CHAPTER 1: Out With the Old, In With the New
Written By: Crimson & Rain
(Adi's Pov)
I was so nervous, my trunk was placed next to me as I waited for the Hogwarts Express to arrive. As the train came to a roaring stop, four boys and two girls walked up to me. They laugh as one of them runs into me and knocks the stack of books out of my hand and onto the ground.
"Oh, sorry," a tall boy with bright red hair mumbled as he picked up my books.
I raised my eyebrows and took the books from the stuttering boy. Two of them continue to talk to me and I cough and their eyes shoot up to meet mine. I spoke in a strong whisper, as I glance at the two girls staring tentatively at me.
"Um, shouldn't you be talking to your GIRLfriends?'
They blush scarlet and I turn to leave. As I began to walk to the open train door, four voices stop me.
"Hey wait," one of them says to me, "I never got your name."
"Tell me your name first," I say turning around to face them.
As I climb the steps of the train car, I feel a feminine hand stop me on the top step. I turn slightly to see a bushy-haired girl and a bright ginger-haired girl staring apologetically back at me.
"Don't mind them. 'Ello my name is Ginny Weasley." She says and sticks out a hand.
"Hi, my name is Adéline Crest." I say and shake her hand. My black cat, Shadowfax, jumping on my chest.
Out from behind the other girl appeared another cat, a large orange cat with a flat face. The girl introduced herself as Hermione Granger and we made our way to one of the cabins. Ginny led us to one of the cabins with the boys we saw earlier. Soon, they were all surrounding me offering to take my bags. They were all interrupted by a loud shout by Hermione, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
The train jolted forwards and I lost my footing. I would have fallen, along with all my stuff, but luckily a boy with short black hair and glasses caught me.
"You alright?" He asks me quietly.
"Harry!" Hermione yells at the boy. He immediately releases me startled and unfortunately I fall to the floor with a thump. I tried to recover gracefully. Ginny, Hermione and I all sat together in one cabin and the four boys in the one on the other side of the train. As I glanced around at the train car, my thoughts were interrupted by Hermione who had questioned me.
"Hmm, sorry, I was just staring off into space," I said
"It's OK," she said reassuringly, "I was just wondering what school you came from because I know for a fact that I have never seen you here before."
I nodded. " I'm from Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in North America. My parents moved to England over the summer."
She suddenly had a look of realization, "That's were I recognize your accent!"
"Have you been there?" I asked her.
"Yes, actually. My parents are muggles so we went on a trip to America once and we visited that school. It is very nice, but I think you will like Hogwarts better." She told me.
"We will see," I muttered under my breath.
As I glanced back out of the window, suddenly a familiar cold sensation filled my body. As I glanced around at the now dark train car, my fears were confirmed. A dementor was outside the car next to us and a teacher had pointed a wand at it. Although my lip reading skills are not tremendous, the guy seemed to have said something along the lines of "scram." The dementor floats away and the teacher walks towards the Captain's car.
Hermione, Ginny and I rush over to the boy's train cabin to make sure they were ok. Hermione started to scream about Harry being "dead."
"Aw, shut up." I say and prop Harry up on a seat and stuff a piece of chocolate in his mouth.
As I massage my head after the wake of a sudden headache I sit down in an empty spot between the two red-headed twins. Ginny suddenly speaks,
"Um, should we get changed, before the whole passing out thing, they made an announcement about how we were almost there," she says meekly.
Hermione waves me and Ginny out of the room and to the restrooms to change. Of course, being a girl, the restrooms were packed. I waited for around twenty minutes for an open stall. I changed into my long black robes that I had to cuff at the end because it would make me trip. Both Ginny and Hermione were waiting for me.
"Come on, slow poke, the train is about to arrive at Hogwarts," Hermione said as we go back to the train cabin and grab our trunks.
As I stumble out of the train and on to the cold sidewalk, I glanced up at the enormous castle. I began to follow my new found friends when a big man called me to go with the first years so I could be sorted. Little did I know how much I was getting into.