trouble. She then joined her friends in a compartment. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna, and Neville, were in the compartment opposite to them, and Larissa, Amelia, Catherine, Emily, Matthew, and Will, were in this one.
They changed into their robes, and finished off the rest of the sweets just before the train stopped in the Hogsmeade train station.
They got off of the train and stepped onto the platform, and went to the Carriages.
'What are they?' Harry asked, looking at the air in front off the carriage.
'What are what, Harry?' Larissa asked
'Those things... Pulling the carriages.' Harry was looking in amazement at the air in front of the carriage.
'There's nothing pulling the carriages Harry.' Hermione said
'You're not going mad. I can see them too.' A dreamy voice said. 'They're called Thestrals.'
'Why can't the others see them, Luna?' Harry asked
'They can only be seen by people who've seen death.'
'You've known someone, who died?' Harry asked quietly
'My mum. She was a rather extraordinary witch, she did like to experiment a lot though. One day, one of her experiments went badly wrong. I was nine.'
'I'm sorry.' Harry said. They both seemed to have forgotten that the rest of them were there. They climbed into the carriage and were pulled by the Thestrals to Hogwarts.
They walked into the Great Hall and sat down, at the Gryffindor table.
'Where's Hagrid?' Harry asked
They all looked towards the staff table.
'I dunno.' Ron said
'Maybe he's ill. Or, you don't think he's hurt do you?' Hermione asked worriedly
Harry whispered something to Hermione and Ron, that the others couldn't hear.
'That'll be it.' Ron said looking reassured.
'It's that Umbridge woman!' Harry said
'Who?' Larissa asked
'She was at my hearing. She works for Fudge.'
'You know what this means?' Hermione said 'The Ministry is interfering at Hogwarts.'
The sorting hat burst into song.
'In times of old when I was new
And Hogwarts barely started
The Founders of our noble school
Thought never to be parted:
nited by a common goal,
They had the selfsame yearning
To make the world's best magic school
And pass along their learning.
"Together we will build and teach!"
The Four good friends decided
And never did they dream that they
Might someday be divided,
For were there such friends anywhere
As Slytherin and Gryffindor?
Unless it was the second pair
Of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw?
So how could it have gone so wrong?
How could such friendships fail?
Why, I was there and so can tell
The whole sad, sorry tale.
Said Slytherin, "We'll teach just those
Whose ancestry is purest."
Said Ravenclaw, "We'll teach those whose
Intelligence is surest."
Said Gryffindor, "We'll teach all those
With brave deeds to their name,"
Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot,
And treat them just the same."
These differences caused little strife
When first they came to light,
For each of the four founders had
A House in which they might
Take only those they wanted, so,
For instance, Slytherin
Took only pure-blood wizards
Of great cunning, just like him,
And only those of sharpest mind
Were taught by Ravenclaw
While the bravest and the boldest
Went to daring Gryffindor,
Good Hufflepuff, she took the rest,
And taught them all she knew,
Thus the Houses and their founders
Retained friendships firm and true.
So Hogwarts worked in harmony
For several happy years,
But the discord crept among us
Feeding on our faults and fears.
The Houses that, like pillars four,
Had once held up our school,
Now turned upon each other and,
Divided, sought to rule.
And for a while it seemed the school
Must meet an early end,
What with dueling and with fighting
And the clash of friend on friend
And at last there came a morning
When old Slytherin departed
And though the fighting then died out
He left us quite downhearted.
And never since the founders four
Were whittled down to three
Have the Houses been united
And they once were meant to be.
And now the Sorting Hat is here
And you all know the score:
I sort you into Houses
Because that is what I'm for,
But this year I'll go further,
Listen closely to my song:
Though condemned I am to split you
Still I worry that it's wrong,
Though I must fulfill my duty
And must quarter every year
Still I wonder whether sorting
May not bring the end I fear.
Oh, know the perils, read the signs,
The warning history shows,
For our Hogwarts is in danger
From external, deadly foes
And we must unite inside her
Or we'll crumble from within
I have told you, I have warned you..
Let the sorting now begin'
The hall broke out in applause, though there was whispers and muttering.
'Abercrombie, Euan.' Professor McGonagall said, as a terrified, little boy went up to the front and put on the sorting hat
'Gryffindor!'
Slowly, the first years were sorted and lastly
'Zeller, Rose' was sorted into Hufflepuff. Professor McGonagall took the hat and stool away, and then Professor Dumbledore stood up.
'Welcome, to are new students, and to our old, welcome back! There is a time for speech making, but this is not it. Tuck in.'
The plates were suddenly heaving full, and the students started to pile up theirs.
Dumbledore stood up, after the plates had cleared to make his speech
'Now that we are all fed and watered, first years should note that the forbidden forest is out of bounds, and a few older students may wish to remember that too. Mr Filch has asked me, for what he tells me is the four-hundred-and-sixty-second time, to remind you all that magic is not permitted in corridors between classes.
We have two changes in our staff this year. We are very pleased to welcome back Professor Grubbly-Plank, who will be taking Care of Magical Creatures; we are also delighted to introduce Professor Umbridge, our new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher.
Tryouts for the house Quidditch teams will take place on the-'
'Hem, hem.' Professor Umbridge had stood up, and Dumbledore looked enquiringly at her.
Professor Dumbledore sat down and looked at her as if he wanted nothing better than to hear her what she had to say.
'Thank you, Headmaster, for those kind words of welcome. It is lovely to see all your happy young faces smiling up at me. I'm sure we'll be very good friends. Progress for the sake of progress must be discouraged...' It was hard to concentrate, and soon Larissa found herself whispering to Amelia.
Soon, it was time to go to their dorms. So Larissa said good night to Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Matthew, and Will in the common room before following Emily, Catherine, and Amelia up to their dorm. She walked over to her bed and gave a sleeping Snowbelle a quick kiss on her head, before getting into her night clothes, going to bed, and drifting off to sleep.
A/N: i hope you liked it.
This is the longest chapter out of the series (with the exception of the prologue to S&L, possibly...) it has a word count of 1,329!
Please review!
-Lissa XD