Title: untitled

Author: Torahamutaro-chan

Rating: T

Summary: A new student at Hogwarts causes disturbances among the student body. (I'll try and come up with a better summary later.)

Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to Harry Potter.

AN: Okay, I haven't written anything in a long long time, so I felt that a new fic was far over due and what better subject to write a story on than my current obsession, Harry Potter. Just so you know, this story does not evolve around the Golden Trio or their adventures and it excludes HBP and DH. It does, however, take place during Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts. This is an OCxOC romance story, but I might throw a few pairings from the book in there at some point. Anyway, on with the show!

(p.s. If there are any obvious spelling errors, I blame my keyboard. It's been sticking a lot lately.)

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Chapter One: The New Arrival

It was the twenty fifth of August when the special arrival apparated to the crossroads of Hogwarts and Hogsmeade. A thestral-drawn carriage was waiting to take her to her destination, her new home for the next nine months. She would be attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year. Her fellow students would not be arriving for another week. The headmaster of her new school invited her a week early to get situated and become familiar with the castle and grounds. She would be meeting him at the gates.

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Albus Dumbledore stood at the entrance gates of his school. Beside him, his ever faithful friend and coworker, Minerva McGonagall. He smiled as he watched the carriage drawing closer. As it pulled in front of them and the door swung open he reached out his aged hand to help their guest exit the slightly confining space.

"Welcome to Hogwarts," he said brightly,"I trust you had a pleasant trip?"

The girl smiled back at the old man and said in a very polite tone,"Thank you, Professor. I did enjoy the carriage ride. You have lovely thestrals."

The headmaster's smile took on a slightly sad appearance.

"Ah, so you can see them, can you?"

"Yes, sir."

He nodded in silent understanding. After a few moments, his smile came back full force, "Come, come. Let us head up to the school."

The girl bit her lip and then spoke up uncertainly, "Is he there, sir? Does he want to see me..?"

The man's smile softened and he nodded. The girl's expression brightened quite a bit and she followed her new professors up the path towards the front entrance.

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A tired looking man with pale skin and limp black hair peered out of entrance hall doors, watching the girl and his coworkers make their way up towards the school. He gave the rarest of smiles.

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September the first brought the arrival of the rest of the student body. They entered the Great Hall and sat in their normal seats. As usual, Hermione was the only one who noticed anything different. She nudged Harry, bringing him away from his conversation with Ron on foreign Quidditch teams.

"What is it, 'Mione?"

"Have you noticed that there's one extra person sitting at the head table?" she asked quietly.

Both Harry and Ron looked up towards the faculty members. Their friend was correct. At the head table, seated next to Professor Snape, was lovely young woman. She was chatting politely with Snape, who actually looked happy to be conversing with the teenager.

Ron stared up at them blankly. "That's...weird."

Before the other two could respond, Headmaster Dumbledore stood to speak.

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Okay, I realize this chapter is short, but I just wanted to post something as soon as possible. Chapter two will be up later today. I need help coming up with a name for my fic. Review if you want. It's 1 am, I'm tired. Goodnight...