Chapter One:
"We accidently… set the school on fire," a melodious voice stated. The voice's owner was a young woman of about 17 years of age. Her hair was startling, being midnight black with peek-a-boo pink and silver highlights. It was longer, about halfway down her back when straight. At the moment it was in curls, piled into a ponytail, swept to the side. A black hat decorated with pink rhinestone skulls, sat upon the messy curls cocked to the side. Karen Worthington sat sideways in a cushioned armchair, her back resting against the arm, one leg curled under her, the other crossed over her knee.
Two adults sat across the office from her. The female was a severe-looking woman with rectangular spectacles. The frames were purple and quite unique. Karen could have sworn she'd seen them before, but if possible, she's seen them on a cat. The female adult wore scarlet robes that swept the floor. They were trimmed with golden thread. The other adult, male, was quite dark in appearance. He had black, shoulder-length hair and a hooked nose. He wore robs like the other, but in black almost like robes of a clergyman. They closed at the throat, were tight across his broad chest and shoulders, and they too swept to the floor. His eyes seemed to bore into Karen. It was if he analyzing the younger woman's thoughts. But in actuality, he was staring past Karen at her companion who was hidden in the shadows.
"Accidently?" the severe teacher questioned.
"Yes, Professor, accidently," Karen smiled innocently. Her smile however didn't reach her eyes; in fact, her eyes were almost completely grey, soulless.
"Oops," came from the shadows.
Karen turned to her companion. Firelight danced over her, so her usually bright features seemed darker, almost sinister. She was quite different in appearance from Karen. Where Karen has a sense of punk rock to her, Audrina Mathers was a Goth schoolgirl. Audrina has bright violent eyes and cropped copper hair. She sat in a high-backed chair with her legs crossed one over the other. She had her elbows resting her knees and her head cradled her hands. Metallic glares caught the male professor's attention. He leaned forward to inspect, but was taken aback to discover the source. Audrina had metal spikes coming out of her knuckles; further inspection would tell you that they were part of brass knuckles Audrina wore.
"Care to explain, Ms. Mathers?" he questioned, regaining his composure.
"No, Professor Snape, I think Karen was explaining when Professor McGonagall interrupted. Maybe if there are no more questions, she'll continue," Audrina, like Karin smiled but the smile wasn't friendly at all. Actually it was murderously hostile.
"Well, Ms. Worthington, where were we? Oh yes you were explaining why you were kicked out of the fifth academy," Professor McGonagall asked, pushing her spectacles up the bridge of her nose.
"Whatever… like I said we accidently set the school on fire," Karen shrugged. She paused momentarily to readjust her outfit. She wore black knee-high leather boots, a neon pink micro-mini. The only section of skin showing on her legs was covered by intertwined silver and black fishnet stockings. Black lace garters showed briefly when she readjusted her skirt. Her tank top was a peek-a-boo neckline and grey in color. Her pale skin contrasted nicely with the ensemble. She wore a variety of jewelry, ranging from silver hoops to a lace chocker, and pink gelly bracelets.
"Well, I was in the Muggle chemistry lab, it's sort of like a Potions classroom, except not. Anyways I was mixing a Potion over a small flame-producing machine, called a Bunsen burner. It's smaller than what I wanted but I made do…"
"You used Muggle tools to create your own Potions equipment?" asked Snape incredulously. Quite resourceful, if I may say so myself. Hmmm I wonder what potion she was concocting….
What Potion were you making, if you don't mind me asking?"
"Oh, nothing dangerous. Just I had like this really annoying Muggle boy following me around like a puppy dog and I wanted him to buzz off, so I did a distraction potion and I was going to slip it to him through like his soda or something. Anyways-"
"You were going to use a Potion on a Muggle!" Professor McGonagall exclaimed dubiously.
"It wasn't dangerous I assure you-"
"I'm Potions Master and I don't believe I've heard of such a potion," commented Snape.
"You wouldn't. It's an original recipe, passed down from generation to generation. I happened to get my hands on it early and well bettered you could say."
"May I?"
Karen sifted through her purse which sat on the stone floor at her feet. She pulled out a small beaten book. The book looked ancient, but well-used. She handed the book over to Professor Snape with the pages open to the particular potion showing. Karen's very elegant script covered the page with side notes and studies. She was very accomplished her Potions-makings. Impressed, Snape handed over the book, Karen quickly put the book away.
"Anyways, while I was making my Potion, Audrina was casting a spell a few tables over-"
"And, what spell were you trying?" Professor McGonagall curiously inquired, looking at the sly girl.
"I was trying to Charm my chemistry homework to do itself. If you're going to give me homework, make it worth my time. It wasn't my idea to go to a Muggle prep school, was it? No, that would my idiot foster parents' idea. They wanted to give a worldly out-look… idiots," Audrina vented.
"Yea, it's like totally boring. I mean we're from two of the oldest Wizarding family in Scotland and we got stuck in an American Muggle academy," Karen chipped in.
"The rules clearly state-" Professor McGonagall started.
"- that use of magik in front of Muggles is forbidden. Well then I'm guess I'm lucky there were no Muggles present. So therefore, I was clearly within the limitations," finished Audrina.
Professor McGonagall stared open-mouthed at the younger woman. Karen looked at her friend with a look of pride. She really was clever. See, Audrina had issues with rules and authority, so she looked for loop-holes in everything. Snape nodded his head.
"Continue," he stated.
"Like I said, Audrina was casting a spell, but something distracted her concentration and the charm missed. The spell back-fired hitting my beaker, knocking it and the Bunsen burner over. Now mind you, the ingredients in that potion are very flammable and volatile. So when the whole thing went flying all over the lab, it also caught on fire from the tipped over Bunsen burner. The whole lab was on fire before either of us could blink. But luckily, Muggles have this very loud alarm that warns them of a fire going off, so the entire school vacated the building, while people were called to come put the fire out. In the meantime, Audrina and I froze the rest of the school, to prevent spread. And well, we may have saved the school, the headmaster decided that we posed too much of a risk and had us kicked out. That's when my other contacted Dumbledore and now we're here. If anyone was gonna take it was Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry," Karen finished finally.
"So the fire was a complete accident, had you been in a magical school, but since you were not it was seen as arson… hmm this requires some thinking," Snape commented.
"Bloody hell, does she have to draw it out? It was completely an accident! We shouldn't have been that damn Muggle school to begin with, jeez," Audrina snapped, fiddling furiously with the buckles on her boots.
Snape studied Audrina closely, now that she fully drew his attention with her outburst. She literally looked like a man's fantasy of a naughty schoolgirl with a Goth edge. She wore a pleated forest green skirt with black combat boot and black fishnets that were riddled with holes. Her skirt came to mid-thigh length, showing of toned thighs and creamy, pale skin. She wore a white button-up that looked like the sleeves had been ripped off and it was tied in a knot so the midriff was completely bare. A bat piercing hung at her bell-button. The buttons were left undone, showing a full chest and black lace bra.
I'm in a load of trouble with this one, thought Snape. He looked up to see Audrina looking at him with her head cocked to the side, a lazy smile on her face. The expression almost said you betcha ass I'm gonna be trouble, but then she'd had have to have read his mind, right? And that wasn't possible, or was it? I best be on my guard. Audrina laughed softly, the sound was like wind chimes in a soft summer's breeze.
"You'll both be on probation for a month's time. Any mischief and you'll be expelled, your magic taken away, your wands snapped. You were right, we are your last chance," Professor McGonagall dismissed them. "Karen, I will show you to the Gryffindor dormitory, that is my House. Audrina, Severus will take you to yours since you are in his House, Slytherian."
"Lucky me."
Karen just shrugged. She gracefully got up from the chair. It was then the professors noticed the electric guitar hanging over the back of the chair. As Karen slung it over her back, the professors wondered exactly what was it?
"Ms. Worthington, what is that?" Snape asked pointing at it.
"First off, my name is Karen. Second, are seriously telling me you've never seen a guitar?"
"Oh… it just looks so different from the others."
"That's because I's made custom, for me only."
Karen walked out of the office, not wanting to answer any more questions. She was tired of the Q&A and just wanted to get to her room. Audrina followed close behind. Outside the office they waited. Each professor came out, each avoiding the other. It was then that the girls noticed that McGonagall and Snape never actually talked to each other. In fact, they avoided each other.
Professor McGonagall led Karen up the flights of stairs, while Snape led Audrina down into the dungeons.
A/N: I do not own Harry Potter though I wish I did. This is my first story that I actually like enough to post. SO please R&R. There will be more with the others; I just wanted to give you an introduction to my OC's Audrina Mathers and Karen Worthington. This is an AU and these girls are about to turn Hogwarts upside down. Get ready to ready to rock \m/.
~Aurora Lightrays~