A/N: Hello readers, here is another story that i'm starting, hopefully i won't get angry at it because i don't think it's good enough and take it down within a week. i really hope you enjoy it, anyway i wont stay for long.
ONWARDS!
(Disclaimer: I own nothing but my characters, every else is J.K Rowling's)
Chapter One
The cool morning air crept through the glass window and spread across the room. Ella wiggled her toes and felt the sharp air before quickly slipping her feet under the warm blanket.
It wasn't usually this cold in July, but the sun was just beginning to rise and it's warmth hadn't spread yet. Ella yawned and snuggled deeper into her bed, she knew that the moment wouldn't last long, soon her dad would come to wake her up, along with a certain 11 year old.
Although it was inevitable, she closed her eyes and wrapped her blanket around her, hoping for at least a few more minutes of peace. After what seemed like only five minutes to Ella, there was a soft knock on her door. She heard it creak open,
"Ella?" called her father, Sirius. She groaned and pulled the blanket over her head, Sirius laughed softly,
"C'mon Ell, time to get up" he walked over to her, Ella felt her bed dip as he sat down on the edge of it. Sirius carefully pulled down the blanket that was covering his daughter's head, she just pulled it up over her head again. Sirius sighed,
"Remus is making pancakes, if you want any" he said a he walked out of her room. Ella's ears perked at that, but she remained under her blanket.
a few more minutes of consideration, she got up. She walked over to her closet and grabbed a jumper and woolen socks from her set of draws.
She slipped on the socks and pulled the jumper over her head, she caught sight of her hair as she passed the mirror on her way out. She had braided it the night before, it still looked ok.
For a moment Ella considered redoing it, but after looking closely she decided it looked fine. 'After all, I can do it after breakfast' she though as she made her way downstairs.
The smell of pancakes wafted up the stairs and as Ella entered the kitchen she saw Remus cooking pancakes on the stove. Even though Sirius constantly told Remus to use magic to make food, Remus still used the muggle way, saying it tasted better when it was cooked that way.
In Ella's opinion, it didn't matter, as long as he was cooking, Sirius didn't have the skill.
"Morning, Rem" she said as she sat down at the small kitchen table.
"Morning Ella" he said as he placed a stack of pancakes onto the table,
"Sleep well?" he asked as turned to make more.
"Yeah, I did" she replied, taking a pancake and placing it on her plate. At that moment, Harry walked into the kitchen. His hair was messy, as usual, he sat down across from Ella and took a pancake.
"Are you excited for today?" she asked, taking a bite out of the jam covered pancake she had prepared. Harry just nodded, his mouth full of pancakes. Ella laughed,
"Slow down, there buddy, you might have a heart attack!" she smiled at his antics and reached for the maple syrup. Sirius walked into the kitchen and sat down next to Harry, ruffling his hair,
"Sleep well?" he asked. "Yeah, but I had a really weird dream" said Harry thoughtfully.
"What was is about?" asked Remus as he sat down next to Ella,
"Well I was at a zoo and there was a fat boy who was annoying a snake and then the glass disappeared and he fell into the tank" he replied, taking another pancake from the stack on the table.
"Huh, that is weird" Sirius stated, spreading sugar and lemon on his pancake.
"So where to today?" Ella asked Sirius,
"Well, I think that our trip to Diagon Ally will take most of the day, so after that we can decide what we want to do" he replied.
"Well then better finish your pancakes, we best get going" said Remus as he stood up and started to clear the table. Everyone stood up and dispersed out of the kitchen.
Once in her room, Ella walked over to her closet and threw open the doors. After choosing a pair of worn-out jeans, a tee-shirt and a jumper she walked over to the mirror to deal with her hair.
After several attempts to braid it, she just threw it into a bun, deciding her hair was not worth the effort today. She wondered if there was a spell that did your hair for you. '
That would be nice' she thought as she walked out her room to find her shoes.
Once everyone was ready, they met up in the lounge.
"Alright, Sirius, you go first" said Remus as he handed the bag of Floo Power to Ella's father, he took a handful, stepped into the fireplace and said very clearly
"Diagon Ally" and disappeared in a fury of green flames. After Harry went, it was Ella's turn. She took a handful of powder and stepped into the fireplace, she threw in the powder and said her destination.
Suddenly, she was whizzing are through fireplace after fireplace after finally stopping at Diagon Ally. She shot out and just managed to stay on her feet, after brushing the soot of her clothes, with some help from Sirius, they waited for Remus.
He showed up soon after, coughing from the dust and soot.
"Alright, I think we'll take Harry to the bank first, Ella you can take care of yourself right?" asked her father, she nodded
"Of course I can dad, i'll meet you at Ollivander's later" she replied. Sirius stilled looked worried
"alright, but take care" she said hugging her,
"I will dad" she said laughing.
"See you later then, Ell" said Remus, Ella nodded and walked out to the ally. Sirius, Harry and Remus headed to Gringotts.
Ella took out her letter and skimmed through the list, she was in 4th year at Hogwarts, so she had a lot of books to get.
She made her way to Flourish and Blotts to pick up the books she needed, her load of books had doubled after choosing extra subjects last year.
Ella entered the store and was immediately greeted with the smell of new paper, a smell she loved. She made her way over to the counter to ask where to find the books on Ancient Runes.
She heard the door of the store open, looking up in curiosity she saw her friend Coco. Forgetting the task at hand, Ella made her way towards her.
She was looking at the display near the door, so Ella went up behind her and tapped her shoulder lightly. Coco turned around, her eyes widen in surprise
"Ella! Oh my god it's so good to see you!" she said as she hugged Ella tightly. Ella laughed and hugged her back,
"It's good to see you too Coco" she replied.
"So how have you been?" she asked looking through the shelves again,
"Good, not much has been happening this holidays" replied Ella as she looked through the shelves with Coco.
"That's too bad, Oh! There is is!" she exclaimed as she pulled out the book for Care Of Magical Creatures,
"Do you need one too?" she asked Ella, she nodded and Coco handed her one.
"Do you have all your books?" Coco asked looking through her list.
"No, I still have to find my Ancient Runes book" she replied looking at the paper in her hand.
"Well then, lets go find them, I don't have any of mine either" she said as they headed off in search of their school books.
As she and Coco were making their way to buy robes, she spotted her friend Jeremy standing across the cobblestoned street. She stopped Coco mid-sentence when she spotted him and starting walking towards him.
"What are yo-" Coco's voice faltered as she saw who her friend was walking towards,
"Wait up!" she called scurrying to catch up.
"Jeremy!" Ella called, he turned around in surprise and spotted her. She made her way over with Coco close behind,
"Hi!" she said excitingly hugging him tightly, he just laughed and hugged her back,
"good to see you too Ella" she let him go and looked up at him,
"you grew a lot over the holidays!" she said surprised. Jeremy laughed,
"Yeah, I'm taller than you now" he replied,
"impossible!" said Ella, crossing her arms.
"Have you gotten all your school stuff?" asked Coco who had been looking at her school list,
"No, I just need to get robes" replied Jeremy,
"Oh Good! We were just going to get ours" said Ella,
"Let's go" Coco said leading the way.
As they entered Madam Malkin's Ella caught sight of Harry, who was getting his robes fitted, there was a very stuck-up looking boy who seemed to be talking to him. Harry didn't look very pleased with him. She walked over to him,
"Heya Harry" she called, he looked over at her,
"Oh, hi Ella" he said relived to see her,
"Where's dad and Rem?" she asked him,
"Remus is looking at potion ingredients and dad is getting books" he replied trying to stand still as Madam Malkin fitted his robes. She just nodded and waited for him to finish.
Ella watched as Coco got her robes fitted. Sirius had arrived and had taken Harry to find Remus who had disappeared to god knows where.
She had told her father that she would meet them at the wand shop after getting all her school supplies. She looked up at Coco who was looking at herself in the mirror,
"They look fine Coco" she said, seeing a uncertain look on her face.
"Are you sure?" she asked worried, Ella sighed,
"Yes love, they look perfect. It doesn't matter anyway, it's just your uniform" she dragged her off the short stool and pushed her into the dressing room,
"Now get dressed" she said firmly, Coco opened her mouth as if to say something, then closed it realizing that she couldn't argue with her.
After she came of of the dressing room and paid for her robes she meet Ella outside who was waiting with Jeremy.
"Ready to go?" he asked, she nodded,
"Sorry I took so long" she said linking arms with Ella as they made their way to their next stop.
The the bell at the top of the door tinkled as Ella entered the dusty wand shop. It had been a little over three years since she had been in here, but Ella remember the small shop very well.
She looked around and saw she was alone, her father hadn't arrived yet so she sat herself down in a very old looking chair.
"Oh, hello Ella dear" said a voice, Ella jumped in surprise and saw Mr Ollivander standing behind the counter sorting through boxes of wands.
"I was not expecting you to come here today" he said looking over his glasses.
"Oh, I was just waiting for my dad, Harry's getting his wand today" she said.
"Of course, Harry! I though he would come soon" Mr Ollivander said,
"Well hopefully they aren't to long" he said as he moved the boxes of wands into different places in the store.
"I have to go to the back to sort some things out" he said,
"Call out if you need anything" he called out behind him as he made his way to the back of the shop.
"Thanks" Ella called after him. She sat back down in the chair and waited for her father.
Ella looked up at the sound of the store door opening. She saw her father, Harry and Remus walk in.
"Hey Ella" her father said walking towards her,
"Did you get all your stuff?" he asked looking at the bag she had beside her. She nodded in reply.
"Good" he said turning around to Harry who was looking around them in awe.
"Ah, Mister Potter" said Mr Ollivander behind the counter.
"Oh, hello" said Harry looking a little scared of the man in front of him.
"I have been expecting you" he said waving his wand, immediately there was tape measuring his height, the space in between his eyes and many other places.
"Just stay still, Harry" said Remus laughing a little at the look on his face. Ella smiled, she remember when she first got her wand and how surprised she was at the tape measuring her.
Mr Ollivander got a wand off the shelf and waved his wand at the tape to stop measuring. They fell to the floor in a clump.
"Try this one" he said handing the wand to Harry,
"Beechwood and dragon heartstring. Nine inches. Nice and flexible. Go on give it a wave" he said. Harry obliged and waved the wand. Much to his surprise Mr Ollivander whipped it out of his hand at once.
"No, no that won't do" he said looking around for another.
"Here, Maple and phoenix feather. Seven inches. Quite whippy. Try i-" Almost as soon as Harry had raised his arm, it was out of his hand.
"No, no, here- ebony and unicorn hair, eight and a half inches, springy. Go on, give it a try." once again Mr Ollivander took the wand out of his hand quick as lightning.
The pile of wands grew ever higher and Harry was starting to look more dishearten with each failed wand. Ella looked over at Remus and her dad, they didn't look worried, after all, it had taken an awfully long time for a wand to choose her.
Mr Ollivander was, however, looking happier with each wand,
"Tricky customer, eh? Not to worry we'll find the perfect match here somewhere - I wonder, now - yes, why not – unusual combination – holly and phoenix feather, eleven inches, nice and supple" he said handing the wand to Harry.
Harry brought the wand above his head and brought it down, red and gold sparks danced out of the wand. Remus and Sirius clapped and Ella smiled.
But Mr Ollivander was muttering something to himself as he packed up the wand and handed it to Harry,
"Their you go boy" He said, Harry smiled and took the wand, then walked over to Ella as Sirius went to pay him.
"You happy?" Ella asked Harry as she picked up her bags,
"Yeah, I was worried that I wouldn't get a wand, or that maybe I wasn't actually a wizard" he said looking at the box that held the wand. Ella laughed,
"You didn't need to worry, it took ages for me to get a wand as well, it just means we are cooler" she said jokingly. Harry laughed and shook his head.
"Do you think I can convince Rem to make us pancakes for dinner?" he asked
"I don't think we are going to have pancakes for dinner Harry, sorry" Ella replied smiling at his antics.
"Right, time to go" said Remus walking towards them, Ella noticed that her father had an absent look in his eyes. Ella opened her mouth to say something, though better of it and closed it. But she wondered what was bothering him.
Ella walked up to her room and set down her stuff by the door before laying down on her bed. She looked up at her ceiling which was painted as the night sky. She and Coco had painted it one summer, trying to had a little bit of Hogwarts at home.
She slowly closed her eyes. Strange dreams swirled around in her head and she fell asleep.
The door creaked open and Harry stuck his head into Ella's bedroom. She was asleep, but Harry knew she would be mad if she missed dinner.
He walked over to her bed and poked her. Ella groaned turning over. Harry poked her again, this time harder. Finally she opened her eyes and glared at Harry
"There better be a good reason for this" she said sitting up.
"Dinner" Harry said simply, making his way out of the room.
"That's a good enough reason" she said following him downstairs to dinner.
Ella sat down at the table next to her father. She reached across the table and served herself some of the carbonara Remus had made.
"Are you ready for school soon?" asked Sirius eating a forkful of his food. Ella smiled and nodded her head.
"I'm really excited for all my new subjects" she said, her eyes gleaming, Sirius laughed at her excitement.
"I'm a little scared to be honest" said Harry looking down at his plate.
"Why's that Harry?" asked Remus looking at him in concern,
"I'm worried about which house i'll be put into and what if I fail all my subjects, or don't make any friends and..." Harry looked up at the rest of the table, his green eyes filled with worry, to his surprise Sirius started laughing.
"Oh, Harry, don't worry, you'll do just fine!" he said
"Really?" Harry replied, he didn't look too worried now.
"It doesn't matter which house you get sorted into" Ella said smiling
"Just as long as it's the house for you" she said.
"We won't mind what house your in Harry" Remus added, everyone nodded.
Harry smiled, he didn't know what he would do without his family.
A/N: There you go. i hope you enjoyed it, please leave a review, that would make me beyond happy :3
It has also come to my attention that not every has jam with their pancakes, which i find weird, but whatever.