Chapter 1: Chocolate Frogs
Willow threw the covers off of her body when her mother came knocking on her bedroom door. It was September 1st, the day she would go to take the train to Hogwarts at exactly 11 o'clock, just as it has every year.
She took a brush and brushed the knots out of her blonde hair. She brushed her teeth and got dressed in her clothes for the day(link).
"Morning Willow," her mum greeted and pecked her forehead, she passed by her youngest sister, Juliet, and her brother, Chris, giving them a kiss each. Willow sat down next to her sister, Megyn.
"Mornin´ Willow" Megyn said through a mouthful of bacon.
"Megyn, don´t talk with your mouth full" her mum scolded.
Willow stood up and walked towards the coffee machine, pouring herself a cup and adding milk and sugar to it.
When she finished her breakfast, she walked back upstairs to her room and fed her cat, Lira. Her kitten mewled in response and gracefully lapped up the dry pellets.
"Willow! We´re leaving in 10 minutes!" her mum shouted from downstairs.
"OK Mum!" she shouted back.
Willow picked up Lira, who had finished her breakfast, and pushed her into the carrier cage. She took her wand, shoved into her back pocket then took her trunk and left to go downstairs.
Willow huffed as she pushed her trolley with her trunk on it. One of the workers at the train lifted her trunk into the Express, leaving her with her Lira and her backpack. Saying a quick thank you she made her way back to her mother and siblings.
"Mum," Megyn whined, "Why can´t I go to!"
"You'll have to wait until next year, love" Mum tucked a piece of Megyn´s blonde hair behind her ear.
Willow hugged her mother,
"Bye Mum, see you at Christmas" she pecked her Mum´s cheek and hugged Megyn and Juliet. She tickled Chris´s tummy and he gurgled happily.
"Bye Lo!" Megyn waved. Willow boarded the train and took a seat in an empty compartment waiting for her friends, Rose Weasley and Violet Longbottom.
The train started to move and at that moment Rose showed up into the compartment along with her 1st Year cousin, Lily.
"Hey, Rose, Lily" Willow stood up and hugged Rose.
"Hi Willow" Lily greeted, "I´m gonna go look for Albus, see you". Lily left and it was just Willow and Rose.
They both sat down, a comfortable silence surrounded them. Willow pulled out her phone and unlocked it. She plugged in her earphones and listened to her favorite song by Adele, Hello. She´d sung this quite often and she was rarely found not, at least, humming it.
Willow felt Rose tap her shoulder, "I´m getting changed, be back"
Willow nodded and noticed the Trolley Lady had passed and was a couple compartments ahead. Willow ran out with a few galleons at hand and stopped by her.
"Hello dear, anything from the trolley?"
Willow opened her mouth but was cut off by an all to familiar voice.
"Eight chocolate frogs, please", Willow glared at the tall boy next to her. It was James Potter.
"Hey Willow" he smirked,
"Potter" she said nonchantly.
"Anything for you dear?" the trolley lady smiled and handed James his chocolate frogs, she accepted the money he handed her.
"Any chocolate frogs left?" Willow asked.
"Sorry dear, I´ve run out" the Trolley Lady looked into her trolley, "Anything else?"
"No thank you," Willow shook her head and smiled, "Alright dear, if you change your mind I´ll be up front" the Lady smiled and left.
Willow sighed at her bad luck, she turned to walk back to the compartment but a hand grabbed her shoulder. She turned back to face James,
"What do you want James?" she sighed, James grabbed her hands and placed a box of Chocolate Frogs in her palms. Willow´s eyes widened and she looked up at him, he smiled and walked of without another word. Willow blinked, James had rarely done anything nice for her and this was new. Willow walked back to see Rose sitting by the window reading her book. Rose looked up from the page she was reading to raise her eyebrows at Willow,
"Really? Only one?" Rose sighed and shook her head playfully.
Willow stared at the box, Rose noticed this and put down her book,
"Are you alright?"
"It´s from James" she whispered,
"Pardon."
"The box, James gave it to me" Willow said a little louder.
Rose looked at her and shook her head,
"James just keeps on surprising me" she picked up her book and began to read again. Willow sat down and opened the box, she quickly grabbed at the chocolate delight in front of her before it could jump away. She bit a piece and smiled.
Willow sat down in the middle of her three friends,
"Where were you Vi?" Rose asked Violet,
"I was sitting with Travis and his friends" Violet replied,
Willow and Rose scoffed at that, Travis was Violet´s boyfriend, they had gotten together last year and Violet seemed to be spending a lot of time with him.
The Doors to the Great Hall opened and Professor Longbottom came in with the first years. He ruffled Violet´s hair as he walked past, and Willow and Rose waved at Lily and Hugo as they walked past.
The Sorting Hat was waiting ready at the stool. When all the First Year´s were at the front, he began to sing. Willow droned out the rest of his singing until Professor Longbottom began to list off the First Year's.
"Adams, Penny"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Dalton, Jane"
"Ravenclaw!"
The Sorting Hat called out more houses. Hufflepuff, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff…
"Potter, Lily"
Lily sat down on the stool and the sorting hat was placed on her head, a few moments later he called out her house.
"Gryffindor!"
The Gryffindor table clapped and cheered, James and Albus being the loudest.
After a few more names it was Hugo´s turn,
"Gryffindor"
Rose cheered loudly making Willow clutch her ears.
The Sorting was over and the tables were filled with different foods. Chicken, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, salads, Yorkshire pudding, sausages and more amazing looking food.
Just as Willow was going to eat a spoonful of mashed potatoes she noticed James was looking at her from the far end of the table. As soon as they made eye-contact he looked downwards eating a piece of his chicken. Willow frowned wondering what that was all about.
Willow sighed contently, sinking into her newly claimed bed in her dorm room. Rose plopped down onto her own bed and Violet was in the bathroom taking a shower.
Willow stood up and wandered towards the window staring at the night sky.
"Willow" Rose said,
"Hmm" she hummed in response,
"What do you think´ll happen this year?" Rose asked,
"Let me think," Willow tapped her finger against her chin. "I think that Scorpius will get the guts to ask you out this year, you´ll graduate with him, get married and have a family and live happily ever after" Willow grinned.
Rose scoffed, "Be serious for once".
"I am" Willow said back, "it hurts me to think that you don´t believe me Ro" she placed her hand over her heart in mock hurt.
Rose rolled her eyes and went towards her trunk, she changed into her pajamas and crawled into bed, tucking the covers over her head.
"Good night"
"Good night, Rose"
Wonderwall
won·der·wall, adjective
Someone you find yourself thinking about all the time; a person you are completly infatuated with.
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"Because you, James Sirius Potter, are my wonder wall"- Willow Grace Holland