Eliza Potter: Harry Potters Sister 2

Chapter 2: Horace Slughorn

"Keep your wands at the ready," said Dumbledore as we walked own Privet Drive.
"I thought we weren't allowed to use outside of school," said Harry.
"If there is a attack-" said Dumbledore. "I give you permission to use any jinx or counter-jinx that comes to mind. However, I do not think there will be an attack tonight," said Dumbledore.

"Why not, sir?"

"You are with me, this will do-" said Dumbledore as he abruptly stopped at the end of Privet Drive.

"You have not, of course, passed your apparation tests, I assume," said Dumbledore.

"No, I thought you had to be seventeen?" Said Harry.

"You do, so Harry grip onto my arm very tightly- my left arm if you don't mind, as you have noticed, My wand arm is a little fragile at the moment," he said. Harry grabbed his arm and then Dumbledore gestured for me to grab onto Harry's. I did.

With that motion a twisting filling went around me, all went black. I felt pressure on me coming from every direction. Suddenly, I felt it all stop and I opened my eyes to see that we were now in the middle of a deserted village square, there was a memorial and some benches.

"We just apparated-" I said breathing in the cool night air deeply.

"Are you alright?" Asked Dumbledore towards both Harry and me. We both nodded. "The sensation does take some getting used to,"

"We're fine," said Harry. "But I think I might prefer brooms," said Harry. Dumbledore smiled at this comment.

"This way," he said. He started down the dark street past a empty inn and many houses. We passed a church that said it was almost midnight.

"So tell me Harry, your scar, has it been hurting at all?" Asked Dumbledore. I looked at Harry who was touching the scar.

"No, and I've been wondering about that. I thought it would be burning all the time now that Voldemort's getting so powerful again-" he said as we continued to walk.

"I on the other hand, thought otherwise. Lord Voldemort has finally realized the dangerous access to his thoughts and feelings that you have been enjoying. It employs that he is now employing occlumency against you," said Dumbledore with a satisfied expression.

"How about you Elizabeth, any dreams or has the scar burned?" He asked.

I thought about it. "I had one dream but that's it. The scar burns often enough," I said calmly thinking back to the last two weeks that we had had to spend at 4 Privet Drive.

"And you make sure not to touch it when it does burn?" He asked.

"Yes," I said.

"Um- Professor, where are we exactly?" Asked Harry as we turned down a street.

"This, is the charming village of Budleigh Babberoon," said Dumbledore.

"And what are we doing here?" I asked.

"Ah, yes, I haven't told you yet. Well, I have lost count of the number of times I have said this in the recent years, but we are, once again, one member of staff short. We are here to persuade an old colleague of mine to come out of retirement and return to Hogwarts," said Dumbledore.