A.N. Hello everyone! I've noticed the lack of Oliver/OC stories and since I'm pretty sure I'm in love with Oliver, I decided to write one for you =). Please review, I would love to hear what you think of it. Thank you!
Chapter One
It was nearing 9 o'clock in the morning and Alexandria Summers could not sit still. Her mother kept telling her to sit still or to go do something, but she was stubborn and excited. It was September 1st and Alexa would be entering her 6th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She couldn't wait to see her friends again after the long summer. Sure, they had written each other letters nonstop, but that was only a substitute for the real thing. She was excited to see how much everyone had changed and to just be at Hogwarts where you had so much freedom.
Her best friends Alicia Spinnet, Angelina Johnson and Katie Bell would be there and from what she had heard from them, they all had amazing summer stories. At the end of the school year last year she knew that Angelina had started to have a crush on Fred and Katie had one on Cedric Diggory. Alexa hoped that everything would work out for them. After running upstairs, she double checked to make sure she packed everything. Walking past a mirror, she stopped to make sure that she was ready for the train.
Alexandria had long wavy black hair and gray eyes with a cute button nose. She was about 5'7 like her mother and had an athletic built even though she didn't play any sports. Her mother had told her that apart from her button nose and her height, she was a spitting image of her father. All she knew about her father was that he had died in 1981. He was with one of his friends when a dark wizard named Sirius Black muttered a curse and blew up the street as well as her father. From what she knew her father was a curse breaker at Gringotts and his name was William Owens.
Shaking herself out of her day dream, she dragged her trunk down the stairs and by the door, ready to leave. Walking into the kitchen, she grabbed an apple and took a bite out of it until she noticed that her mother looked extremely shocked and was staring at the little TV they had there. It was on the news and someone had just come in with a report of a breakout. Interested, she listened.
"Yesterday at around midnight, Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban. He is recorded to be the first and only person to have ever escaped since the Dementors became the guards. The Aurors say that Black is armed and extremely dangerous. 13 years ago, he performed a curse that killed 12 innocent people, both wizards and muggle including Peter Pettigrew, William Owens, Felicia Adams, Terry O'Sullivan and many more. If you spot Black do not approach him and let the local Aurors know immediately. That's all for tonight," the announcer said before the program ended.
Alexa could still see the picture of him in her head. He had a haunted look about him and was laughing like a maniac. It is said that he was related to Bellatrix Lestrange which made perfect sense that he would be insane. She now understood why her mother was in shock. The man that killed her boyfriend (they never had the time to get married, she said) had escaped the inescapable prison. Alexa herself was furious that he escaped; because he had to live with the punishment he was given.
"Mum, are you okay?" Alexandria asked her mother as she helped her sit down.
"Yes thanks, it's just a shock. I never imagined that he would escape. It seems unrealistic that he would," her mother trailed off as she pushed her blonde hair out of her face.
"I agree, I can't believe he did. He's the reason I don't have a father. I hope they catch him soon."
"They will try their best my dear, but don't worry you'll be at Hogwarts. It'll be safe there."
"But what about you mother? What if he tries to finish you off too?"
"Don't worry about me Alexa, he won't. You're worrying too much already. Anyways, it's time to leave for Hogwarts!" Her mother reassured her as she grabbed her daughter's trunk.
Not noticing that her mother hadn't regained her color, she decided to forget about it and to have the best year that she could this year. Grabbing her mother's arm while her trunk was in the other one, they apparated in the station at 10:30 am.
"Be safe Alexandria and make sure that you don't go looking for Black," her mother warned her.
"Yes mum and don't worry about me too much, I'll be fine," she replied.
Her mother laughed, "Yes I know dear. I love you and don't forget to write."
"I will, but I should go bye!" Alexa exclaimed as she gave her mother a hug and walked towards the train.
Alexa walked onto the train and started searching for her friends in the different compartments. After opening about a million compartments, she finally found Alicia, Angelina and Katie.
"Hey Alexa" Alicia said as she ran to give Alexa a hug.
"Hey Ali," Alexa said with a laugh, "and Katie and Angie."
"Hey Alexa," Katie and Angie replied.
Angelina whispered, "Have you guys heard about Black's breakout?"
Alicia shot a concerned look at Alexa before replying, "Yeah, I don't understand how he did it."
"I hear he's smart and he did have a long time to think about it, so it does make a bit of sense. No place is 100 percent foolproof," Katie added.
"I hope they catch him soon, because he's a danger to everyone and its making people feel nervous about other breakouts," Alexa said when her friends noticed she hadn't added anything in. Only Alicia knew who her father was. She didn't want many people to know what happened, it was just a defence mechanism she had. "Anyways, I think I saw our new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor on the train, did you guys?" she added.
"No, what did he look like," Angelina asked.
"He was asleep and looked a little sick to be honest. He looks like he really needs this job by the look of what he wore. I wonder what his story is," Alexa wondered as she replied.
Alicia laughed, "Who cares about his story, I just hope he's easy on homework and he's not strict!"
They decided that it was time to get changed before Hogwarts as they were approaching. When they were finished changing, the train had came to a stop, but after looking outside, they realized that they weren't yet at Hogwarts and that the power had gone out.
"What do you think is going on?" Alicia asked.
Katie shushed her, "We should be quiet; I have a really bad feeling about this."
They decided to listen to Katie and kept quiet. They heard a couple of commotions outside when suddenly, something opened the door. The room instantly became cool when the figure in the black robes entered. Alexa was starting to feel all her happiness and excitement disappear and negative thoughts overcame her. Finally after a few minutes, the figure left and they were going back to normal. Fred and George Weasley quickly rushed into the compartment, scaring the girls once again.
"Hey, are you guys alright?" Fred asked them worried.
"We are now, how about you? Did it visit you too?" Alicia asked.
"That's good, it did and I hope to never feel like that again," George replied shivering at the thought of another encounter.
Alexa flipped her black hair away from her face, "I know what you mean. I can't believe they would let the Dementors on the train like that. Anybody could get hurt, especially if they have a painful past."
Angelina looked surprised, "How do you know all that Lexa?"
"You know me, I'm the bookworm here. Remember when we had to study werewolves in third year? Well, the Dementors were on the next page and I was curious. I hoped never to meet them though," Alexa lied and didn't look at Alicia because she knew she wouldn't be happy. It wasn't her fault she wanted to be informed on who was guarding her father's killer.
"Good point," Fred replied, "We're actually at Hogwarts this time, so we should get going. Don't want to pull a Harry and Ron."
They all laughed at the memory and quickly got their trunks and left the train. Talking about the twins' pranks and telling jokes, they finally made it to the Great Hall. They had overheard from Malfoy that Harry Potter had fainted on the train after a Dementor came in and Alexa thought it made sense since he did witness his parents' murder. Fred and George got quite angry and it took Katie and Alicia to hold them back from attacking Malfoy. Finally, they took a seat and after seeing Harry and Hermione Granger take their seat, Professor Dumbledore started his speech.
"Welcome everyone," Professor Dumbledore started, "Welcome to a new school year at Hogwarts. I have a few things to tell you and because one is a serious matter, we should get it out of the way first. Now as you all have seen them searching the Hogwarts Express for Sirius Black, Hogwarts has had to welcome a few Dementors from Azkaban that were sent to us by the Ministry of Magic."
Dumbledore paused and it was easy to see that he wasn't happy with the news, "They will be posted at every school entrance and as they're going to be staying there for quite some time, you're not going to be allowed to leave the school without any permission. The Dementors are not fooled by disguises or any trick, not even invisibility cloaks," he added amusingly.
"The nature of a Dementor is that they don't take in consideration any excuses. So I offer advice to each and every one of you to not put yourselves in a situation where you could get hurt. I'm talking mostly to the prefects and Head Boy and Girl to prevent any students to try to fool or provoke a Dementor."
Alexa looked at Percy who was sitting next to Oliver Wood and saw that he was puffing out his chest and looked around him with an air of importance that made Alexa want to laugh. As if Percy could defend or control anyone. Everyone was quiet at the seriousness of the matter. The Dementors were definitely here to stay and would try to make life unpleasant for everyone.
"Now to move on to happier things, I'm happy to welcome two new teachers this year. Please welcome Professor Lupin for the Defence Against the Dark Arts. Since our Care of Magical Creatures professor has decided to retire, I'm pleased to announce that Rubeus Hagrid has decided to fill in the position as well as being our school's game keeper. Now I think everyone agrees when I say, let the feast begin!"
Everyone clapped at the end of the speech and began to pile a variety of foods on their plates. Alexa smiled. This was the reason why she was excited to come to Hogwarts. So she could be with her amazing friends that she would do anything for and to be in this magical world as well as being in school. She knew that she would have a lot to worry about once she left school and that's why she wanted to stay in school. It was so easy to see your friends and you knew that they were safe. Nothing could hurt you here, but once they left she knew that reality would crash in. Alexa knew that the war wasn't over and that Lord Voldemort (her mother said that her father would be disappointed if she called him He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named) was just waiting and gathering his strength. Deep down everyone knew that. That's the reason why she wanted to stay in school where everyone she loved was safe.
A roar of laughter brought her out of her thoughts and she looked around to see her friends laughing at something. Looking around she noticed that the twins had charmed Percy's head to grow and he was red with anger. It was quite funny, because it was fitting. He did have a big head after all. Joining in the laughter she saw the twins tease Percy with his new head. Wood seemed to enjoy it too for even though he was Percy's friend, he was laughing too. In an instant, he caught her eye and they were just looking at each other for what seemed forever. After an eternity, Alexa finally broke it and joined the fun her friends were having. She made a few wand movements under the table and pointed at Malfoy. Hearing a squeal, everyone turned around to see who squealed.
Everyone started laughing again, because Draco Malfoy had an afro. If that wasn't bad enough his afro was bright pink and it was absolutely huge. He tried to do a few spells on his hair to make it disappear, but nothing changed. Malfoy commanded Parkinson to try to fix it but it only made matters worse. Instead of fixing it, she made him bald. Malfoy seemed to not have noticed and looked like he wanted to kiss Parkinson for fixing it. Just wait until he found out he was bald...
"Good job Alexa!" George laughed as he clapped her on the back.
Alexa shrugged, "He deserved it after what he was saying about Harry. Honestly, how low can Malfoy get?"
"Oh he can go plenty lower. I can't wait to see his reaction when he finds out Parkinson made him bald. The funny thing is that I doubt Pomfrey will fix it after he made fun of her last year," Fred replied.
"I forgot about that! That'll make Harry feel better, having a bald Malfoy," Angie giggled.
After they were finished eating, Fred and George left to go find Lee Jordan and the girls went to the common room. They were talking about all the gossip they had heard like how Millicent Bulstrode and Vincent Crabbe were now going out, which they thought was gross. Supposedly Adrian Pucey and Cho Chang were going out. It was a good thing, because no one really liked either of them and that way they wouldn't bother anyone. Pucey wasn't ugly, but he wasn't the hottest guy around. After giving the password (La vie est simplement magnifique), they entered the common room and headed to their dorms. Not before seeing Wood making out with his girlfriend Audrey Saletrich on the couch. After they all made disgusted faces, they entered their dorms laughing.
"I can't believe that Oliver is dating Saletrich, she's such an ice princess," Angelina said as she sat down on her bed.
"She's not that bad," Katie said putting away her clothes from her trunk.
"I actually have seen her with her past boyfriends and she is that bad. Not that I care since I don't know Wood or anything and I know he's your captain and all. He should be careful though, she leaves quite the trail behind her," Alexandria replied.
"I know, I saw what she did to Flint, even though he is a terrible person, he doesn't deserve what she did to him," Alicia added.
"Anyways, Alicia didn't you have a story to tell us?" Katie asked changing the subject. She wasn't a big fan of talking about people.
Alicia sat up right away, "Yes I did and I totally forgot. Thanks for reminding me Katie! So I met this guy this summer when I went to Canada with my family. I was so surprised when I saw how much it was similar to the United States, because you guys know how much I love the States. His name was Nathan Sullivan and he was incredible. He had blue eyes, brown hair, tanned and was amazingly athletic. He was pretty much my perfect guy, but he lives, well, in Canada with the cold."
Alexa started laughing, "So you meet this amazing guy in Canada and you're worried about the snow when you're there in the summer?"
"Shut it! It's not my fault, anyways; well you can say that we had some fun while I was there. I remember that on the last night, I stayed past the time I was supposed to go back to my hotel room at and when my father finally found us, Nate took the blame and was so sweet," Ali added.
"So how far exactly did you go with this Nathan guy?" Angie asked curiously.
Ali's blush answered for her.
"Ali! You're not serious," Katie asked shocked.
"I'm afraid I am Katie," Ali replied laughing.
"So, how was it?" Alexa asked giggling.
"It was absolutely amazing. He was so kind and gentle with me, it was actually his first time too. I expected it to be extremely painful, but it was not bad," she added embarrassingly.
"As long as we keep that information away from George, than we should be fine," Alexa mentioned and smirked when they caught her meaning.
"Wait, since when does George like her?" Angie asked.
"Since the end of last year," she replied, "I kind of noticed though and he finally told me. Couldn't you tell that he kept looking at Alicia during the feast?"
The girls talked for a little longer, but they were soon too tired from travelling and decided to go to bed with each their own thoughts to think through. Alexandria was thinking about what it meant now that Black had escaped, Katie was thinking of how to get Cedric Diggory to notice her while Alicia was thinking of Nathan and George and Angie's thoughts were jumping from problem to problem that had threatened to control her life recently. What they all knew for certain was that it was good to finally be back at Hogwarts.