A/N Hey this is my first story, so go easy on me! Hope you all enjoy it!
Hi, my name is Lauren Brown. I am from Ireland but I moved to London when I got my acceptance letter from 'Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry'. I was as clueless as to what Hogwarts was when I received my letter that I thought my friends were playing a prank on me, so I ripped up the letter and threw it in the bin. But when I looked back the letter was in one piece on the table. I decided that I ought to see what it was, so I read it. i had been at home alone at the time and I got so excited that I did some accidental magic. I turned on the tap and made some water float across the kitchen. I was dancing around the kitchen when I heard a gasp from my brother Kian the water splashed to the ground and onto Kian. I thought this hilarious; he on the other hand nearly went in to shock. After that my parents read the letter and explained to us about her brother who was a wizard. His name is Arthur Weasley, as he is married. We were never told about our uncle because he is a wizard and we never even knew they existed. And because there was no one in our family either a witch or a wizard, except, now for me. My mother is a squib and my father also.
Anyway, we have just moved to outside of London city and my mum and dad have gotten new jobs in the city. My oldest brother Adam, who is twenty five, came with us. He is living with mum and dad. Dylan, my second oldest brother whom is twenty one also came with us. He is starting University in London and is living with mum and dad until he can find his own place. Kian, the youngest of the three boys who is seventeen has stayed in Ireland with an aunt because he wanted to finish out his education there instead of transferring with only a year left. And then there's Emma, she is fourteen and she came with us to England; god forbid that she miss this opportunity to live out her destiny of dramatic drama. Ugh. Moving on...
So, Today is my first day at Hogwarts. Right now im sitting on the train, alone, after a teary goodbye from my parents and siblings. It was hard finding an empty compartment but I did, right at the end. So I decided to reminisce a bit. I took out my brand new wand and remembered the day I got it; it was last Thursday and my mum brought me in to London to a pub called The Leaky Cauldron where we met my uncle Arthur. We had lunch there and Arthur told me that he wasn't going to tell his kids about me yet, because they didn't know that he had a sister, as they had lost touch for the last twenty years or so. So he told me not to tell any of his kids that we were realated if we met and that he was going to have us over for Christmas and he would tell them then. He told us about his seven children. About his wife and his life in general.
After we'd eaten, my mum and I followed Arthur out the back of the Leaky Cauldron where he tapped a brick and the wall opened up into an archway. My mum and I stared in awe at this as we'd never actually seen any actual magic. After a minute the bricks stopped moving and Arthur walked a little bit into the archway and gestured for us to follow him. We did and we immerged onto a crowded street full of people in all different kind of cloaks. Arthur started walking down the street and we followed closely so as not to get lost. After a few minutes he stopped outside a building and turned to my mum and I , 'This,' he said 'is Diagon Alley!' He gestured around us, 'and this is Flourish and Blotts. This is where we shall get your books.' He pointed to the shop behind him, smiled and turned and walked into the shop. When we were inside Arthur got my books while I looked around at all the different magical books, some of which had moving picture on them. after that we went to 'Madam Malkins Robes for All Ocasions' where I got fitted into my new Hogwartsrobes. Then we wnt to 'Eeylops Owl Emporium'; where Arthur bought me a golden brown barn owl. He explained that Owls are used to deliver letters. I named her Haylay after a singer in a favourite band of mine , 'Paramore'. Although I guess I guess its considered a Muggle band now...
We then proceded to the Apothecarys and got a cauldron and all my other necessaryingrediants. Finally Arthur sighed and said 'Our last stop, Olllivanders. This is where you will get your wand.' We walked inside and Ollivander came over and started handing me random 'wands' (to me they just looked like ordinary sticks) and after a while he handed me one which sparked incredibly when I took it. This frightened me so much I nearly droppd the wand. After paying, in Galleons of course, we headed back to the Cauldron, where we had one final drink with my Uncle.
I was snapped out of my day dream by a knocking on the compartment door. There was a tallish, black haired boy standing in the doorway. ''C-can I sit in h-here?'' He stuttered. I nodded ''Course.'' I smiled at the boy. He sat down opposite me and stared out the window. I sighed. 'Guess he's not very talkative.' I thought to myself. I took out my I-Pod and put on the head-phones. Only Exception by Paramoore came on. I started to mouth the words to myself.
''When I was younger I saw,
My Daddy cry and curse at the wind.
He broke his own heart and I watched,
As he tried to reassemble it.''
I slowly drifted asleep with the voice of Hayley Williams in my head.