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Chapter One: The Twins Who Lived.
"Harry Potter, the boy who lived. My baby brother." Faye sighed quietly looking at the piece of paper, she glanced up at her small bedroom window before throwing herself out of the bed and opening her bedroom door quietly and led herself down the hallway and to the living room. Once there, she glanced at the piece of paper again before setting it down on the table and beginning to busy herself with making breakfast for her caring. She had a different one each year, this year it just so happened to be Professor McGonagall, one of the Professor's at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Faye gave a small smile, it was only a couple of weeks ago that she discovered who she really was, which in all honesty gave a great load of answers as to why she was so strange. When she was a baby, only a year old, Lord Voldemort had tried to kill her whole family, her dad had died along with her mum, leaving herself and her brother Harry to be killed, but when he had tried, something had gone wrong, it hadn't worked the way it was meant to and the curse he'd used rebounded upon him, killing him or so people say. Privately, Faye never truly believed that, she believed he was still out there, she had nightmares, visions of his face and it's horrific words that never leave her mind ... "I will return"
"Good Morning dear." came the yawning voice of Professor McGonagall snapping Faye out of the horrible memories of her nightmares. She jumped in shock and whirled around holding her chest with the one hand a the apple she'd been about to slice in the other.
"M-morning Professor, s-sorry I d-didn't hear y-you." Faye stammered looking away guiltily, she had never been good with people ever since she'd been found those couple of days after Harry had and then been put into an orphanage. She'd been bounced from place to place and become a shy quiet girl.
Professor McGonagall chuckled "You do know you can call me Minerva dear. It won't hurt, Professor Dumbledore did entitle me as your guardian for the year after all." She gave a kind smile and gave the girl a quick little pat on the head before leaning past her to set a small pan of soup to cooking. She smiled kindly at Faye when she pulled back and motioned for her to go sit down.
"Don't fret, you'll be meeting Harry soon dear, I've arrange for you to catch the Hogwarts Express and it should be easy for you to recognize him having looked at the photograph so much." McGonagall's voice was soft and much like that which you would use when talking to a child you're fond of.
Faye gave a soft smile and picked the piece of paper with the photo of her twin; Harry, up off of the side. She stroked the picture fondly and felt a tiny tear prickling at my eye, it fell and hit the piece of paper, right at the corner, just missing Harry. A tiny smile played across my lips.
She reached into her back pocket and pulled out a wad of folded up papers, letters actually. When she'd found out she had a twin, nervous as she was she realized she had someone to talk to at long last and so when Hagrid had gone to retrieve him, she'd gone with him and met Harry. They'd since then, kept in touch over letters. Of course it was a bit awkward at first but now that was gone, Faye's memory of Harry's appearance would have been disastrously bad If it had not been for the photo she got of Harry before they left. For she'd only just came out of having a high fever before going to meet him.
"I can't wait to see you again Harry." her voice was a soft and gentle whisper.
** Kings Cross Station - Platform 9 and 3/4 **
Faye stood staring in awe at the Hogwarts Express. It was a gorgeous black steam train. She smiled softly and boarded onto it, putting all of her luggage she had with her, which was a grand total of backpack and a slender black racer snake coiled happily around her upper arm, it's head resting on her shoulder. She smiled softly when it gave a little hiss at being jostled around "There, there, it's alright Beauty, I'm sorry I woke you. Go back to sleep sweet."
Quickly she walked back off of the train and popped out onto the platform, she glanced around, it was hard now to see as everyone seemed to have suddenly began arriving. However, she still managed to spot Professor McGonagall and ran over to give her a hug before she left. The Professor was hidden among the darkness of shadows waiting with a small smile gracing her lips, Faye practically tackled her into a hug. It was true she was still nervous and shy around the Professor but she felt more at ease with her than she had ever done with any of the other people who had cared for her.
"There, there my dear, you will see me soon enough. Now why don't you go get onto the train before it's too late."
"O-okay. B-bye Minerva." she gave one quick last hug before running up onto the train and waving goodbye quickly. Turning she set off in search of a compartment.
Faye could have died trying to find a compartment. She passed a boy who had lost his toad, or so he and his Grandmother had though, however Beauty began softly hissing and Faye following the direction of her eyes spotted the toad. Quietly she walked over and scooped him up before walking over to the boy and gently tapping his shoulder to hand him the toad. She walked off before anyone could say anything.
Next she passed a small crowd where a boy stood holding a cage that without a doubt held inside of it a spider. Normally it wouldn't have bothered her until she got pushed into the crowd by some dumb blonde kid and the spider ended up touching her scar, she shrieked and pulled away nearly falling over. A ginger haired twin easily caught her whilst the other snapped at the boy for having been so spiteful.
Before she could make a hasty exit however, the twin who had caught her noticed something he probably shouldn't have. "Wow. You're not are you?"
"N-n-not w-what?" Faye stuttered. By this point the other twin had come over and everyone was watching, Beauty began to get agitated.
"Bloody hell, she is George!"
"You sure Fred?"
"Yeah, you are, aren't you!"
"W-what?"
"Faye Potter!"
"Y-y-yes." Beauty decided then to snap. She shot out and attempted, failing badly, to bite the Fred twin's hand, instead she ended up gumming it but the message was given and Faye managed to escape with Beauty coiled protectively around her neck. As she ran off she heard the Fred twin calming people down saying he hadn't been hurt and then the group beginning to talk excitedly about her.
Eventually she managed to reach a practically empty compartment, it was actually the one she'd originally gone to and much to her surprise Harry was seated there trying to hide in the shadows. He looked up when she opened the door and they stayed frozen for a minute before she dived into his arms for a safe and secure hug. He smiled and held her close.
"How was the rest of your holidays?"
"Pretty good, Professor McGonagall showed me some basic spells and stuff. How did the Dursley's react to having you return?"
"They were alright actually. Not too bad, I don't think Dudley was too happy, he was freaking at every noise I made thinking Beauty was going to spring out of nowhere and attack him again." Harry and Faye laughed lightly remembering their first meeting. Dudley had not only gained a pigs tail but Beauty had snapped at him when he'd ran past her, it had been quiet funny.
"That's good then, at least he didn't cause any trouble." Harry gave a small smile and cuddled Faye again, Beauty uncoiled from her neck and slithered quite happily down and onto Harry's lap having decided he was comfy.
"Did you get to the platform alright?" he asked, suddenly sounding worried, remembering his own problem. Faye smiled softly.
"Yes, Professor McGonagall showed me how to get here and waited for me to say goodbye once everything was on here." Faye gave a light shudder. "I got pushed into a spider's cage by some kid and a group of people recognized me, there were two ginger twins, Fred and George I think."
"I met them too I think. Tall, thin, ginger hair, talk together a lot?" Faye nodded. "They might have been the ones that helped me through the barrier and to get all of my things onto the train then."
Just then the compartment door slid open. In came a young boy, about Faye and Harry's age with ginger hair, a flash of recognition came through Harry's eyes, it was the boy who helped him through the barrier.
"Anyone sitting there?" he asked, pointing at the seat opposite the twins, they shook their heads, he gave a small smile and sat down "Everywhere else is full." He said as an explanation when sitting down, looking at the twins and then looked quickly out of the window, pretending he hadn't looked.
Harry saw he had a black mark on his nose and nudged Faye ever so slightly, she glanced quickly and noted it. Before they could say anything however, the doors slid open again to reveal the two people that Faye most definitely did not want to see.
"Hey, Ron." The twins were back. "Listen, we're going down the middle of the train - Lee Jordan's got a giant tarantula down there." Faye gave a little shudder remembering the creature and how it felt when it had touched her. "Right," mumbled Ron. She felt a little better noticing how unhappy he seemed over the prospect of the hideous creature, seemed she wasn't the only one who disliked them.
"Hey! Look it's Harry and Faye," said the other twin, "did we introduce ourselves? Fred and George Weasley. And this is Ron, our brother." They gave a small smile and the twin that Faye recognized as George suddenly entered the compartment and crossed to her, he smoothed down a flick of her hair that had been poking up. From Harry's lap she heard Beauty let out a warning hiss after having sensed the discomfort of Faye.
Fred, the twin that Faye had gummed glanced over and let out a little smirk. "Why hello there grumpy bump." He glanced at Faye seeing her worm her way closer to Harry who comfortingly stroked her hand. "Your snake, he looks lovely but could you tell him I don't like having a load of snake slobber on me and to just hiss next time? Tar!"
"B-beauty is a s-she." was Faye's stuttered reply. Both twins gave a small smirk and George patted her on the head fondly before crossing to Fred. Fred spoke next with a cheery wave and a happy "See you later, then."
"Bye, " said Harry and Ron whilst Beauty hissed before settling back down, all that Faye managed was a small wave a tiny stutter that nobody heard, well nobody other than George who gave a kind smile. The twins slid the compartment door shut behind them.
"Are you really Harry and Faye, like the Potters Harry and Faye?" Ron blurted out before he could stop himself. Harry nodded. "Oh -well, I thought it might be one of Fred and George's jokes" said Ron. "And have you really got -you know... "
He pointed at Harry's forehead and just pointed at Faye, not much was known about the placing of Faye's scar. Harry pulled back his bangs to show the lightning scar whilst Faye moved her hair to the side and titled her neck blushing furiously and refusing to meet the eyes of anyone. Ron stared. Faye let her hair go and buried her head into Harry's shoulder, he comfortingly patted her shoulder.
"So that's where You-Know-Who"
"Yes" Harry interrupted him from carrying on, "but I can't remember it."
"Nothing?" said Ron eagerly.
"Well - I remember a lot of green light, but nothing else."
"I r-remember h-his f-face and w-w-words." Faye said quietly for it was true, every night in her dreams. Every night. She shuddered.
"Wow, " said Ron. He sat and stared at them for a few moments, then, as though he had suddenly realized what he was doing, he looked quickly out of the window again.
An awkward silence followed. Harry decided to break it.
"Are all your family wizards?" asked Harry, who found Ron just as interesting as Ron found him.
"Er - Yes, I think so, " said Ron. "I think Mom's got a second cousin who's an accountant, but we never talk about him."
"So y-you k-know magic a-already." Faye asked having perked up and looking excited, Harry and Ron looked at her, amazed she had spoke so strongly. The Weasleys were clearly one of those old wizarding families the pale boy in Diagon Alley had talked about. Ron shrugged his shoulders and gave Faye a small smile, she amazingly returned it.
"I heard you went to live with Muggles, " said Ron. "What are they like?"
"Horrible" came the answer in unison from Faye and Harry who looked at each other and then rephrased it. "-well, not all of them are, just the people Faye has lived with and my aunt, uncle and cousin." Faye nodded and then spoke giving a shy smile.
"Wish I'd had Harry and three wizard brothers to live with." clearly indicating Ron, Fred and George. Ron gave a small smile and laugh.
"Five actually" said Ron. For some reason, he was looking gloomy. "I'm the sixth in our family to go to Hogwarts. You could say I've got a lot to live up to. Bill and Charlie have already left - Bill was head boy and Charlie was captain of Quidditch. Now Percy's a prefect. Fred and George mess around a lot, but they still get really good marks and everyone thinks they're really funny."
"That's r-really a l-lot then."
Ron nodded gloomily and then gave a little start for Beauty had slithered over onto his lap.
"S-she won't h-hurt you. B-beauty only d-does it t-to comfort or to p-people she l-likes."
"Oh, uh okay. Hi Beauty?"
Beauty gave a happy contented hiss and settle with her head on his knee, before falling asleep. Faye gave a small smile and then she rested her head on Harry's shoulder before having totally fallen asleep in a matter of minutes.
** Much later on! **
Faye awoke to a chocolate frog jumping onto her face and the moody hiss of Beauty, Faye opened and eye and found she was laying with her head in Harry's lap and opposite her Beauty was glaring at a fat rat that had it's head stuck in a sweet box. Sitting up, Faye recognized most of what was there from the many different types of sweets that Professor McGonagall had
been giving her during her stay there.
"Beauty, stop hissing at the rat." Yawned Faye as she sat up, Beauty shot her an irritable glare which she returned. "Oh don't be so dramatic you darn serpent, I could have always left you back at the orphanage garden!" Beauty seemed to consider what was said and slithered over to Faye before coiling around her arm and resting.
"Uh, that's my rat. He's called Scabbers." said Ron whilst Harry chuckled.
"Huh? o-oh, s-sorry." Faye said giving a small smile.
"You're really shy, did you know that?"
"U-uh y-yeah. S-sorry."
"Don't be!"
"E-erm ok-kay. I'll t-try not to be." Faye gave a weak smile to which Ron gave a huge beam back.
There was a knock on the door of their compartment and the round-faced boy Harry and Faye had passed on the platform came in. He looked tearful.
"Sorry, " he said, "but have you seen a toad at all?" When they shook their heads, he wailed, "I've lost him! He keeps getting away from me!"
"He'll turn up, " said Harry.
"Yeah I guess" said the boy miserably. "Well, if you see him..." And with that he left.
"Don't know why he's so bothered" said Ron. "If I'd brought a toad I'd lose it as quick as I could. Mind you, I brought Scabbers, so I can't talk." The rat was still snoozing on Ron's lap. "He might have died and you wouldn't know the difference, " said Ron in disgust.
"I tried to turn him yellow yesterday to make him more interesting, but the spell didn't work. I'll show you, look... "He rummaged around in his trunk and pulled out a very battered-looking wand. It was chipped in places and something white was glinting at the end.
"Unicorn hair's nearly poking out. Anyway" He had just raised his wand when the compartment door slid open again. The toadless boy was back, but this time he had a girl with him. She was already wearing her new Hogwarts robes.
"Has anyone seen a toad? Neville's lost one" she said. She had a bossy sort of voice, lots of bushy brown hair, and rather large front teeth.
"N-no s-sorry." Faye stuttered and at the same time Ron spoke.
"We've already told him we haven't seen it, " said Ron, but the girl wasn't listening, she was looking at the wand in his hand.
"Oh, are you doing magic? Let's see it, then."
She sat down. Ron looked taken aback. "Er - all right." He cleared his throat. "Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow, Turn this stupid, fat rat yellow. "He waved his wand, but nothing happened. Scabbers stayed gray and fast asleep.
"Are you sure that's a real spell?" said the girl. "Well, it's not very good, is it? I've tried a few simple spells just for practice and it's all worked for me."
Faye glared at the girl taking a dislike to her attitude, it seemed she wasn't the only one because Beauty began to hiss. The girl gulped and shifted back in her seat a bit.
"So? I've done spells and they've work for me too. It doesn't mean anything!" Faye snapped and then noticing the looks of surprise everyone gave her she went very quiet and hid her head into Harry's arm again. He chuckled and Ron smirked glancing at the girl waiting for her to speak.
She decided to skip whatever she had been planning on saying and to just introduce herself instead. "I'm Hermione Granger, by the way, who are you." She said in a meak voice.
Harry looked at Ron. He looked at Harry and replied rather unhappily.
"I'm Ron Weasley, " Ron muttered. "Harry Potter, and this is my sister Faye and her snake Beauty" said Harry motioning to himself, Faye and Beauty in turn.
"Are you really?" said Hermione. "I know all about you two, of course - I got a few extra books. For background reading, and you're in Modern Magical History and The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts and Great Wizarding Events of the Twentieth Century!"
"S-sounds more th-than a little." Muttered Faye quietly who had reappeared. Hermoine gave her a small smile.
"I'm from a muggle background." Faye nodded then Harry decided to speak.
"Are we really?" said Harry, feeling dazed.
"Goodness, didn't you two know, I'd have found out everything I could if it was me, " said Hermione.
"Do either of you know what house you'll be in? I've been asking around, and I hope I'm in Gryffindor, it sounds by far the best; I hear Dumbledore himself was in it, but I suppose Ravenclaw wouldn't be too bad... Anyway, we'd better go and look for Neville's toad. You three had better change, you know, I expect we'll be there soon." And she left, taking the toadless boy with her.
"Thank god she's gone. I hope I don't get put with her Beauty, but if we do, you'll protect me right?" Said Faye a little too loudly and Beauty in response flung herself into Ron's lap to hide. Ron burst out laughing at her and the insulted look that now sat on Faye's face, even Harry couldn't help laughing and soon Faye joined in too. After a while, she calmed down enough to speak.
"What h-house are your b-brothers in?" she asked looking at Ron.
"Gryffindor," said Ron. Gloom seemed to be settling on him again. "Mom and Dad were in it, too. I don'tknow what they'll say if I'm not. I don't suppose Ravenclaw would be too bad, but imagine if they put me in Slytherin."
"Slytherin? I've heard about that, but I can't remember what." Faye said thoughtfully.
"That's the house Vol-, I mean, You-Know-Who was in wasn't it?" asked Harry
"Yeah, " said Ron. He flopped back into his seat, looking depressed.
"You know, I think the ends of Scabbers' whiskers are a bit lighter," said Harry, trying to take Ron's mind off houses.
"So what do your oldest brothers do now that they've left, anyway?"Harry was wondering what a wizard did once he'd finished school.
"Charlie's in Romania studying dragons, and Bill's in Africa doing something for Gringotts, " said Ron. "Did you hear about Gringotts? It's been all over the Daily Prophet, but I don't suppose you get that with the Muggles -someone tried to rob a high security vault."
Harry stared. "Really? What happened to them?"
"Nothing, that's why it's such big news. They haven't been caught. My dad says it must've been apowerful Dark wizard to get round Gringotts, but they don't think they took anything, that's what's odd. 'Course, everyone gets scared when something like this happens in case You-Know-Who's behind it."
Faye turned this news over in her mind. Harry was doing the same. They were starting to get a prickle of fear every time You-Know-Who was mentioned. They supposed this was all part of entering the magical world, but it had been a lot more comfortable saying "Voldemort" without worrying.
"What's your Quidditch team?" Ron asked.
"Er - I don't know any, " Harry confessed. "I don't have one yet." Was Faye's meak reply, her stuttering having now gone as she seemed to have grown comfortable around Ron after her small blow up at Hermoine's attitude.
"What!" Ron looked dumbfounded. "Oh, you wait, it's the best game in the world - - " And he was off, explaining all about the four balls and the positions of the seven players, describing famous games he'd been to with his brothers and the broomstick he'd like to have if he ever got the money. Ron then moved onto telling Harry about the finer points of Quidditch when yet again the door opened, before anyone was able to talk this time however, Faye snapped.
"Oh for goodness sakes! Does nobody know how to learn keep the bloody door shut and leave us the hell a bloody lone!" Faye shouted harshly at the three boys who had just walked into the compartment, they froze. Suddenly she recognized the one, the palest of the three not only as the boy from Diagon Alley but also as the one who had pushed her earlier, Beauty hissed and got ready to strike from Ron's lap.
The boy gave a cocky smile and ignored the outburst and angry snake, instead choosing to look at Harry and Faye with more interest than he had ever shown before, or rather particularly more interest in Harry.
"Is it true?" he said. "They're saying all down the train that Harry and Faye Potter are in this compartment. So it's you two, is it?"
"Yes," said Harry. He was looking at the other boys. Both of them were thickset and looked extremely mean. Standing on either side of the pale boy, they looked like bodyguards.
"Oh, this is Crabbe and this is Goyle," said the pale boy carelessly, noticing where Harry was looking. "And my name's Malfoy, Draco Malfoy."
Ron gave a slight cough, which might have been hiding a snigget. Draco Malfoy looked at him.
"Think my name's funny, do you? No need to ask who you are. My father told me all the Weasleys have red hair, freckles, and more children than they can afford."
"Pirck! Don't you talk to Ron like that you thick pale faced shit!" Faye stood up and got right into Malfoy's face all worries and shyness forgotten. Harry froze wide-eyed, he'd seen her do that to his Uncle when he'd first met her and they'd called Harry a freak. It was scary. He reached out and went to grab hold of Faye's hand.
Half turning, she pulled away. "Harry, Ron, I'm going for a walk, Beauty cm'ere girl." She reached her arm out and Beauty coiled herself around it, without a second glance at her brother or new friend Faye barged out of the room making sure to slam into Malfoy and the other two dunces as she went.
Angrily marching down the train past all of the compartments, Faye kept muttering little reassurances to herself about how Harry and Ron would be fine and how it was better she left them.
If she'd had stayed, Faye had a bad feeling her temper would have gotten the better of her, when she was nerveous she was always quick to snap and for a long time now, she'd had a bad habit of snapping and then having something she couldn't explain happen, she now knew it to be magic.
Due to the lack of attention on where she was going, Faye suddenly shrieked when she walked into a solid chest, upon closer inspection it was George Weasley, Fred was behind him and behind the pair t brother Percy. She dimly had registered Ron and Harry talking whilst she'd been asleep.
"What's happened now" came the irratable voice of Percy but George interrupted him quickly.
"Ah! Here she is Fred, sorry Perc, we hadn't wanted to say with a load of people around but we'd been looking for Faye here, she wandered off looking for Harry and Ron and we weren't sure if she'd gotten there safely. We'll be back into the compartment now!" then suddenly Faye was being dragged by the twins into one of the compartments.
"Sup?" came the voice of that boy from earlier. She looked at him, spotted the cage and realised it must be Lee. She immediately went quiet.
"Perc caught us and we spotted Faye so we made a quick get away." Fred explained, Lee gave a friendly smile and much to everyone's surprise Faye hid behind George holding his hand in a death grip.
"Hey, Lee won't hurt. Now why were you walking the train?" George turned to face Faye with a kind smile, she whimpered and felt tears stinging her eyes.
"M-malfoy-y c-came t-to the c-compartment" Faye felt tears starting to prick down her face and George pulled her soundlessly into a hug. Fred leant over to Lee and whispered something before leaving the compartment, a couple of minutes later he returned.
"Hey, Faye, did Malfoy do anything to you?"
"N-no but h-h-he d-did g-go to I-insult y-your f-family and I s-snapped."
George pulled Faye up onto his lap and sat down properly on the seat holding her in a tight hug. Lee gave a kind smile and reached up, pulling down a backpack and mooching through it for a couple of minutes before pulling out a bar of chocolate. "Here, give her some of this George." Lee passed George the chocolate and gave Faye another little smile before putting his bag away.
"Faye have some, Lee always gets the best chocolate there is. It'll help cheer you up a bit and then I can take you back and make sure that Malfoy has got lost first." Faye gave a little nod
and carefully took a piece of the chocolate and began to nibble on it.
Fred sat down next to her and smiled. "Faye, why do you have lots of scars on your arms, can I ask? You don't have to tell me or anyone, I'm just curious." he motioned to her arms where the long loose sleeves of her top has fallen down to reveal the scars from when she used to self harm and be harmed.
"M-muggles. T-t-they always g-gave me the w-worst f-families." more tears fell down. George, Fred and Lee all enveloped her in a soundless hug and then Lee spoke softly.
"Well, on the bright side, you have Harry now and these pair told me you seemed really attached so I guess that's good right? And you're going to Hogwarts too. Plus there's the beautiful snake I'm told is called Beauty, she's really pretty too."
Faye gave a small smile and cuddled into George a bit, in a matter of seconds she had fallen asleep yet again. The boys in the compartment looked sadly at the girl.
"Who could hurt her or let her hurt herself?" Fred gazed sadly at the girl laying in his brother's arms.
"She looks so defenseless all the time, but there's that spark in her that just drives you insane tryin ta figure it out." Lee smiled and stroked her cheek.
"I know this is stupid but I want to protect her from everything that could go wrong."
Fred and Lee looked at George in silence before nodding, they understood what he meant,
"I'm going to take her back to Harry and Ron." with that he got up and left.
Faye woke up when George got near to her compartment. She looked up at him apologetically and then cuddled into his arms, he smiled despite himself and stopped just before getting to her compartment for before him he saw Malfoy and his two goonies running past some girl with bushy brown hair and straight towards them. The boys veered around them and George stuck his foot out catching Malfoy who tripped, shot a dirty look and then carried on.
"I hate the Malfoys sorry."
"D-don't b-be. I h-hate him too." Faye gave a small smile which George returned. He smiled softly as he put her down and carefully he took her hand and led her to her compartment.
He's holding my hand. Why? People other than Harry, Hagrid, Ron and Professor McGonagall have never shown me such kindness. Faye's thoughts confused her and soon enough she was stood outside of her compartment behind Hermoine. George still holding her hand, he gave a kind smile to her once Harry and Ron had spotted her, a quick hug was given and then he walked off with a short wave.
Faye fought back the urge to blush and instead squeezed past Hermoine who made some room having also noticed her and she sat down next to Harry who cuddled her giving a small smile which she returned.
Taking in the mess of sweet wrappers and everything around in the compartment, Hermoine spoke. "What has been going on?" she said, looking at the sweets all over the floor and Ron picking up Scabbers by his tail.
I think he's been knocked out," Ron said to Harry. He looked closer at Scabbers. "No - I don't believe it - he's gone back to sleep-"
And so he had.
"You've met Malfoy before?"
Harry explained about their meeting in Diagon Alley.
"I've heard of his family," said Ron darkly. "They were some of the first to come back to our side after You-Know-Who disappeared. Said they'd been bewitched. My dad doesn't believe it. He says Malfoy's father didn't need an excuse to go over to the Dark Side." He turned to Hermione. "Can we help you with something?"
"You'd better hurry up and put your robes on, I've just been up to the front to ask the conductor, and he says we're nearly there. You haven't been fighting, have you? You'll be in trouble before we even get there!"
"Scabbers has been fighting, not us," said Ron, scowling at her. "Would you mind leaving while we change?"
"All right - I only came in here because people outside are behaving very childishly, racing up and down the corridors," said Hermione in a sniffy voice. "And you've got dirt on your nose, by the way, did you know?"
Ron glared at her as she left. Harry peered out of the window. It was getting dark. He could see mountains and forests under a deep purple sky. The train did seem to be slowing down.
He and Ron took off their jackets and pulled on their long black robes. Ron's were a bit short for him, you could see his sneakers underneath them. Once changed both boys left the compartment and Faye pulled a blind over the window so she could change. Her outfit consisted of a knee length black skirt, white blouse, black tie, black robes and instead of normal shoes she kept on her black and white knee high converse. Beauty coiled herself around her neck and she was done.
Just as she opened the door, a voice echoed through the train: "We will be reaching Hogwarts in five minutes' time. Please leave your luggage on the train, it will be taken to the school separately."
Harry's stomach lurched with nerves and Ron, he saw, looked pale under his freckles, Faye surprisingly, shook with excitement, the boys laughed at her. The three of them crammed their pockets with the last of the sweets and joined the crowd thronging the corridor.
The train slowed right down and finally stopped. People pushed their way toward the door and out on to a tiny, dark platform. Faye shivered in the cold night air, Ron and Harry wrapped their arms around her making her giggle. Then a lamp came bobbing over the heads of the students, and Harry heard a familiar voice: "Firs' years! Firs' years over here! All right there, Harry an' lil' Faye?"
Hagrid's big hairy face beamed over the sea of heads.
"C'mon, follow me - any more firs' years? Mind yer step, now! Firs' years follow me!"
Slipping and stumbling, they followed Hagrid down what seemed to be a steep, narrow path. It was so dark on either side of them that Harry thought there must be thick trees there.
Nobody spoke much. Neville, the boy who kept losing his toad, sniffed once or twice.
"Ye' all get yer firs' sight o' Hogwarts in a sec," Hagrid called over his shoulder, "jus' round this bend here."
There was a loud "Oooooh!"
The narrow path had opened suddenly onto the edge of a great black take. Perched atop a high mountain on the other side, its windows sparkling in the starry sky, was a vast castle with many turrets and towers.
"No more'n five to a boat!" Hagrid called, pointing to a fleet of little boats sitting in the water by the shore. Harry, Faye and Ron were followed into their boat by Neville and Hermione.
"Everyone in?" shouted Hagrid, who had a boat to himself. "Right then - FORWARD!"
And the fleet of little boats moved off all at once, gliding across the lake, which was as smooth as glass. Everyone was silent, staring up at the great castle overhead. It towered over them as they sailed nearer and nearer to the cliff on which it stood.
"Heads down!" yelled Hagrid as the first boats reached the cliff; they all bent their heads and the little boats carried them through a curtain of ivy that hid a wide opening in the cliff face. They were carried along a dark tunnel, which seemed to be taking them right underneath the castle, until they reached a kind of underground harbor, where they clambered out onto rocks and
pebbles.
"Oy, you there! Is this your toad?" said Hagrid, who was checking the boats as people climbed out of them.
"Trevor!" cried Neville blissfully, holding out his hands. Then they clambered up a passageway in the rock after Hagrid's lamp, coming out at last onto smooth, damp grass right in the shadow
of the castle.
They walked up a flight of stone steps and crowded around the huge, Oak front door.
"Everyone here? You there, still got yer toad?"
Hagrid raised a gigantic fist and knocked three times on the castle door.
End of Chapter One :) Hope you all liked it and yes, Faye does have a problem with being shy but she also has a bit of a temper when she gets pissed off, you will also I promise see her get shitty with Malfoy again and maybe if you're all lucky even Snape or Filtch or maybe both! ;)
Woflette2k12 out! Peace y'all! ;) xox
