SCARLETT: THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX

Chapter 3: Harry's Hearing and a Certain Badge

When I woke up the next morning, I saw that Eliza wasn't up yet. I knew I could have a lot of fun with this.

"ELIZA, WAKE UP, OR I'LL TELL HARRY YOU WANT TO SNOG HIM!" I shouted. Eliza groaned and threw a pillow at me.

"Go away.." she mumbled.

I smirked. "HARRY, ELIZA WANTS TO SNOG YOUUUUUU!"

Eliza shot up and glared at me, then threw her other pillow at me,

I grinned. "You know what this means?"

Eden suddenly bursted into the room and shouted, "PILLOW FIGHT!" at the top of her lungs.

I laughed and picked up my pillow. Soon, there were feathers everywhere and lots of fabric. Oops?

Anyway, I went downstairs and picked up a piece of toast from the table. Harry was already there in a suit, as it was his Hearing today. Fudge now had a strong dislike of him, so...things probably won't go well. And I've noticed that Dumbledore never looked Harry in the eye. Sure, they'll speak and stuff but not eye to eye. Dumbledore is noticeably avoiding Harry. Oh, Dumbles. Just cause you see Voldy when you look him in the eye doesn't mean you ignore the poor guy!

Anyway, I walked over to my dressing table after I'd had my shower and gotten dressed and put on my chocker. Then I placed my string bracelet on my wrist and sat down on the window seat with my notebook.

Dear Diary,
Things are getting worse. The Order hasn't had any leads and Harry is always in a bad mood. Seriously, I know that he's going through bead stuff, but Eden self-harmed once and didn't go around telling everybody, my dad is dead and I don't go around telling everyone about it. Thing is, if I tell Harry what I think, he'll probably turn it around on himself again.
The war is changing everybody.

I locked my diary shut and put it in my case, then went downstairs because Mrs Weasley said Harry was back. He was allowed back at Hogwarts and he looked a lot happier that he had done.

On the last day of the holidays, Eden came in with three envelopes.

"What are those?" I asked.

"Hogwarts letters." she replied simply, giving me mine.

I took the letter and opened it. It was from Hogwarts. There was the normal letter, with the list of books and stuff. But there was another letter...and a small bag. There was a yellow badge with a P on it, a badger behind. I gasped.

Dear Ms Carran,

Head of Hufflepuff House Pomona Sprout, Headmaster Professor Dumbledore and myself wish to extend our congratulations to you on being made the Hufflepuff girl prefect for the fifth year.

On September the first, kindly go to the front compartment of the Hogwarts Express, where you will meet your co-prefects and this years Head Boy and Girl, who will give you your patrol schedules for the train.

We shall see you on September the first,

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress.

I squealed loudly.

"What?" Eden asked, separating the usual letter from the book list. Then she spotted the badge in my hand. "OMG! YAY! EVERYONE, SCARLETT'S A PREFECT!!"

I rolled my eyes. Then heard Hermione shout back, "So am I!" and Ron say "Me too!l

I squealed again and rushed to the next room to hug Hermione.

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Late, when I went downstairs for dinner, there was a huge banner on the wall.

CONGRATULATIONS RON AND HERMIONE, NEW GRYFFINDOR PREFECTS!

AND TO SCARLETT, NEW HUFFLEPUFF PREFECT!

I smiled and turned to Eliza. "Is it just me, or did you think that Harry was going to be a prefect?"

Eliza nodded, taking a sip from her drink. "Yeah, I did. But I think Dumbledore didn't give it to Harry because he's go too much on his plate. Dumbledore does everything for a reason."

"Yeah, but wouldn't it be a message that he was backing Harry up if he gave Harry the badge? I don't know, I just think this is going to be a tough year for Harry. A tough year for all of us."

I picked up a sandwich from the table and ate it quickly. "And he's still smitten by Cho-"

"-Who was dating Cedric-"

"-And she's probably going to use Harry's shoulder to cry on!" We finished together.

Mrs Weasley then came over and congratulated me, as did other Order members. I smiled and thanked all of them, then picked up four more sandwiches.

Eliza laughed. "Really? There are other people here that want sandwiches!"

"Eat them then!" I said in between my second and third, "otherwise I will!"

Eliza rolled her eyes and went to go get another can of coke.

Eden came bounding up to me. "Guess who's Ravenclaw Girl prefect?"

I gasped. "Olivja is a prefect?"

Eden beamed. "Yeah! She wrote to me this morning. Cool, huh?"

I nodded. "Yes! I'll write to her later to congratulate her!"

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I got out three pieces of parchment and wrote letters to Olivija, Hannah and Amelia. Mum had taken them to Diagon Alley to get their stuff today so I was writing to them to see what animal they got.

Dear Han,

How was Diagon Alley? Cool, right? And did you get an owl, or a cat, or even a toad?

If you're nervous, don't be. The other first years will go around spreading rumours on how you'll be sorted, but really, it's only a hat that goes on your head and tells you!

See you on the platform,

Scarlett xx

Then I sealed it and wrote the next one,

Dear Amelia,

Did you think Diagon Alley was cool or what?

Seriously though, it's amazing, isn't it?

Don't worry, Hogwarts will do everything in its power to make sure your Dad doesn't find you at Hogwarts. I promise you.

Don't be nervous, if you are! It's only a hat that sorts you, you don't need to battle a troll or anything.

See you tomorrow,

Scarlett xx

I decided that I could just congratulate Olivija tomorrow, so I put on my pjs and went to be after sending off the letters. I was extremely excited for tomorrow.

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