A/N: So I posted this story maybe like three years ago originally. Then I fell of the wagon, lost all my outlines, and removed it from . Now, I have reimagined it, created a full outline and am ready to start posting it again!
This is set in the Harry Potter Universe, but explores one of the American wizarding schools. It has no characters from the original series. It also does not line up with whatever half baked idea of an American Wizarding School J.K. has created in her writing of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. With all that in mind, I hope you enjoy this story!
"Can I sit here?" I asked the three girls in the train compartment. One of the girls, a pretty blonde thing who looked like she had a fake nose, gave me a once over and a snarky smile.
"Not unless you're a metamorphmagus," She said, causing her friends to giggle. I gave them a sickly sweet smile.
"That's alright, I'll go find some bitches, whoops witches, with real faces to sit with. Have a nice trip," I said, heading down the next compartment. It was occupied by a two people that looked like siblings in a causal argument. They stopped when they saw me and gave me a smile. The boy spoke up immediately.
"Do you want to sit with us? You should sit with us," he insisted, not even waiting for me to answer his first question. I moved into the compartment. "We heard those Royals giving you a hard time. We'll help you get them back," He said. I sat down next to him, facing the girl. The girl was giving him a look.
"My name is Felix Felicis the twelfth, and this is my sister Fortuna Felicis. We're both freshmen. How 'bout you?" He said, tossing a handful of m&ms into his mouth.
"I'm Vega Bloom, I'm a freshman too," I told them. After a brief minute of awkward silence, I decided to attempt to keep the ball of possible friendship rolling. "I thought The Salem Witches Institute was an all girls school. Where are you going, Felix?" I asked. I got on at the train's second to last stop, so it was likely that they came from the south.
"The Pocono Wizards' Academy is Salem's brother school. I thought the whole world knew that." Fortuna said, slightly intrigued by my lack of knowledge.
"Well I'm new to this world, sorry." I said. She laughed.
"Wow Fe, you do know how to pick them." She said to her brother, passing him five dollars. I raised an eyebrow. She turned back to me. "Before you came over, me and Fe made a bet over who you could be. We know almost all the wizarding families on the east coast, so you were either from the west or muggle born, now we know which." She said. I looked down at my hands. From what I had read, muggle borns were generally treated as lesser by pure blooded magic users. I'd hoped nobody would notice, but I guess it was obvious. I felt Felix put his hand on my back.
"She doesn't mean that in a bad way, we were just curious. Birth doesn't mean anything. Why did you even bring it up!" He hissed at his sister while rubbing little circles on my back. "Just look at Hermione Granger, she was muggle born and the Battle of Hogwarts would have been lost without her." He rambled on. Fortuna rubbed her face in exasperation.
"Fe, you're making it worse. Let's just drop it. I'll get you your first chocolate frog card from the trolley, you will love it." Fortuna said just as the trolley rolled up to our door.
The trolley was ladened with three tiers of treats from jelly beans to things I had never seen before. It was colorful and shiny and made of happiness. I was a literal kid in a candy store. I just observed Fortuna as she ordered three boxes of every flavor beans and fifteen chocolate frogs.
Then Felix handed the trolley lady a box and a note.
"Can you please deliver this to the pretty blonde girl in the next cart, I have a thing for her, but it want to keep it a secret for now." He said to her quietly. The trolley lady laughed and took the box.
"Young love the way it should be." She said as she went to the compartment I had been scorned by. We heard her give the girl the box and then we heard her read the note.
"When I saw you at the train station, I was blinded by your radiant beauty. Please accept these sugar-free fat-free nougats as a token of my affections. With love, your Slate sophomore," She read.
The other girls "awww"ed. Fortuna and Felix doubled over in silent laughter. I looked at them curiously. Fortuna held up a hand to indicate that i should wait. After a few minutes we heard a scream. Then we saw the girl run down the hall, her nose gushing blood. I cracked up.
"How did you do that?" I asked through my laughter. Felix pulled himself together enough to tell me.
"Nosebleed nougat, I had it shipped over from Diagon Ally just for this prank," He divulged.
"What did you have against her? Besides her being mean to me, I mean," I asked. He shook his head.
"It's not about her. It's about the Royals and Slates and the Silver and Brass. The houses," He said. I might have understood, but it didn't really make any sense. Fortuna could see my mild confusion.
"It's a feud. We, the Brass and Silver, hate the Royal and Slate. They are all pure or near pure blooded, wealthy, prestigious, and rude. They treat us like second class citizens." She said.
"I think I got it. Then shouldn't you guys be Royal and Slate, as you are from a well known family?" I said. She shrugged.
"Nope. Mom's a muggle born. Dad's mom's a muggle born. We may be rich and well known, but we don't have the pedigree." Felix said, making a face about the bean he just ate.
"What was that one?" Fortuna asked Felix.
"Beats me. I think it was white glue or original chapstick." He said. I went to grab a bean, curious about how "every flavor" they were. I popped the bean in my mouth and chewed.
"Mine tastes like steak." I said. Fortuna nodded.
"You are lucky. Once I had one that tasted like dishwater. It was the worst," She said, tossing me a chocolate frog. "Open that and put it directly in your mouth. Don't let it get away." She added.
I opened the box and the frog started moving. I put the open box to my mouth and tipped it to get the frog in my mouth. The chocolate was pretty standard fare, but i guess the moving frog part was all the reason they were so cool.
"Who did you get?" Fortuna asked, pointing at the box in my hand.
"What?" I responded. Just then there was a knock at our carriage door. A boy and a girl were standing there, smiling.
"Lilac! I haven't seen you guys in forever! This is Vega, we just met her a little while ago after some Royals called her ugly. Vega this is our cousin Lilac, she is a junior." Fortuna said, scooting over so the newcomers could sit down.
"It's lovely to see you two, and it is lovely to meet you Vega. This is my best friend Danny, he's a sophomore." She said, introducing the boy she had shown up with. The two moved themselves into the compartment and sat down, Danny beside me and Lilac with Fortuna. I ate my beans while they all caught up. I now got a really good look at Fortuna and Felix.
They were both faintly tan, as if they had been outside just enough this summer. They had hazel eyes, narrow noses, broad shoulders, and sun-kissed brown hair. Fortuna's hair was pulled into a high ponytail that ended at her waist, while Felix's hair was swishy and went don't to his eyebrows. Lilac had the same hazel eyes and narrow nose as the twins, but was different in every other way. She had a blonde bob and fairy like figure. Danny looked all his own with cropped black hair, a square jaw, and bright blue eyes.
"Earth to Vega! Danny asked you about your summer." Felix said, poking me in the arm.
"Oh uh, I had a very nice summer of engineering camp before my parents called me home and told me I was a literal witch. Then i spent the rest of the summer learning the basics of the wizarding world and potions." I told Danny. He looked at me curiously.
"What kind of engineering?" He asked, taking a bean from my box.
"Product design I guess, nothing too special," I told him. He seemed totally interested in my muggle studies.
"Were you designing anything in particular?" He asked. I nodded. Everyone else was just looking at us confused.
"Yes. We were working on designing an app connected pet bowl set up, to monitor food and water intake," I told him. He nodded.
"Thats cool. I find muggle technology very fascinating. Its rate of development and improvement far outpaces that of magic." He said. I nodded.
"I agree. As cool as magic is, the magical world could stand to be more efficient. Your transportation and communication is antiquated. A jet plane can go ten times the speed of a broom and i get an email from the other side of the world in an instant. It would take an owl a week or more to deliver a letter that distance." I expressed. Fortuna rolled her eyes.
"Well can technology make you lucky? Or teleport you by simply touching an object? Or make someone love you?" She retorted. I raised an eyebrow.
"No, not yet, and arguably." I sassed back. Felix put a hand on my shoulder and made a down motion towards Fortuna.
"Ladies calm down. Both tech and magic have their advantages." He said. I shrugged his hand off my shoulder and looked out the window while Felix prattled on to me about their summer.
When we felt the train come to a stop, they all stood up and stretched. They left their candy on the table and their suitcases in the racks and left the carriage.
"Guys, what about our stuff?" I asked as they walked towards the doors.
"It'll show up in our rooms later, no worries." Lilac explained. I rolled my eyes.
"How does that work? We don't even have our room assignments yet! How will they make sure we get the right bags?" I exclaimed. Fortuna turned around and winked at me.
"It's Magic."