Enchanted
This is a new NextGen story that I've started. Hope you like it!
Disclaimer: The wonderful Harry Potter is written by none other than J.K. Rowling!
"Lena, come on, hurry up!" I felt my hand being pulled along by my cousin as I tripped over my own feet in this crowded train station. I grunted, very ladylike, in response.
I couldn't see where my dear cousin was leading us too but eventually she started running towards a wall, with me towing behind. Was she crazy? She was going to crash full speed, and just as I was about to scream, we hit the wall.
Except we didn't really hit it. We went through it.
Oh how I love England.
I could hear her squealing now as she bounded towards a group of girls and hugged them tightly, whilst I stood awkwardly in the background. They were a group of really pretty girls, I noticed. There was a redhead, who was quite tall and had bright, blue eyes, and a petite brunette, who looked really shy, but nice too. Behind them, was quite a dark-skinned girl with curly hair, and another redhead, who was simply gorgeous.
"Lena! Come here" My cousin's voice snapped me out of my gaze as I made my way across to the girls, who had now fixated their gazes on me. I tugged at my messy, blonde curls, now wishing I had brushed them properly in the morning. Giving them all a small smile, I glanced towards Emily Winters, my cousin, who was currently grinning like a madman at me.
"Guys, this is my cousin, Lena. I told you all about her remember? Coming from Beauxbatons?" All of her friends, suddenly started smiling in recognisition and the gorgeous redhead, who I had nicknamed GG (Gorgeous Ginger) stepped forward and gave me a tight hug. My eyes opened in surprise as they all laughed loudly at my expression.
"Hi, my name's Lily!" she grinned at me, a smile lighting up her features. She went on to tell me everyone's names, "That's Rose, my cousin", indicating the other redhead (no wonder), "Lauren", who was the shy brunette, "and that's my other cousin, Roxy", which left the last girl with curly hair.
"Lena," I blushed slightly; I didn't expect such a warm welcome from all of Emily's friends.
She continued on to say, "Wow, I've never met a French person before! Well except for my aunt Fleur. Can you speak fluent French? That is so cool, you have no idea how much the guys in our school are going to be over you! Plus, you're gorgeous." At this she giggled slightly, and the others rolled their eyes, "Well me, Rosie and Roxy have to go say goodbye to our parents, but I'll see you on the train Lena!"
And at this, she took the other two girls' hands and walked off, her long red hair flowing behind her.
"Wow" I managed to get out, weakly, "She's certainly something."
Both Emily and Lauren laughed, as the latter finally spoke up and said softly, "You'll get used to Lily. She's a great friend to have around. Really loyal, she is. We're all quite different. There's Rose, who's a genius, Roxy, who's practically a tomboy, Lily who's really confident and popular, and me…well, I'm quite shy I guess." She gave a nervous chuckle, and I smiled warmly at her. And I'm supposed to be the new, nervous girl here.
Emily finally decided to cut in, "Okay, you can talk to everyone properly on the train. We need to get your bags, and then find a compartment. We'll see you on the train, Lauren!"
Cue: more dragging, this time onto a train, and with my bags. Aim: Kill my cousin.
As soon as we boarded the train, there was a sudden increase in noise, as people were screaming over each other, girls were giggling and hugging, and bags were being scraped across the floor. We put our bags on, and looked to find a compartment. 645
Everything was so much more different in England than back home in France. In Beauxbatons, everything was perfect and beautiful, whereas Hogwarts seemed to have that cosy, friendly feeling to it. It was almost surreal.
The opening of compartment doors (and more dragging) forced me into a room with more strangers, coincidently most of them being red-heads. And very attractive. I sighed. This was going to be a long journey.
"Guys, I want to introduce you to my cousin, Lena. Lena, you've already met the girls. There's Hugo, Fred, Albus, Scorpius and Dominique." All these people grinned as they looked squished in their seats.
The boy named Fred suddenly stood up and winked at me, taking my hand, and saying in a horrible French accent, "Bonjour, madame. Je m'appelle Fred Weasley." I giggled at his pronunciation, making him think I liked it, and he grinned even further.
"Fred, stop hitting on my cousin," Emily called out, with a bored face, "And she does speak English you know." Fred looked affronted as he took his seat, but not before giving me another wink.
I laughed and sat down next to Rose, who was currently giving glares at the blonde-haired guy, Scorpius.
I looked at the boy in front of me, who had black, unkempt hair and shining, green eyes. He gave me a warm smile, "Albus. Albus Potter. You can call me Al though." My mouth gaped open at this, before I finally shut it, flushed as I heard him laughing.
"Heard a lot about you. I must say, it's certainly exciting to have a new girl, especially a French one, around." I grinned and was about to say something, but before I could, Rose erupted beside me.
"Malfoy, stop grinning like that! Do you have any idea how much you hurt Amy Clarke this summer? The poor girl was crying her eyes at the party last week while you were off with some slutty girl! Why do you have to be such a selfish manwhore?"
Scorpius stood up, his grey eyes flashing, as he said in a low voice, "It's none of your business, Weasley, but even if it was, you should know that Clarke was a pain in the ass. She stuck to me and I just needed to get rid of her. So I did."
I looked around to see if anyone else in the compartment was staring at them, with wide eyes, like I was, but everyone just looked amused, and Lily rolled her eyes.
Albus gave me a smile, a keep-watching-and-see-what-happens smile, so I turned to see the flaming redhead who was inches away from Blondie Boy.
What, I like nicknaming people alright? Plus, Blondie Boy is much better than Scorpius.
A resounding slap echoed through the compartment as Rose stormed out, and Scorpius was left looking furious. He glared at Albus, who was now in peals of laughter, and growled out, "Al, you may be my best mate, but you should really control that cousin of yours."
Everyone was laughing by now, and I couldn't help but join in. I couldn't think of one reason why I initially thought this journey was going to be so bad.
Roxy turned on me now, "So Lena, what house do you think you're going to be in?"
Umm…house? What does she mean by house? I'VE GOT A HOUSE, PEOPLE.
Judging by my confused look, she continued, "You know, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Hufflepuff?"
I gave her a small embarrassed shake of the head as Emily took over, "It's nothing to worry about. McGonagall's just going to put the old school hat on you and it'll tell you where you're meant to be. Which is obviously Hufflepuff." At this she grinned at me.
Lily and Albus snorted at the same time and gave her yeh-right looks. Those two seem to be freakishly alike apart from the whole red-black hair thing.
"Lena, hear it from me. Gryffindor is the house for the brave." Albus stated dramatically, raising his hand suddenly, almost knocking Scorpius in the process.
Dominique suddenly muttered, "Or for the stupid."
"Hey! Atleast I'm not a nerdy claw!" came Albus' smart reply.
"Ravenclaws are not nerdy. They're smart. There's a difference Albus. I wouldn't expect you to know it." came her reply, as she grinned cheekily.
Merlin, I had only been here 20 minutes and had already experienced fights and arguments. I finally decided to speak up. "Um, well I don't really mind what house I'm in. As long I'm surrounded by people I know."
Scorpius finally turned to me and smiled warmly. "Hey, I get what you're saying. When I started, all these lot we jabbering away about what house they were going to be in, and I was worried about disappointing my parents by not getting into Slytherin. Turns out I made the best friends in Gryffindor."
Everyone stopped bickering, and turned to him with genuine grins, before Lily had to ruin the moment, "Aww Scorp, who knew you had a girly side? Well, except for Rose really." And at this, everyone started laughing again, whilst Scorpius rolled his eyes and hit Albus on the arm for laughing at him. I noticed that everyone had changed into their dark Hogwarts robes, so I quickly excused myself and exited the compartment.
I walked down a long corridor of the train before realizing I didn't even ask one of them where the toilets were. Looking around, I sighed, surrounded again by the chatter of students. Suddenly, the train jolted and I fell forwards. Just as I thought I was about to hit the floor face-on and my eyes fluttered shut, a strong pair of arms caught me deftly around my waist from behind. I opened my eyes, not actually believing that I hadn't hit the floor.
"Are you alright?" a deep, velvety voice spoke from behind, as I turned round to face the stranger.
He looked like Al strangely; had the same dark, unruly hair, but this boy's looked more windswept, and had an almost sexy look to it. He had deep, hazel eyes which were gazing concernedly into mine, and then I realized he was waiting for an answer. I blushed (turned so red, I probably looked like a tomato) and looked down, before muttering I was alright.
First hour on the train, and already turning red in the presence of a hot guy. Well can you blame me? He was gorgeous.
Said boy, now chuckled, and removed his hands from my waist, whilst lifting my chin up: I then realized how close I was to him.
Cue: Sigh heavily and drift off into dream world.
"I haven't seen you around school. Are you new?" he inquired, with a curious look on his face. "Umm.." Think of something to say you idiot! "Yes, my name's Lena. Lena Rosseau." "Rosseau? You English?" This caught me out. "Well, my mother's French but my dad's English. I've come from Beauxbatons." He gave me a smirk, internally making me swoon, and continued, "Well…Lena Rosseau, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm James Potter."
My eyes slightly widened at this whilst my brain was screaming: I KNEW IT! I TOLD YOU SO. SEE, HE'S RELATED TO ALBUS AND LILY! Alright, you win that one, my stupid smart inner self.
I closed my gaping mouth – which probably resembled a fish – and thought of something relatively intelligent to say. "You look a lot like your brother."
Kill me now.
At that moment, just as I was about to run for my life away from this James Potter, Emily came bounding towards us, a huge grin on our face.
"Oh Lena, I see you met James!"
With this James turned around, tore his eyes away from me, as he took a step back (noooo!) and gave her a casual grin. Remind me to thank my cousin from saving me from a very awkward conversation.
She wrapped her arms around him tightly and gave a little squeal-
Wow they were pretty close huh?
-before she leaned back slightly, and promptly kissed him on the lips.
…I so did not see that coming.
I hope you liked that first chapter! I've always wanted to try a NextGen fic but have been kind of scared because most of the ones I've read are simply amazing.
Please review! -Vanillaberries