Love and Loss
Sad story of love and new kids in school
PG

He walked into the Great Hall and looked surprised at the utter size of the castle's interior. He looked around and thought, "wow. Seriously cool place." He marched up a stairway and pulled out his C.D. player and tried to listen to it, but all he heard was a jumble of mixed up words. He shrugged and kept walking until he saw a tight-faced witch and asked," excuse me miss?" the witch turned to face him and said, "yes? May I help you?" he looked at a letter and said, "I need to see a Mr. Boubledoor?" The witch turned and said, "oh, you're the transfer student aren't you? Well, let me take you to Albus' office." She walked with him up the stairs and helped him carry his duffle bag and other things up the winding staircase. He watched in amazement, as everything seemed to be alive. He suddenly blurted out " Whoa! Nothing in America is like this." The witch smiled, which seemed almost impossible from when he first met her. "I am Professor McGonagall, and I am the Deputy Head Mistress. I would like to welcome you to Hogwarts, School of witchcraft and wizardry. He looked around with amazement as she led him up the stairs to a griffin in nook on the wall. She said Fizzing Wizbees and the griffin came to life and jumped from the hole and a stairway appeared and he climbed upward. He knocked on the door and a voice answered, "come in young James." He walked in and said, "Call me Johnny and I am not young. I'm fifteen-years-old thank you very much." He looked at an elderly wizard and saw the man chuckling slightly. He looks up as the old man stood and pulled out an old hat and put it on top of his head. The boy looked up and heard the hat say, "this one is troubled, but he will do great things. He will be in Gryffindor!" he looked up and gave a confused look as Dumbledore pointed his wand at his bags and they rose into the air and started down the stairs. He followed without question and soon saw a portrait of an extremely over-weight woman who said, "password?" he looked up confusedly and the witch looked at him and said, "oh. The silent type are you? Well, without a password, you cannot get into Gryffindor common room." He looked around as voices came into earshot and a girl walked by and shut her mouth at the site of him. Suddenly one of the giggling girls spoke up and said, "who are you? A Slytherin I suppose." He looked at her with utter bewilderment and blew her off. He watched as they headed through the portrait and followed. He walked in and looked around and then headed up to a stairway where he saw boys going. He walked through a door that had "5th years" written on it and he walked through it. He saw 5 4-poster beds and stuck his stuff by one of them. He looked over and saw people staring at him including a boy with bright red hair and one with black hair. He pushed his hair out of his face and asked' "Is it a custom to stare at the American kid like he's a monster, or am I an exception?" They stopped staring and he finished so he laid down on bed and started singing a tune to a song he would normally be listening to on his CD player. He finally fell asleep and woke up the next morning to find robes on his bed and dressed in them then walked out of the common room. He saw one of the girls that was in the common room walking with the black haired kid and the red head. She looked back at him and he smiled and she smiled back. He looked down the hallway and continued to follow them until they walked into a breakfast hall. He walked in and sat down at a table, but got up when he was laughed at. He looked confused and the girl he was smiling at earlier came over and grabbed his arm then said, "Come with me! You're new aren't you? I'm Hermione Granger and you need to come and sit by the rest of the Gryffindors." He felt perturbed with her for treating him as an infant, but he followed her anyway. He sat down by her and she introduced him. He said "hello" and they said the same back. He started eating some eggs and then got up and followed them to their first class. His day went well, but at the end, he slept well. He had a dream about the Hermione and then an earsplitting scream interrupted it. He awoke with a shudder and saw it was a dream. He laid back and fell asleep and did not dream for the rest of the night. He woke up early that morning and went to the common room and swathe sun was not yet up and saw Hermione sitting in a corner holding something that seemed to be a ball of orange fur. She let out a scream and he saw that she was the one who screamed in the middle of the night. He ran over and looked at her and asked, "What's wrong?" she looked up at him and dried her face and then broke into tears interrupted by the occasional sniff. He patted her on the back and she explained it was her cat. Draco had hexed it that night and she carried it back. He stood up and wondered what he could do and then he hugged her. She looked surprised, but locked in the hug and almost choked him to death. He didn't say anything but when she let go he took a huge breath and saw his shoulder was wet from her tears. She stood up and said "thanks. Not even my boyfriend Ron stayed to comfort me. Your great!" He looked at her as she walked away. She had a boyfriend. It wasn't worth it, but she said he was great so there was still hope. He smiled and sat down by the burning embers and watched the fire until the kid with black hair came down and said, "Oye! Ron! Get down here. Were going to be late for class!" finally! He was going to see Hermione's boyfriend. He watched the stairs and then the scrawny, gangly, boy with red hair. Perfect! He's a loser. This will be easy. He stood with more confidence than ever before and walked over to the kid with black hair and said, "Hello, my name is James. I'm new here and everyone seems to know you. Could you help me out?" the boy looked at him and shook his hand "Hello, my name is Harry, Harry potter. How's it going?" he looked up and smiled. Good! One friend. He was getting along great. He walked with Harry and Ron everywhere. They hung out and played games no one ever played in the Americas. One day he was walking through the grounds by himself and sat down by a tree when he heard Hermione scream and then laughter of pure malice. He looked over and saw Hermione stuck to a tree. Then looked to see a pointy nosed kid pointing a wand at her. He got up and without thinking; he ran at the kid and saw two bigger kids try to block him. He ran at them and kneed one in the stomach and climbed over him then slammed his foot into the other's face. The pointy-faced kid looked over about this time and pointed his wand at James. James dodged the spell and ran and kicked him in the stomach. He looked as the kid lay on the ground howling in pain and bleeding. "How could you do this?" said a voice from the distance. He looked over and saw McGonagall walking towards them.

"How could you cause a fight? First week! What are you, some kind of hoodlum?" He looked up and said in a very smart-elect voice, "I'm from America. What can you expect?" she looked at him with a glare so piercing, it hurt. "Detention Mr. Smarty pants! One weeks detention!"