The cat and the dragon
Chapter one
I took a deep breath.
"this is it." I thought to myself. I looked back quickly to my parents who were both smiling widely and urging me gently towards the old fashioned train before me.
"Come on Anna, we'll see you for Christmas, and we'll write to you every chance we get." my mother reassured me. I sighed and turned around, letting my long blonde hair flow behind me.
"I love you mum, dad." I spoke quietly under the noise, I was sure my parents had missed it but I quickly started taking brisk steps towards the train.
The inside of the train was nice and quiet, I looked out of the side window and waves slightly back to my parents.
"excuse me miss." a taller boy pushed his way through me and into a small compartment on my left. I looked down the long hallway of the train and decided to look for a seat for myself as well.
"sorry were full here."
"nope can't hold any more."
"sorry, but I heard there was a close to empty one near the back, you could try there." a blonde girl said in an airy voice. She seemed to be out of reality after she spoke though.
"my names Anna... What's yours?" I asked the girl out of curiosity
"wha- oh, my name's Luna, its nice to meet you Anna." Luna extended her hand out to grasp mine. I shyly pushed my hand out to hers and she took a hold of it, giving it a gentle shake.
"this is my first year, yore's too by the lack of robes." she stated
"y-yeah it is my first year... To tell you the truth I'm not at all excited for it." I answered honestly, because I had a perfect life back in primary school, now I have to make all new friends, it was so hard to do the first time.
"oh well I've heard Hogwarts is a wonderful place, even though its full of snargles." Luna giggled quietly and then hastily added on
"you should go find a compartment before the train starts moving" she smiled and turned to talk to her other friends. I spun around slowly and started walking towards the back of the train.
"oh sure we've got an empty seat." a boy with a slightly Scottish accent spoke and opened the door revealing two boys, one was looking out the window the other was putting his things above his seat in the racks.
"oh, my names seamus Finnegan," he pointed to the boy who was looking out the window but was now looking to the newest member to the once trio.
"That's Neville Longbottom," Seamus pointed to the last boy who was now sitting comfortably in his seat,
"and that's dean thomas." dean reached out his hand and I gave him mine to shake.
"nice to meet you..." Dean trailed off.
"Anna, my name's Anna..." I said quietly.
"Well its nice to meet you Anna, is it your first year as well?" Dean asked with a small smile.
I nodded my head and lifted my things to the empty rafts across from Neville. I sat down quietly and put my hands in my lap, the sound of a distant train whistle came from somewhere behind me.
"great im going to be moving backwards." I thought as I chewed the inside of my cheek.
"So... Is Anna short for anything?" Seamus tried filling the awkward silence that was surrounding us and I nodded my head,
"Annabelle" I said just barley over the sound of the train lurching forward
"Annabelle is a nice name." he answered. The room was once again filled with an awkward air as Dean stood up to grab a book and Neville looked back out the window, watching as the trees and country side came into view. I laughed quietly as Dean winked to his book.
"Dean." I said quietly. He tore his head away from the words.
"hmm?" he asked oblivious to why I was laughing.
"you just winked at you're book" I stifled down a giggle and smiled as Seamus chuckled quietly
"I did not!" Dean replied a slight blush forming across his cheeks.
"oi but you did mate." Seamus backed me up.
"is there a pretty lady in that there book o' yours? Could I take a look?" he laughed quietly and grabbed for Deans book.
"no I didn't wink at my book, right neville?" Dean pulled Neville into the coversation asking for help.
"h-huh? u-oh... I... I didn't see anything." Neville stuttered and tripped over his words.
"see? I told you id didn't do it!" Dean laughed
"okay I probably did but its not my fault!" he added.
"whatever yah say mate" Seamus laughed.
for the most of the trip we all talked about everything and anything, even Neville joined in the conversation sometimes.
"tap tap tap!" an older boy threw four robes, slacks, shirts, shoes, and belts into the compartment into seamuses lap
"change into your robes, we've almost arived." the boy said and rolled a cart towards the next compartment.
"well okay then." Seamus tossed dean and I our sets of clothes and layed nevills down on the seat.
"okay well im going to the bathroom to change, ill be back soon." I told the boys and stepped out into the hall that was now slightly crowded with girls walking towards the nearest restroom to change. I followed a girl who looked like maybe a third year into the bathroom two compartments down from the guys'. That bathroom was full of girls changing and I blushed and looked down, waiting for a stall to open up.
"oh my..." a frizzy haired girl stepped into the bathroom and blushed, she looked away as well.
"come on ladies we don't have much time before we get th Hogwarts, if you're going to change do it now." and older girl who had just changed in front of the two blushing first years said.
"o-oh..." I slid off my shirt and replaced it with the dull grey onethen my pants for the slacks, as I looped up the belt and sat down to put on the shoes the other girl used a spell to make her robes fit perfectly.
"what spell did you use for that?" I asked her.
"vestibus aptus" she replied, waving her wand to let my clothes sharing from they're floppy fatness to comfortably fitting normal clothes.
"thanks..." I trailed off, I didn't know the girls name.
"hermione, its nice to meet you." she extended her hand
"Anna, its nice to meet you too." I took her hand and gave it a gently shake.
"I best be off, the guys in my compartment are probably wondering where I am." I told her
"okay well I'll see you around the school then." she replied happily as I turned and left the bathroom to head to my compartment.
"tap, tap, tap!" I knocked on the door, not wanting to run into any more partially clothed people.
"come on in Anna." Dean yelled rather loudly through the door. I walked through the door and into my seat looking at the boys in their potato sack robes.
"awe man! Why do your robes fit so well?" seamus asked annoyed. I smirked and pulled out my wand pointing it at him.
"vestibus aptus" I said waving and flicking my wand gently like hermiony did, sure enough his robes shrunk to a decent size on him.
"and where'd you learn that trick ey?" he asked as he looked at his robes.
"I learnt it from hermione, she fixed up my robes for me. Dean, neville want me to fix yours?" I asked wincing at their robes. they were truly swimming in them.
they both nodded eagerly and I pointed my wand at dean
"vestibus aptus" then to neville, fixing both of their robes to a comfortable fit just as the train made it to a steady stop.
Authors notes:
i don't own harry potter or the characters... i do own Anna and her parents though
okay sooo tell me how it was, this story is raited M for a reason, just remember that they're ten. so my first ever fanfiction, i do have exams in the morning so i neet so sleep, i might update soon most likely. so if you've enjoyed your time with me, let me know
-Abbiebell