Daughter of Padfoot

Chapter IV

After a few weeks of staying with the Weasley's the girl named Hermione came to stay. We got along pretty well, and she let me use her wand to try out some simple spells. According to Ron and Harry she was the brain of Hogwarts.

In late August all of us kids got our Hogwarts letters. Mine had the basic information on it as well as an extra letter.

'Dear Aphrodite Black,

We are pleased that you are joining Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. We have written to let you know that you will be taking some of your more challenging classes with the first years. These classes will include Transfiguration, and Potions. We would also like you to know that in Hogwarts students choose two other classes to take at the end of their second years. Considering you were not here at that point we have chosen those classes for you. They will be Care of Magical Creatures, and our new class Illusions.

- Professor Mcgonagall (Deputy headmistress)'

"Ooo!" squealed Hermione "you get to take illusions. That's supposed to be very interesting."

"Is it like muggle illusions?" I asked

"Yes. Except it's real magic, not mirrors or any thing." She answered.

"I wonder why they picked that for me?"

"Could be for various reasons?" she shrugged "we should be getting ready though. We're going to Diagon Ally soon."

I nodded and finished tying up my sneakers.

"How're we getting there?" I asked

"Floo powder." Answered Harry

"You mean the stuff you throw into the fire?"

"Yup."

I sighed and went downstairs into the kitchen. Harry and Hermione followed. Mrs. and Mr. Weasley, and Remus, dad, Fred, George, and Ginny were sitting at the kitchen table.

"Now remember," Mrs. Weasley was saying, "stay out of Knockturn Ally. And keep an eye on Aphi."

I'd asked them to call me that.

"What's in Knockturn Ally?" I asked

"Nothing you need see." She wagged her finger at me.

This of course made me want to see it more.

"Stay away from it Aphi." Said Dad "that's the same look I used to get on my face when I was about to break rules."

"Of course." I said sweetly.

"And here's the key to the family vault in Gringots." He handed me a little shiny golden key.

"Where'd you get that?" asked Mr. Weasley, "I'd have thought that the ministry would've confiscated it."

"Callisto had a spare. She sent it to me as soon as she'd heard I'd gotten Aphi." He grinned, "There's a lot that the ministry should've confiscated that Callisto has."

"Sirius, are you coming?" asked Ron "in dog form of course."

"No, it's to risky. He'll stay here." Answered Remus before dad could say anything.

"Time to go." Said Mrs. Weasley "I'll go first."

She went over to the kitchen fire and took a jar off of the mantle. She threw some powder from it into the fire and it turned green. She stepped in and Said 'Diagon Ally.' With a whoosh she was gone.

"You next." Said Mr. Weasley to me.

I nervously threw some of the powder into the fire and stepped in. the fire felt cool on my legs.