Wow, It's been a while since I wrote a story. Well besides like English class. And speaking of English class I want to give a shout out to my English teacher (who will probably never see this, but it's the thought that counts right? lol) Without her I would never be able to put this many words togethor and have it make sense. At least I hope this makes sense, cuz it took me freakin forever to write, even though its kinda short. Oh, and the title means nothing, I just happen to be listening to "All I want is You" By Barry Louis Polisar.(It's the first song from Juno, It's pretty Amazing. lol.) So yeah, I just randomly decided to name it after that song. I hope you guys like this, I'll try and update soon, and please avoid flames, I'm very sensitive. If I left out any major info that you're supposed to have in the first chapter just tell me in a review thingy and I'll include it in the next chappy.
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"Letty! Get your lazy ass out of bed, you're going to make us late!" Boomed my mom's voice from downstairs. I moaned and slowly rolled on to my side. The clock by my bed read 9:13, my body, like most teenagers, wasn't scheduled to wake up for another two hours.
"Freakin' A!" I angrily grumbled to no one in particular. Flinging my blankets off my body I slowly staggered to my Vanity. I swear a mini hurricane had attacked my head while I was sleeping. My long raven-black hair was matted into a massive mess. I sighed and grabbed my brush doing the usual morning routine; brush and straighten hair, foundation, mascara, eye liner, and chap-stick for the face. I then walked downstairs, I was still in my pajamas but I need some fuel before venturing for clean clothes. Walking into the kitchen I noticed my best friend, Lonny, was already here and seated at the Island, enjoying a cup of coffee and a bowl of fruity pebbles. Now if that isn't a balanced breakfast I don't know what is. I smirked at how at home she looked. We weren't sisters, but we sure could pose as them. Letty and Lonny, sounds perfect for twins right? Lonny's actual name was Lannette but she attacks people who call her that, and she's been known to bite. My name was Letitia, Its pronounced La tish ah, but no one seems to get that part, so I figure Letty just avoids the confusion.
"I see you've made yourself at home." I mused as I grabbed a bowl of cereal. She stuck her tongue out at me.
"My house was out of cereal." She defended.
"Don't lie Lonny, you know you just couldn't wait to see mwa." I playfully joked. I plopped down in the seat next to her and started shoveling fruity pebbles into my mouth.
"Oh definitely. You're just so sexy, with those big eyes and killer morning breathe, who could stay away from that?" We started laughing which led to me choking on cereal, and of course, only making Lonny laugh harder. What a loving friend I have. Mom walked into the kitchen looking rushed and worried.
"Letitia, why aren't you dressed?" She scolded. Today me and Lonns were supposed to meet the headmaster of Hogwarts for some kind of sorting thing. My mom was making a big deal about it, saying how you need to make a good impression and of course you can't be late for your first day! Now, how I see it is if you're on time the first day, they'll expect you to be on time every day. And let's be honest, that's never going to happen. So I figure if I'm late the first day I won't be giving them false hope. Mom doesn't see it like that though.
So you're probably wondering how a slacker like me got offered to go to the top magic school in the world. I'll admit, most of my grades don't exactly qualify for "genius", actually some of my grades don't even meet the "average" mark. But there's one class I excel at above my whole school. And that's Astronomy. Most people think it's boring, just looking at a bunch of stupid stars, but to me it's amazing. Those stars are like a map of life, they can be read to help predict the future, tell stories from history, plus they're pretty and sparkly, which is always a bonus. Last year, my school's astronomy club (which actually only consists of three people since most people have enough common sense to choose sleep over stars, but whatever) Got offered to go to Hogwarts for the rest of our schooling days. That means me, Lonny, and our friend Shane, are officially the new kids at Hogwarts. Scary, I know.
"Deep breaths mother, everything's going to be okay. We still have like a half hour." I cooed, trying to smooth talk my way out of the "you never listen to me" lecture I could feel coming on.
"A half hour? Try 5 minutes!" She yelled. My jaw dropped. Time hates me, I swear.
"Crap!" I yelled as I ran at full speed into the laundry room and grabbed anything that looked moderately my size. I then ran full speed grabbed my bag and threw in the last minute stuff ; I-pod, cell phone, wallet. I jumped into the back of the car and admired my impressive 4 minute time, new record.
"Told you I'd make it." I told my mom and then sighed, realizing how out of breathe I was. Lonny had the other window seat, my baby brother, Willy, was in his car-seat in between us, my sister Lily had shotgun, and of course my mom was driving. Willy was one and Lily was six.
"Nice outfit." Lonny smiled evilly. I looked down and realized exactly what I had put on. I was wearing baggy light jeans that had the knees missing and a couple of holes hear and there (no I did not buy them like that, these were my work pants) and an excessively tight red shirt that had Minnie Mouse on it (it was meant for my sister) and my favorite converse that had silver sequins all over them. I sighed, I knew all to well that this was not my day.
"Shut-up Lonny, you know its sexy." I mumbled.
"Yeah, we're going to have to beat the boys off you." She smiled. I just glared at her. I stared out the window and watched the many houses as they blurred past my window. We had to go to Shane's house to get to Hogwarts. We were going to use floo-powder and my house had a no magic rule. My mom thinks magic is just lazy. After about ten minutes we pulled up to Shane's powder blue, two-story house, complete with white picket fence. It reminded me of something out of a fairy tale. As we walked in Shane's mom jumped off the couch and quickly walked up to us. She shook my moms hand with the fakest smile in the history of fake. She hates us, thinks we're a bad influence.
"Hi girls, Are you excited?" She asked. This must be very hard for her, she clings to Shane like no other. She's what you'd call a helicopter mom.
"Oh, yes. Can't you just see the excitement reeking off me?" I asked sarcastically. She just smiled and walked back to living room. Mom smacked me.
"Be polite." She mumbled under her breath. I smiled innocently and followed her into the living room. As soon as we walked into the living room I saw the saddest thing I'd ever saw. Shane was sitting on the couch miserably dressed in full a full suit. I started cracking up.
"Like your outfits much better!" He shouted in defense.
"What, you don't like Minnie?" I asked sweetly and sat next to him.
"Okay, everyone ready to go?" My mom asked. We all nodded. "Well then, Let's get a move on." She pointed to the fire place. I shuddered. I hated this traveling. Someone needs to find a way of travel where there's no chance of serious injury. Shane stood up and hugged his mom and then disappeared into the fireplace. Then Lonny hugged my mom and followed. Lonny wasn't close to her parents. They both worked full time and just left her to fend for herself, so my mom basically adopted her.
"Crap." I breathed. My heart was pounding fast. In my opinion the only one who should travel through a chimney is Santa. I got up and hugged my mom.
"Be good, please." She begged into my ear. I gave her a devilish smile and grabbed the powder, poof. I swirled and sped until finally coming out at my destination. It looked like a office, it was filled with the most random stuff, and there was a fiery, red bird perched on a chair. I walked over to my friends.
"So… what do we do?" I asked.
"I guess we just wait until someone shows up." Shane replied. And as if right on queue a tall, old man with a very long, white beard walked into the room. He was Holding an old plain looking hat.
"Ahh, you're here." He smiled and pointed for us to take a seat. "Has any one informed you on what will be expected from you here at Hogwarts?" We all shook our heads. "Well first you will be sorted into a House, either Slytherin, Gryfindor, Hufflepuff, or Ravenclaw. Whatever house you are sorted in will be where you stay. Yes, let's start with that, Shall we? Shane would you mind putting this atop of your head?" Shane looked horrified.
"Shane, relax, its just a hat its not going to eat you." Lonny said. Shane put the hat on and flipped out. He actually ripped the hat off and threw it across the room. He stood up on his chair and pointed at the hat.
"What the hell is that thing!" He screeched. Me and Lonny didn't know if we should laugh or be concerned. Dumbledore just looked amused.
"It's the sorting hat. Yes, it talks, but like your friend said, it will not eat you. Now if you'd be so kind to try again, and let it finish it's decision." Shane got up and grabbed the hat. He sat down and put it on again. Every muscle in his body was clenched to the max, I've never seen him so tense. He had his hands clasped against the arms of the chair and his nails digging into the wood. I just shook my head and laughed.
"Hufflepuff." The hat yelled. I jumped probably four feet in the air, but that was nothing compared to Shane's snow white face. He'll never go near a hat again, I laughed to myself.
"Miss Natash, would you be so kind as to go next?" Shane threw the hat at me. I cautiously put the hat and waited.
"Hmmm… Let's see," I flinched as the hat spoke. I realized how lucky we were that we didn't have to do this in front of the whole school. "Well you've made some brave choices, but is that bravery or just lack of thought? You do have bravery, you'd make a strong Gryfindor. But you're very caring and loyal too, like a Hufflepuff. And you're quick to anger and good at plotting things, traits of a Slytherin. Well, I don't think you'd fit in with Ravenclaws. Hmmm, well, you seem a bit to violent for Hufflepuff, but yet you do have moderately sweet intentions. Let's go with… Gryfindor!" The hat yelled the last word.
I grabbed the hat off my head and handed it to Lonny. She looked nervous. I smiled evily and spoke, "Your turn." I used the most evil voice I could come up with. She put the hat on her head and after a somewhat long pause it yelled,
"Gryfindor!"
"Yes!" I jumped up and hugged Lonny. I would've died if she wasn't with me. I need my partner in crime. I then realized that Shaney Waney would be all alone. "Aww! Shane, what are we going to do without you?" I pouted and hugged him. He was still shaking from the hat. "You're going to have a hat phobia now, aren't you?" I laughed as he slowly shook his head.
"Well, you are all free to leave, here are the lists of school things you will need. I hope you enjoy your last few days of holiday." We all smiled and said goodbye. I realized what was coming. Crap. Chimney time. I shuddered as we walked to the chimney and traveled. We flew back into Shane's living room, crashing into his coffee table.
"How did it go?" My mom shrieked excitedly.
"It was… interesting." I answered slowly. Yes, interesting was definitely a good word to describe my first impression of Hogwarts. Interesting.
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So, yeah, thats all I got so far, but the rest is coming soon. Was it amazing, was it stupid, does it need work? Please tell me in a review, I aim to please.