Title – Completely Different
Author – Akasha (crazygirl8639467aol.com)
Pairing(s) – It's up to you.
Disclaimer – Alas I own nothing, least of all the rights to the characters of this story.
Rating – R
Summary – And so starts your sixth year at Hogwarts, with a vow to become something more than 'just your average student' your sure that this will be your most exciting year yet. What secrets will you uncover and what adventures will you get yourself into? You decide in this interactive story.
"And now for something completely different" this is my attempt at a different concept for storytelling. You all remember those 'Pick You Own Ending' stories? Well this is the same principle. I'll write the story, you (the reviewers) pick the ending and the story will continue from what you decide.
Sound fun?
We'll see.
Categories – drama/humour
Feedback – Kind of vital for this fiction.
Walking through the train station on your way to platform nine and three quarters your mind is fixed upon thoughts of the year ahead. You feel regret for the summer that has ended and the freedom that you managed to obtain during those few months of nothingness. However a part of you is thrilled to finally be here again. The smell of the metal, the sound of thousands of your fellow students hurrying to get onto the train, you missed this terribly.
You've never been a particularly prominent member of Hogwarts, in the year ahead of you there are so many powerful and gregarious people that the rest of Hogwarts tends to fade from view.
Vowing to not just be another part of the scenery this year you plan to strive to be more outgoing and free. 'By the end of this year' you think to yourself 'all of Hogwarts will know my name'.
Swallowing the anticipation you step onto the train and wave goodbye to your overprotective parents. You wish you didn't feel quite so embarrassed by you mothers new 'Marge Simpson' hairstyle that you swore you loved only days ago, or your fathers attempts at muggle clothing.
Walking down the corridor you check compartments for an empty one, the ones closest to the door are full as per usual. You hope for one in the middle, not one that's too close to the seventh year Slytherin's because of their continuous teasing and cruel jokes. You've never been the butt of one before and you don't wish to start now.
Walking past the Famous Trio's usual cabin you risk a look in. Harry Potter aka The Boy Who Lived is sat there, talking animatedly to Ronald Weasley his best friend. Hermione looks to be reading and you can't help but roll your eyes at the fact that they except somebody so dull into their group. You beat down the little voice in your head that tells you your only jealous because you want to be a part of something so exclusive.
Ginny Weasley is sat next to Harry, although she looks rather disconnected. You share some classes with her and talk to her sometimes when you're very bored. Unfortunately you cannot bite back the underlying feeling that when you talk to her your talking to the future wife of the boy who lived.
It's not like your drowning in a crush on the boy, far from it. You've long excepted your love of bad boys. Nevertheless, there's still that little part of you, as your sure there is in every girl, that wants to be the girl whom the boy-who-lived loves.
Seeing an empty cabin you quickly dart into there, dropping your luggage lazily on the floor your just sat down in time to be pounced on by one of your friends.
For the rest of the journey you proceed to talk about everything you've done over the summer, she tells you how she's got a new cat and you tell her how you killed your younger brothers budgie accidentally while practicing with your dad's new dartboard. After a few minutes of assuring her, you felt terrible and had a funeral and everything, she finaly decides to talk to you again. Noting every five minutes how muggles have some dangerous pastimes.
You agree merely to save arguments.
Being pureblood people get very confused as to why your family like to live as muggles. You couldn't answer that question but secretly you're glad because for that reason you got to spend all summer watching television, going to movies and reading fanfiction of your favourite stories.
You of course don't tell her any of this.
Smiling and nodding takes less effort and leads to less confrontation.
You love your friend like a sister, but sometimes you feel she's far to set in her ways and her opinions are too strong.
You're about to question the reason that her cat keeps trying to scratch through the tatty train seat when Hermione Granger sticks her head in the door and informs you and your friend politely that it's time to change into your school robes. Shrugging you nod and thank her.
You assume she made it as head girl.
That makes you start to wonder who could be head boy.
Changing into your robes, your friend catches a glimpse of the tattoo you got over the summer. Placed on your hip bone is a small pink bunny rabbit, leaning on a rock and smoking a carrot. On it's arm is a tattooed skull. Tucking a strand of hair behind your ear, you smile indifferently and lie that it did not hurt at all.
There's no need for her to know you cried.
Fully dressed you feel the train stop. Standing you battle your way through the now packed corridor and off the train. As soon as you step off Professor Hagrid ushers you away from the first years and into the carriage closet to the train.
Already inside is the scrawny kid that you always see with a camera in front of his face. You scowl as he snaps your picture, and quickly adjust you hair in case he's planning on snapping some more.
Sitting opposite him your friend sits close to you and you mention that you wish you could go on the boat again because the invisible carriages give you the creeps because you don't know what's pulling them. Just as you finish saying that Ginny Weasley climbs in and kisses the camera boy's nose.
"Hello" she says sweetly to you and you reply in your sweetest voice,
"Hey" your friend follows your encouragement and greets Ginny who introduces Collin to you, you nod and wonder if she knows your friends name.
"This is Caretta" you say, just in case. Caretta smiles and looks at the floor. She always was shy.
"Yeah, she has Divination with us, right?" Ginny asks, entwining her fingers with Colin's. Seeing that she has a boyfriend somehow makes some of the hidden jealousy disappear and your memory reminds you that Ginny always was a nice girl.
"Yeah" you respond, your face blank. Ginny goes on to explain about the reason the carriages move, claiming to accidentally overheard your conversation with Caretta. By the time, you get to the castle you wish you didn't know. Giving the front of the carriage a wide berth you make your way to the front doors along with all the other students. The first years always arrive late. You think it's probably done purposely to allow the other students to prepare.
As you walk into the Great Hall you move to sit at your usual table, do you :
a) make your way over to the Slytherin table, where Pansy is already mauling an indifferent Draco.
b) walk to the Ravenclaw table, where a hefty debate about all the over summer homework they had to do is going on,
c) amble over to the Hufflepuff table which is buzzing with excitement and people are randomly hugging everyone
or
d) stride over to the Gryfindor table and sit next to Ginny and Colin who have somehow gotten ahead of you and are already settled in.
Let me know by reviewing people! Not only do I want your choice of ending
(please state either a,b,c or d!) but I want to know what you think of
the story. I wrote this in an attempt to do something original and I have
never seen anyone take this approach to fanfiction before.
Hell maybe I'm looking in the wrong places but I thought that this might
work.
I don't know which pairings are going to set into place yet but I assure
you the decision will be left up to you. In the interest of anonymity
'you' will not be getting a name for this story.
Sorry.
So please review – it's VITAL to the next chapter. The ending with the
most votes will of course be written and posted ASAP, depending on the
amount of reviews I get.
