Harry Potter - Series Fan Fiction ❯ Dumbledore's Own ❯ Dumbledore has a Granddaughter?! ( Chapter 1 )

Dumbledore's Granddaughter

Chapter One

"Claire! Do try and to behave yourself this year at Hogwarts hmm?" Pervinca called out to her daughter, just as the train to Hogwarts started to roll out of the station.

"Of course mum," Claire replied, rolling her eyes. 'Yeah, like that's gonna happen' she thought.

"Kiss Kiss, send us lots of letters!" Her mother called just as the train rounded the corner and she vanished from sight.

Claire sighed internally to herself as she set out to find herself an empty compartment. She spotted one near the very end of the train, and went towards it. At the same time however, Harry Potter had just spotted the exact same compartment from the other side of the hallway. Without looking, both Claire and Harry set out for the compartment and met up at the door.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Harry said without a second thought. "I didn't realize someone else had set their sights on this one."

"Um, we could always share I guess...if you don't mind that is..." Claire replied in her slight Scottish accent.

"No problem!" said the red haired boy that suddenly appeared from behind Harry. "My name is Ron. Ron Weasley. What's your name?" Ron asked quizzically.

"That is true; I haven't seen you around Hogwarts these past few years...” Said the bushy haired girl standing behind Ron. 'Where the hell do these people keep coming from?' Claire thought. 'How many more ARE there.....'

"My name is Claire. And you are?" Claire asked with a tint of bitterness on her voice. 'Who are these people to try and steal my compartment and demand of me my name?' Claire thought.

"I'm Hermione Granger." Hermione answered, sticking her hand out to shake Claire’s. Claire accepted her hand and shook it politely.

"Well, let's head in the compartment...." Harry interjected to the rest as he headed inside the compartment and started heaving his large trunk up onto the shelf above the seats.

"I don't recall ever seeing you at Hogwarts before...." Ron told Claire as he dug into one of his bags to retrieve his mother's usual homemade sandwiches.

"Oh, err..." Claire began blushing slightly: "I went to a school in the States my first few years...."

"Ah, which one?" Hermione started to ask. "the StatesWitchcraft and

"Hush Hermione, why must you ask all those questions...?” Ron interrupted.

“Actually, it was the US Witchcraft and ….” Claire replied, a little nervous of how they would take it, them being from a

Ron’s eyes widened, giving him the look of a surprised owl, and Hermione just gasped.

“An American school!? Really!?” Hermione gushed as she switched seats to sit next to Claire and hold her hand in a friendly way.

“You simply must tell us all about it when you get the time and chance. I’ve read so much about that school and always wanted to check it out, but I was always so busy, and my parents never got around to vacationing the yet!”

“Give the girl a break Hermione geez” Ron said rolling his eyes. “She only just got here. Give her breathing room”

Claire smiled nervously, mostly out of confusion as Hermione let go of her hand and straightened herself out with as much dignity as possible.

“It’s ok, really.” Claire began, “I don’t mind. I’ll tell you once we settle in at Hogwarts.”

“Speaking of Hogwarts, “, Harry butted in, “What house did they say you would be going to?”

“Gryffindor” Claire replied. The gang smiled.

“That’s AWESOME. We’re all in Gryffindor as well…” Hermione told Claire, casting a look around the compartment at Harry and Ron.

“This will definitely be an interesting year…” Ron replied to Hermione as the train pulled up to the Hogwarts Station.


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