Chapter 1
Olivia stared at Ron in disgust hoping for some sort of distraction so that she no longer had to stare at the boy shoveling sweets into his mouth. Her brother, Harry, who was much less disturbing while he ate, was still unpleasant to look at. She was very relieved though, when a round-faced boy knocked on the door of their compartment.
"Sorry," he said. "But have you seen a toad at all?"
After shaking their heads, and assuring the boy that his toad would turn up eventually, he left. Not long after, while Ron was attempting to turn his rat Scabbers yellow, the boy returned, this time with a girl who was already dressed in her Hogwarts robes.
She asked if anyone had found Neville's, as they now knew the boy's name to be, toad. After telling her that they hadn't found it, and a failed attempt to turn Scabbers yellow, the girl introduced herself as Hermione Granger.
"Ron Weasley," Ron mumbled.
"I'm Harry, and this is my sister Olivia," Harry said.
"You can call me Liv, though," Olivia added with a smile.
"Harry, as in Harry Potter?" Hermione asked. Harry nodded his head, and Hermione began to talk about all of the books that she had read where he was mentioned, and then proceeded to talk about which house she wanted to be sorted into.
After she and Neville finally left, Olivia went to go change, leaving Harry and Ron to change in the compartment.
When she returned, she noticed three more boys in the compartment; two big and mean looking boys, and the pale boy that she and Harry had met at Madam Malkin's when they went with Hagrid to Diagon Alley.
"But we don't feel like leaving, do we boys?" she heard the pale boy say. "We've eaten all our food and you still seem to have some."
"Well if you're not going to leave, would you at least move out of the way?" Olivia asked impatiently. She had only briefly met the boy before, but even that short meeting was enough for her to know she didn't like him.
"And who are you?" the boy asked.
"I could ask you the same thing," Olivia replied.
"Draco Malfoy," the boy answered. "And you are?"
"Still waiting for you to move," Olivia said bitterly.
"Liv," Harry warned.
"So your name's Liv, then," Malfoy said with a smirk.
"Only my friends can call me Liv."
"We could be friends."
"After seeing how you treated my brother and our friend? I don't think so." A look of recognition flashed across Malfoy's face before his usual smirk replaced it.
"So you're the other Potter," he said.
"Surprise," Olivia said sarcastically. "Now move."
"And what if I don't?" Malfoy challenged. "What are you going to do, cry?"
"No, this." Olivia then pulled her leg back, and as hard as she could, kicked him in the shin, causing him to howl in pain, and grab his sore leg.
"You'll regret that, Potter," he threatened as he and his 'friends' ran off.
"I'm so scared," Olivia said while rolling her eyes as she stepped into the compartment. It was only a few moments later that Hermione had returned.
"You haven't been fighting have you," Hermione said. "You'll be in trouble before we even get there!"
"Liv was the one who's been fighting, not us!" Ron argued.
"To be fair, I did warn him," Olivia said. "Malfoy apparently just does not do well with directions."
"Well I only came in here because people have been behaving very childish," Hermione said. Then she left followed by Olivia so that the boys could finally change into their robes.
Not long after, they had finally arrived at Hogwarts. Olivia was slightly worried about the fact that they had to leave their things behind.
"I hope Harry's alright," she said as she walked with the two boys, followed closely by Hermione.
"He looks fine to me," Ron said confused, causing Olivia to giggle.
"She wasn't talking about me," Harry said with a scowl.
"Then who is she talking about?" Hermione asked. Olivia noticed the look of annoyance that flashed across Ron's face as Hermione spoke and realized that he was not very fond of her.
"My owl," Olivia answered.
"You named your owl Harry?" Ron asked surprised.
"She thought it would be funny," Harry replied scowling deeper.
"It is funny," Olivia said. "And it was your idea after all." Harry just continued to scowl, causing Olivia to giggle even more.
After a quick 'hello' from Hagrid, Harry, Ron, Olivia, and Hermione made their way into one of the boats that would take them up to the castle.
Harry and Olivia couldn't help but stare at the castle, and marvel at how they were actually there, and were not dreaming about the day they were taken away from the Dursleys by Hagrid.
After Neville was finally reunited with his toad Trevor, they followed Hagrid and the rest of their fellow first years to the main entrance of the castle, where Hagrid knocked on the door.
A stern looking woman with dark hair opened the door, who was introduced as Professor McGonagall. After leading all of the first years into a small chamber off to the side of the main hall, she explained how they would all be sorted into one of the four different houses, and some of the basic rules about how to gain points for the house that each of the students would belong to.
She left soon after with the promise to return once the Sorting was ready to begin. Harry started to get nervous, which in turn made Olivia nervous as well. The fact that Ron had said it was a test was not helping the situation either.
"Liv," Harry said. "How are we supposed to pass this test, if we don't know any spells?"
"Ron said that his brother was joking," Olivia answered. "Besides, they can't expect us all to know spells, can they?" This seemed to ease Harry slightly, but his nerves got worse once the ghosts arrived and began talking to them about their houses.
Professor McGonagall finally returned and brought them inside the Great Hall for the Sorting Ceremony.
As they walked through, Olivia couldn't help but notice how wonderful everything looked to her. It was so different from what she grew up with while living with the Dursleys and she couldn't have been happier about it.
Olivia watched as Professor McGonagall placed an old tattered looking hat on a stool, and watched amazed as the hat began to sing through what looked to be a rip in the brim that formed a mouth.
Olivia laughed as Ron told Harry that his brother Fred told him that he had to wrestle a troll. She definitely felt much better knowing that they only had to try the hat on. She hoped Harry was fine as well.
She watched, one by one, as her fellow classmates were sorted, and was beginning to get anxious as she waited for her turn.
Lavender Brown was the first to be sorted into Gryffindor, followed by Seamus Finnigan. Lavender seemed like one of those girls that cared more about how she looked than anything else. Although Olivia cared somewhat about her appearance, she cared more about proving herself to be good at whatever she tried to do.
Hermione was also sorted into Gryffindor, which made Ron groan, causing Olivia to laugh a little.
She noticed Harry getting nervous again and wondered what it was about.
"Harry, you okay?" she asked. He nodded but she could tell something was bothering him. She knew that if he wanted to tell her he would, so she let it go.
She watched as Neville got sorted into Gryffindor as well. Then it was Draco Malfoy's turn to be sorted.
"All I know is that I do not want to be in the same house as him," Olivia said.
"I don't think he wants to be in the same house as you either," Harry added. He was quickly sorted into Slytherin. "What if we're not in the same house, Liv?" Harry asked.
"I'm sure we will be."
"But what if we're not?"
"Then I'll come bother you every chance I get," Olivia answered. Finally Harry managed to crack a real smile, making Olivia smile as well.
"Good," Harry said. "That makes my job a little easier." Olivia rolled her eyes. Even though Harry was only two minutes older, he definitely took on the big brother role as if he were two years older. Soon after, Pavarti Patil was the next person to be sorted into Gryffindor. Her twin sister Padma was sorted into Ravenclaw which worried Harry slightly, as he thought that he and Olivia probably wouldn't end up in the same house then. Pavarti seemed very quiet and looked like she tended to keep to herself mostly.
"Potter, Harry!" Professor McGonagall called. Olivia watched as her brother made his way up to the stool for his turn to be sorted.
As time went by without any announcement of which house was going to be placed in, Olivia began to get more and more anxious.
When the hat finally shouted "GRYFFINDOR!" Olivia couldn't help but let out an involuntary sigh of relief.
"Potter, Olivia!"
Olivia made her way to the stool for her turn, and hesitantly sat down on the stool while Professor McGonagall placed the Sorting Hat on her head.
"Extraordinarily like your mother," she heard a voice say in her ear.
'You can talk?' she thought.
"Well of course I can," the hat replied.
'Oh, right.'
"Let's see now," the Hat said. "Intelligent, but also brave, as you're not afraid to stand up for yourself, but also very loyal to your brother. I know exactly where to put you. GRYFFINDOR!"
Olivia was so excited as she made her way over to the Gryffindor table to join Harry and Hermione.
"I told you we'd be in the same house," she said to Harry. Harry just rolled his eyes at her as they continued to watch the Sorting.
Finally it was Ron's turn, and he was placed into Gryffindor just as he said, making the Potter twins, especially Harry, very happy.
Once the ceremony was over, they started eating. Harry and Olivia each grabbed a healthy amount of food before digging in, and relishing in the fact that they are having extremely delicious food.
Olivia and Hermione started a conversation with Percy, one of Ron's other brothers, about all of the classes they would be taking that year. Hermione was very interested in learning Transfiguration, while Olivia was more interested in Charms after hearing Percy say what they would be learning that year.
"You start off slow just like in Transfiguration," Percy said. "But it gets more interesting once you start charming things to move around. Eventually you'll learn how to charm objects to change colors on their own." This excited Olivia even more, and now she couldn't wait to start classes.
"I can't wait to start Transfiguration," Hermione said. "There's just so much to learn! And changing something into something else! Doesn't it all seem so fascinating?"
"Yeah," Olivia agreed. "I still think that Charms is going to be just as interesting. I think being able to make things move sounds brilliant."
"Yes, well I don't think we'll be doing much of either of those at first. Percy did say we'd be starting off slow." Olivia nodded in agreement before turning back to her food.
Harry nudged Olivia while she was in the middle of a discussion with Hermione about what they thought they would be learning in Potions, and pointed over to the Slytherin table. Olivia followed where he was pointing and saw Malfoy sitting next to a pretty gruesome looking ghost, while looking somewhat frightened. She couldn't help but laugh at the sight of him.
Once the feast was finally over, Olivia walked with Ron and Harry as they followed Percy to the Gryffindor common room. Percy led them up to a portrait of a fat lady and said the password that allowed them entrance.
After saying goodnight to Harry and Ron, Olivia went up to the girls' dormitories for bed. She noticed that all of her things were already in front of one of the four-poster beds.
"Hermione," Olivia said as the two girls were changing for bed. "What do you think school will be like?"
"I'm sure it'll be great," Hermione replied. "Why do you ask?"
"I dunno," Olivia answered. "I guess I'm just nervous about school this year."
"Don't be," she said. "You'll be fine. You have Harry to help you. I'm just worried I'm going to fail at everything." Olivia laughed. "What's so funny?"
"If I can get through this, than you definitely can," Olivia said. "And besides, Harry will probably need just as much help adjusting to all of this as I will." Both girls climbed into their beds, as they were both very tired from all of the excitement from the day.
"'Night Hermione," Olivia said as she let out a yawn
"Goodnight, Liv."
Olivia fell asleep that night, dreaming of all of the magic she was going to learn that year, and all of the fun she was going to have with Harry and their new friends.
Ok so I know I basically vanished from the face of the Earth for a while, but I had a good reason! School was very stressful for me last year and I couldn't find it in myself to write, especially knowing that anything I would have written would have turned out worse than the very first fic I ever wrote. (No you may not read it!) Anyway, I came up with this idea over the summer, and it was gnawing at my brain for so long that I finally decided to write it. I hope you enjoy it.
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