Black Rock Witch

Arrival

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Ch. 1 Newcomer

Dumbledore sighed, deep in thought. What was he going to do this year?  First, the ministry was breathing down his back with this new DADA professor. He shuddered; That Dolores woman is going to be a nightmare!  Then there was the problem of Harry. What was he going to do with him? The boy insisted on throwing himself into very dangerous situations. He needed his weapon alive and ready to be sacrificed at the right time! He looked at the letter on his desk and sighed in dismay. Just tonight, he had saved his cousin from a Dementor attack. While the act itself was very admirable, the boy did not think of the consequences. Again. Therefore, he had to save his precious Chosen One from being expelled. He had to have Harry return to Hogwarts so he could keep an eye on him. Thankfully, the Durselys always made sure that Harry wanted to return to Hogwarts. It was a minor bump in his plan that they abused Harry, but as long as no one found out, it was fine. BOOM! Dumbledore staggered as something hit the school grounds with tremendous power. An attack? No, the wards around the school kept out any Death Eaters. Then what was it? As he repaired the damage to his study, Minerva McGonagall rushed in, breathless.

“Dumbledore! You need to get to Madame Pomphrey’s right now!”

Dumbledore nodded and followed Minerva out. “What hit the school?”

“That’s the problem, it’s not a what, it’s who hit the school.”

Dumbledore looked at his colleague quizzically. “Are you telling me that the explosion that just shook a castle was caused by someone hitting the ground?”

She nodded, “She seems to be ok, but we need to figure out what to do with her. We can’t let him get his hands-”

“Put her with Sirius.”

“Pardon?” She looked at him, stunned at the suggestion.

Grimwauld Place is the safest place to hide something right now. I hope that she can befriend Harry.” He looked at an unusual pocket watch for a moment before nodding. “He should be back from the hearing by now. Have Poppy make the arrangements, I need to go repair the damage to the school.” She nodded, before rushing off to the infirmary to speak with the school nurse. Dumbledore sighed again; this was going to be one bloody hell of a year.

Grimwauld Place

“Hey Harry, I think she’s waking up!”

I groaned, coming to. What happened? Where was I? I opened my eyes and saw several people surrounding me. A boy with flaming red hair, a bushy brown haired girl, and a skinny boy with piercing green eyes.

The green-eyed boy looked at me with something akin to concern, “Hey, are you ok? Can you remember your name?”

My… name? What was my name? I searched through my tattered mind before finding a name. “Mato, Mato Kuroi.”

“What kind of name is that?” said the red haired one.

“Hush, Ronald! It’s Japanese.” The bushy haired one turned to me. “Sorry about that, Ron is just confused and has no filter for his mouth.”

“Who are you?” I asked, keeping my voice even.

The girl smiled, “I am Hermione Granger, the idiot next to me is Ron, and the green eyed wonder over there, is Harry Potter. It’s a pleasure to meet you Mato. Dumbledore said that you would be joining us for the school year.” School? What was this girl talking about? I didn’t want to give away anything, so I kept my face neutral and nodded.  The girl positively beamed and continued, “Tomorrow we are getting our school supplies. Dumbledore said that you would need a want and everything, so we are taking you with us and getting you a wand along with the usual school supplies.” She turned towards Harry and said, “Mrs. Weasley said that you were to watch over Mato, Dumbledore’s orders.” I felt a stab of anger coming from Harry as he smiled and said, “Got it.” The other two walked out, leaving Harry behind.

“Is something wrong?”

The boy looked up in surprise, “What? No, why do you ask?”

“You seem angry.” The boy looked at me with surprise, and then shook his head.

“You read people like a book don’t you?” I play along and nod. He laughs, “I am only just starting to see that a crotchety old fool has been manipulating me for a long time. He thinks that I should befriend you to make an ally. I wonder if he knows that things don’t work like that anymore. Friends don’t help you because they are obligated to, friends help because they care.”

I nod, somehow knowing what it felt like to be manipulated. He looks at me for a moment, “You know you have a sword, right?” At that statement, several images flash in my head of a jet-black katana.

I nod, “May I have it back?”

He shifted uncomfortably. “That might not be the best idea…” He gets up and glances out the door for a second before darting out into a different room. He returned later with a sheathed blade. “Dumbledore wanted to keep this from you, but seeing as Dumbledore has some sort of agenda going on, I think I should start trying to get out of his grasp.” He hands me the blade, and I instinctively clip it to my belt. He turns to me, “Want to meet the rest of the house?” I nod and he leads me out.

1 hour later

“Well, we got Sirius, Remus, Mad-Eye, and we students. Now all that’s left is Mrs. Weasley. Oh, wait! The twins!” *CRACK!*

“’Ello Har-YELP!” A boy with red hair froze as I drew my blade and placed it at his throat. Harry leapt forward.

“Whoa, Mato! This is Fred! He’s a friend!” *CRACK!* A second red haired boy cracked into existence, causing me to whirl around with the blade. “Expelliarmus!” There was a flash of light and my sword went flying. I turned slowly to see what had sent my weapon flying. A woman with the same red hair as the twins was pointing…stick at me? Thinking she meant to attack, I darted for the sword, only to be frozen in place. The woman looked at the twins, “Are you ok? Fred? George?” She seemed to be glaring at Harry, as if this was his fault. While she was fussing over the twins, I struggled against the force that held me in place. Whatever it was, it was strong, but not as strong as I was, apparently. With tremendous effort, I broke free and picked up my sword. Not wanting to face that unusual power, I made a break for the stairs, catching the woman off guard. Hearing her wave that stick-thing again, I jumped off the walls and landed on the second floor. The woman gasped in surprise, unable to finish whatever she was trying to do. I looked back, and saw that she was trying to get up the stairs. However, that Harry boy was doing his best to stop her.

“Mrs. Weasley, wait! She didn’t mean it! She just woke up and she’s very disoriented. The twins just scared her!”

The twins leapt to his defense, “Yeah Mum, it’s our fault. We didn’t think she was going to react this badly.”

The mother looked at me sourly. I was keeping my face as neutral as possible. She pursed her lips, “Either way, I will not allow weapons in this house.” She held up her stick, “Accio Sword. Noting happened. “Accio Sword!” Still, nothing. She was beginning to look frustrated as she realized that whatever she was trying to do was failing. Seeing that she was no danger, I sheathed the sword and walked down the stairs, ignoring the sputtering Mrs. Weasley, and standing by Harry. Harry looked at me with an unusual expression on his face. As if he was unsure whether or not to be awed by something, or terrified of me. The twins on the other hand looked like they were trying not to laugh.

“Come on, it’s almost supper time.” I suddenly felt a bit panicked. Why? I don’t eat. I have never needed to eat. I need to excuse myself. Quickly!

“I think I’ll just go and lie down in that bed. I am feeling a bit tired.”

Harry looked at me, worried, “Do you need anyone to help you get back? This place gets confusing at times.”

I shook my head, “I know the way back. I was memorizing the entire place so I wouldn’t get lost.” With that, I trudged back up to the room, acting as if I was exhausted. When I reached the room, I closed the door, and sat on the bed. Within moments, I was hit with a flood of memories, causing me to pass out. My last thought was, I am so screwed…