Getting ready for 3rd year

She had made plans to meet her friends in the Leaky Cauldron. "Hello." She greeted after seeing them chatting at a table.

Seraphina spotted Ella, "Ella! Just in time, I got you the Butterbeer." She placed a glass of Butterbeer in front of her.

Ella smiled, thanking her. They were thinking to hang out in there before buying supplies for their school year. Talking about.

"What class did you sign up for?" Jake asked.

Ella had finally waited for a long time now, the first class she would remember was Care Of Magical Creatures. She also took Divination, which seems fun.

"I heard that person over there is going to be our Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher this year," Seraphina whispered.

"I think we should go now, my parents might be waiting to buy new books, see you." With that James left. Ella later walks with Cedric to Diagon Alley, where you can buy school supplies and more.

Next to it was Knockturn Alley, she recalls the time when Tonks dared her to walk into the Alley after she arrived by the floo powder.

She and Cedric had walked in different ways since she needs to help Seraphina find her new wand, Unfortunately, her old wand broke, caused by Leo.

She opened the door to the shop, while Seraphina went to explain what happened to her wand, Ella took her chance to look around. Not realizing a woman with Blonde hair was glancing at her as if she recognized her. As soon she saw Ella looking at her, she turned her head back to the shelves.

Ella felt eyes on her and turned to the person. She immediately know who it was, she wasn't really mentioned by Andromeda. But she saw her once in a photo.

Estella approaches her only to stand beside her, not too close but close enough to hear her muttering something.

"How...is she?" The woman whispered carefully to prevent from anyone hearing her. She asked but ignored the eye contact.

Ella knew who she was talking about and replied without even looking at the woman, "She's alright." The woman nodded her head and sigh in a relief way, yet silent except for Ella who could hear her.

"...Thank you." Seraphina walked up to Ella, "Let's go now. What do you need?"

"I need to but new robes." She answered while exiting the shop with the woman behind her who was going to see her son in Madam Malkin's robe shop.

While measuring her arm's length, a blonde boy came Infront of her, staring at her with his grey eyes, as if he was trying to remember something.

"Hullo." He greeted. "You look familiar." He said, tilting his head as he tried to recall something.

The woman from the wand shop came to the boy, but stopped after she saw Ella again, "Hi again, Aunt Cissy."

"Estella Black. I see you have you met my son, Draco?" Said Narcissa Malfoy.

Narcissa Malfoy nee Black, sister to Andromeda and Bellatrix Lestrange. Cousin to her own father which makes Draco and her 2nd cousin like Tonks.

She laughs awkwardly. "You must be excited to go to Hogwarts?"

Draco shrugged, "Father insisted to send me to Durmstrang."

"What house are you hoping for?" She asked the little boy. "Slytherin, like the rest of my family. Imagine being sorted into Hufflepuff, I would have left than being sorted in that dumb house." He sneers, not knowing he's talking to a Hufflepuff herself.

Ella's smile fades but appears back when Draco looked at her. Narcissa seems to know what Ella was thinking already, looking in those gray eyes, knowing now Ella herself is a Hufflepuff. "Let's get going, Draco." Her mother held his hand and exited the shop.

After finishing with her robes, she went into the pet shop with Jake, who was wishing to buy a cat of his own.

"Oh hello, Hagrid!" Ella greeted Hagrid. "Hello there Ella. Jus' picking up pet fer young Harry." He showed a snowy owl to Ella, Ella smiled thinking how sweet if him to buy Harry a gift.

Hagrid waved her goodbye when she just realized he said 'Harry.'. Her heart began to beat fast, trying to calm herself down. "It could be other Harry, right? There are so many people named Harry in this world. It couldn't be him." She thought to herself in her thought.

"Oii, let's go, Ella." Jake tapped her shoulder and nodded towards the entrance of the shop.

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"Harry Potter is coming to Hogwarts?!"

James nodded his head while drinking his butterbeer, "I even saw him."

Seraphina gasped, "That's amazing! The boy who lived finally comes to Hogwarts." Ella however didn't look excited as her friends

"Is it just me or Professor Quirrel is odd?" Seraphina asked. Ella took a quick glance toward Professor Quirrel and chuckled. "Professor Quirrel? Oh god... I miss our first year back then."

"Yeah, you want another student dies? Perhaps being killed by a Professor?" Said Seraphina, nudging at her.

"Get real, Ell. We can finally go to Hogsmead now!" Jake raised his arm in a celebration way.

"Yeah, past is the past. Now we think about the future." Said Cedric.

Ella snatched Jake's arm for a second to look at the time. "I have to go now, Aunt Andy expects me to be home by now." She stood up.

"Oh.. well, meet you on the Hogwarts express soon." Seraphina waved at Ella and so does Cedric while the two other boys were talking about quidditch.

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"Ellie dear, could you please set up the table for dinner. I don't have eight hands to do all this." Andromeda sigh.

"Yes, of course, Aunt Andy." She nodded her head and ran toward the cabinet to place some plates and glasses.

She suddenly recalled back the time when she spoke to Narcissa Malfoy, Andromeda's sister, and thought clearly if she should mention it or not until she decided not to.

"Thank you, now if you could call your uncle Teddy down." Ella nodded again, "Dora isn't home yet?"

"Not yet but she will soon. Don't worry."

Ella walks upstairs to Andromeda and Teddy's room and knocked, calling him down for dinner which Teddy was getting ready for.

Teddy opened the door and walk back downstairs with Ella in Infront of him. Finally, someone opened the door to the front door while she was sitting down, getting a peek to see who it was. "Oh hey, Dora."

Tonks greeted back with a smile on her face, we could see she was tired. "Training huh? Who's training you?"

"Alastor Moody." She answered it simply, sitting on her spot at the table.

They had their dinner talking about the future in Hogwarts, past about what they had done for this day.

It has been a month now, she's hugging Tonks goodbye and telling her how Hogwarts isn't going to be fun without her. "Don't worry, I will send you letters! Promise!" She winked.

She then hugged Teddy before leaving the place with Andromeda.

When she arrived at King's Cross and walk into the barrier, she spotted Remus who was there to bid his goodbyes to Ella.

"Looks like you have grown, Ella."

"Looks like you haven't aged. How- you look young." Ella gasped, flaring her fingers as she compliment him. Remus chuckled and walk with her.

"This is bad. Did you hear about Harry coming to Hogwarts, I wasn't ready!" She cupped her face and began to breathe heavily. "If I even see him with my two eyes, God just kill me. I don't want to live in guilty forever!" She faced palm herself, hearing another chuckled from Remus.

"You have nothing to feel guilty about, Estella." He took out chocolate at passed it to Ella, knowing how nervous she looks, it always helped her.

"Thanks. Oh- I have to go now." She pouted, she really want to stay a little while. She hugged Remus before going into the train with her heavy trunk that was carried by Remus. And bid each other goodbyes as the train took its leave.