What lies behind those yellow eyes?

Disclaimer: I own nothing about Harry Potter, it\'s all J.K.Rowling\'s. I did this for plain fun and I have no wish to make money out of this.
Pairings: eventually Draco/Harry, Ron/Hermione, and the rest, i\'m still thinking about it..
Rating: NC-17 for *much* later chapters. i think.
Summary: The sixth year starts, and with it arrives a new girl. But people disappear, Draco\'s beaten up by his former gorillas, and Petra looks each time strangely too worried with all this. The rating is for later chapters.

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What lies behind those yellow eyes?


It was almost five to eleven and Harry Potter had not yet arrived to the platform nine and three quarters. Needless to say, Ron and Hermione, along with their families, were becoming desperate, not taking the eyes of the wall. Whenever the front of a trolley appeared they straightened and looked cautiously, but it was never him.. Parvati appeared, who spotted them, said a small hi and asked for Lavender. They hadnt seen her, so she returned to her parents. Next, some frightened-looking first-years(the twins who were there too snickered).. The Creevey\'s.. A girl about Harry\'s age, with white hair and yellow eyes(here The twins said she could be Madame Hooch\'s daughter, laughs from both of them).. Draco Malfoy, with a sulky face, followed by his mother and the Goyle\'s, The Crabbe\'s were already there.. Lavender(Parvati cryed her name and ran to her and pulled her to the train, it was almost leaving).. and FINALLY Harry. He looked around hurriedly, and spotted a wave of red hair mixed with brown running towards him.

\'HARRY! Finnaly! What took you so long? Is everything okay? Did those bas-sorry mum, did they hurt you??\' They were all speaking at the same time, so he didnt even understood who asked what, as Mrs. and Mr. Weasley pushed them all into the train. Twinclincluded, who only after they heard the last wistle, warning that the train was leaving, did they jump out of the train, making the ones around them laugh, and Lee Jordan groan.

\'So.. We better find some place to sit, or else we wont sit at all...\' Said Ron, moments after the train left the station.

All the cabins were occupied, Dean and Seamus found their place with Parvati, Lavender, Padma, a friend of hers and Neville, Who smiled at them as they passed. Almost at the end of the train, they found the yellow eyed girl they saw entering before Harry sitting there alone, with a small and very strange thing on her lap. It looked like a white cloud, with a blue smoke in it. Actually, red smoke. No green, yellow, purple, orange! It was constantly changing it\'s color. And it glowed a faint shade of.. constantly changing colors. And it was *purring*. She was stroking it\'s fur, or whatever it was, affectionately. They were so dumbfoundedly looking that her supposedly pet, that they didnt even notice her looking at them.

It was hermione who noticed first, and spoke. \'Er.. Hello! Everywhere else is ocupied, so, Do you mind if we sit here with you?\'

She Looked at Hermione amazed, and then at the others.

\'Of course! No problem.\' She adjusted herself next to the window, as the others put their bags and pets in their places. Hermione sat next to her, Ron next to Hermione and Harry acroos the girl.

\'So, you\'re new in Hogwarts, arent you? I\'ve never seen you before.. What\'s your name? I\'m Ginny Weasley, He\'s my brother Ron.\' She said, sitting down next to Harry and pointing towards Ron.

\'My name is Petra Firegate, and I\'m going to start my 6th year.\'

\'That\'s nice! We\'re starting our 6th year too! Ecsept for Ginny, she\'s starting her 5th year. Oh, by the way, I\'m Hermione Granger.\'

Harry kept silent, since she probably knew who he was, and if he said who he was, then she\'d look at his scar, like everyone does. The funny thing is, she didnt look once towards him in a funny way, nor towards his forehead. No, wait, now she noticed me, he tought, as she turned to him.

\'And you? It\'s funny, because your face is familiar, somehow...\' She didnt even look at his scar! they were all completely shocked. How could it be possible?!

\'I-I\'m H-Harry Potter...\' She didnt even move or blinked.

\'Oh, so that\'s where I know you! On Diagon Alley I saw a picture of you, on a magasine, I think. That\'s nice..!\' She said, smiling. Altho all of them knew that that same magazine was stupidly enchanted so his scar would glow and flash, she continued not to look at his scar, as if it didnt exist.

Suddenly, the thing on her lap moved, getting everyone\'s attention. Two black and round marbles appeared, and under them some sort of mouth opened. It yawned. So they werent marbles, it was it\'s eyes! It looked sleepily around at all of them, and stretched it\'s head a bit towards the window. Then it stood on it\'s owner\'s lap, four paws appearing beneath it, it looked somewhat like a cat, but much smaller, and the ears were huge, pending next to it\'s body. It had stopped flashing all those colors when it woke up, and now it looked like a fluffy blueish plushie, not transparent anymore. It jumped to the windowsill and stayed there, just looking at the people sitting in that cabin.

\'... What... Is that...?!\' Asked Ron, still looking at the cat-looking creature.

\'He\'s Padus, It\'s a ghost-cat, a race that only exists in the wizard world. Really uncommon.\'

\'You can say that again...\' Said Ginny, as everybody relaxed a bit, when Padus started licking it\'s paws.

\'Padus, That\'s latin for dust, right?\' Hermione turned to Petra.

\'Exactly, I named him that because, well, \'c whe when he was born was the color of dust, and appeared from a mount of dust. My name\'s latin too, I think. I know it means stone, and it\'s the name of a very old city, in Jordan, I believe, and it was all built in a big rock.. I\'ve been there last easter, really nice place..\'

\'Oh, yes, I\'ve heard about that place! I was supposed to go there some years ago, but my parents decided to go to Italy instead..\' Replied Hermione,interested.

\'Oh, really! That\'s where I lived all my life, till the beginning of this summer! Where have you been, in Italy?\'

And they talked and talked, about cities, books, muggle tecnology, her family.. Her mother was a muggle, but she died as she gave birth to Petra, and her wizard father took care of her. He got a job at the ministry of Magic and came to work to London, and that\'s why she was transfered to Hogwarts. Later, when they started talking about quidditch, Harry, and Ron joined, followed by Ginny, who now now trying to get into the quiddith team as a chaser. Crookshanks was mewing and wanted to leave the basket where he was, so Hermione set him free. He looked at Padus, and slowly made his way towards his side, on the windowsill. It was funny, to see one large orange-ish cat, next to a tiny blue-ish kitten, both just looking at their humans..

After they spoke about quidditch, it was music the theme. She didnt knew many bands from the wizarding world, but she listened a lot of muggle music.

\'It\'s a pity we dont have any music now.. Now i was kinda feeling like listening to something, I dunno, classic...\' Said Ginny, dreamily.

\'I believe that wont be a problem! Padus, baby, you know what to do!\' She said, turning to him and stroking his ears. He stretched them open and asked \'Which song?\' he said, in a child-like voice.

\'Hum... classic, let me see... Oh, yes! Do you remember that one we heard in a concert, last summer, in Rome? Can you remember that one, I said I loved?\'

\'You mean Kannon in D, by Pachelbel, strings only?\'

\'Exactly. Can you play it for us, please? We\'d love to hear it!\' The kitten sighed, and nodded, closing his eyes. Then, his body became gradually transparent, with light blue smoke flowing in him.

\'You mean the kitten is going to play music?\' Asked Harry.

His answer were accords, being played on a harpsichord, it seemed, soon joined by a violin and a celo, and more violins and celos, playing at different times, or melodies. It was beautiful, that soft, and inspiring music. And that violin coming out of the order, playing a different melody, then joined by some more violins.. Just plainly beautiful and relaxing. Petra sat back and closed her eyes, and was soon followed by the rest of the youths. Imagine, teenagers at their early 16\'s, listening to Pachelbel, and enjoying it!

But it ended, of course. Ginny, not even opening her eyes, said sleepily \'Oh, play it again, it was beautiful..\', Making Petra chuckle, and ask Padus to restart.

\'I didnt know animals could reproduce music.. Very beautiful indeed.\' It was the lady with the food trolley. She staied there for more five seconds, just listening, before returning to reality. \'Do any of you want something to eat?\'

A bit of everything, please. I\'ll pay!\' Said Petra, before Harry had the time to take his gold out of his pocket, taking her own purse filled with gold and silver. \'It\'s one way to thank you for being my friends!\' She said, when the lady left, before drinking her pumpkin juice. They thanked her, and started to eat, as the music ended.

Suddenly someone stormed in, almost knocking down the door, and closed it behind him, panting hard with his eyes tightly closed. He sitted on the closest clear space, burying his head in his hands, hair slipping between his fingers, still panting.

I know I\'m the last person you all want to see right now, but I think I\'ll have to stay here for the rest of the trip, if you dont mind, there\'s no other place free, and this is the last place where they\'ll look.. I hope..\' He said, looking at the door, desperately.

Everybody was speechless, even Petra. Ginny was the one who had the courage to speak. \'Who\'s after you, Malfoy?\'

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A/N: Liked it? ^^; i hope you did.. anyways, please review, cause i\'ll only add the next chapter if you do so!