A Trip to the Past

Disclaimer: I don't own anything, J.K. Rowling does.

A/N: This is in Tempest Potter's POV except for the first paragraph. I'm sorry for any mistakes I usually write at two in the morning and am really tired by the time I finish a chapter.

  Tempest Potter ran through the barrier of platform nine and three-quarters for the first time her life. Her twin brother, James and her mother followed her. They stood on the platform surrounded by students and parents running about saying hellos and goodbyes to people they knew. The Hogwarts express glinted in front of them and their mother smiled sadly at the train.

  I shifted uncomfortably at the platform. I hated being in crowds, I was incredibly shy around people I didn't know until I got an idea of their personality. Mum torn me out of my thoughts when she began talking to James and me.

 "Goodbye dears and I'm sorry your father couldn't be here. You know how it is being a ministry official and all. Now I love you both and stay out of trouble!" she added for James even though we both knew he wouldn't. She bent down and hugged and kissed us both on the cheek. This was her way of saying goodbye because I knew she wished us younger and both of her only children going away. I didn't complain when Mum did this, James on the other hand-   

"Mum don't do that. It is really embarrassing" he said angrily.

"Sorry dear. Now get on that train and don't forget to write."

  We boarded the train and found a compartment with one boy about our age. He had medium length black hair with baby blue eyes. He was tall and thin and had a mischievous glint in his eyes just like my brother. There was something captivating about him.

"Hi can my sis and I share your compartment?" James asked.

"Sure, I'm Sirius Black by the way. Who are you both?"

"I'm James Potter and that is my twin Tempest."

"I'm a first year how about you?"

"We are too."

  I tuned out their conversation and began to watch the scenery as the train traveled to Hogwarts. We went passed London and were soon in the country. I thought it was lovely but it also saddens me to think I was leaving behind the life I knew. I wanted to learn badly and I already read all our textbooks and others that were in my trunk. I could also perform some of the spells for first year and other years above. But I felt scared at going too. I didn't know what to except and I didn't like it.

"Hey Tempy, meet Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew" my brother said to me. Remus was an inch or two shorter then James with sandy brown hair and grey eyes. His gaze made you wish to study him along with his mysterious air. Peter was a chubby, short boy with a crop of blonde hair and watery blue eyes. He would be the other three's tag along, I could see it now.

"Well hello, I'm Tempest Potter and what else do you want James?"

"Nothing Tempest, you may return to your thoughts or books without much disturbance."

"I fear what without much of a disturbance is, so I'm not even going to ask" I said suspiciously.

I pulled a muggle book with all the complete collection of stories and poems by Edgar Allen Poe. I read that till the guys left to do something stupid.

  A soft knock came to the door and I answered it. A girl with brilliant green eyes and wavy dark red hair, her skin was creamy and she was my height and almost my weight, stood there. She looked a bit upset but that wasn't any of my business. "Hi can I help you?" I asked her really politely.

"We are almost there so you better get changed and can I sit with you because some girls just kicked me out of their compartment?"

"Yes but you'll have to deal with my brother and his friends when they get back. I'll be 2 minutes to get changed. Hold on."

  I threw on my uniform and robe and let the girl sit with me. She seemed grateful of my kindness. Then I heard screams up front so I knew the guys were wreaking havoc up there and wouldn't be back for a while. This gave us time for introductions.

"Hi, I'm Lily Evans and thank you so much."

"Your welcome, Lily. I'm Tempest Potter."

"I just got kicked out of my compartment because the girls found out I was muggleborn. You don't really care right?"

"No, and don't worry about the girls they will regret it." Something had made me trust this girl the minute I saw her and I wasn't like I was usually. I wasn't terribly shy around her at all.

  The train gave a lurch and we stopped. A voice overhead told us to leave our belongings on the train and Lily and exited the train. A huge man called all first years to four to boat. We shared a boat with two nice looking girls. They smiled at us and waved and I knew they weren't the ones sitting with Lily. We smiled back.

  We came upon shore to see a stern looking witch with black hair in a bun waiting for the first years. She looked like you shouldn't cross her and I knew someone moronic enough would one day. She led us to an entrance hall, a huge place that could fit a house and were lovely marble stair cases that lead upwards.

"Welcome to Hogwarts. I am Professor McGonagall. The start-of-term banquet will begin soon. First you will be sorted into your houses. Each house has its own attributes and will be like your family while you stay here. Now please get into a straight line and follow me."

 We filed into a giant dining hall. Four long tables sat there with a head table with the headmaster and teachers. Candles floated above the tables to give light to the people sitting at the tables. The ceiling was enchanted to look like outside and the night sky comforted me and my nerves about the sorting.

 Professor McGonagall sat a chair with a battered and ugly hat on it. This must of how we were to be sorted. I was surprised when the hat began to sing:

"I am the sorting hat.

 I'll tell you where you belong.

 For I am a thinking hat,

 There isn't anything I can't see in your skulls.

 If you try me on for size,

 I'll tell you where you shall be,

For the next seven years of your life.

Maybe you belong in Gryffindor,

Where those are brave and daring

You could belong in Slytherin,

With cunning and ambition

How about Hufflepuff,

Where you are loyal and kind

Perhaps it is Ravenclaw,

With those of great wit and resourcefulness

So come up here and try me on"

  We clapped for the hat and Professor McGonagall would call up to be sorted.

 Sirius, Lily, Remus, one of the girls on our boat names Clara Thornton, and James became Gryffindors. I was next, and I was scared about it too.

"Potter, Tempest"

I stepped forward and the professor put the hat on me.

'Not as easy to sort as your family, are you?'

'I don't seem to understand.'

'Cunning and ambitious, but not like a Slytherin. Loyal but to only you trust which is few because you are shy, Intelligent and resourceful but you are brave and wish to be with those you trust.'

"Gryffindor" the hat shouted in the end.

  I sat next to a smiling Lily. Peter, Andrew Grohl, Frank Longbottom, Hannah Schmidt, and Kasia Reagan became the only other Gryffindors. Professor Dumbledore stood up and said "Welcome back, students. A new tree has been planted on the grounds; it is called the whomping willow and stay away from it if you don't wish to lose a limb. Also the forbidden forest is forbidden. Now dig in and enjoy the feast."

  The golden dishes filled with food and we ate our fill, till the last crumb disappeared from the golden plates and goblets. "You are dismissed students sleep well."

  All the first years followed there house prefect to there dorms. We came to the picture of a fat lady.

"Password"

"Antipodean Opaleye"

  "This is the common room for studying and other things. Girls go to the left door and boys to the right for your dormitories. Good night" the prefect stated sharply.

  All the girls walked up to our dormitory which was in a tower to the first year dormitory. Inside there were five four –poster beds with deep crimson curtains. All our belongings had been brought up. I had the bed next to the window, with Lily on my other side. We said our good-nights, pulled on our pajamas, and climbed in bed. I was out like a light once my head hit the pillow. My last thought was of actually being in Hogwarts and in Gryffindor which were my best thoughts in a while.