"Bye Mum!" I pulled her into a long hug. She kissed the top of my head and squeezed my arms. Going back to Hogwarts was my favorite part of the year but I always hated saying goodbye to Mum.
"Hayley!" I heard a deep voice call behind me and I spotted Al and Louis grinning down at me. Did I mention that I hate being small? But on the plus side I can pull off heels, not that I even wore them but hey I'm trying to be optimistic here.
"Hey guys" I smiled. I had seen them both this summer when I stayed with Roxanne but it still felt like ages. They enveloped me in a hug and I felt the air being squeezed out of my lungs, "Okay, okay enough!" I choked out. They laughed but released me from their death grip.
"Hello Albus, hello Louis, how are you both doing?" my Mother smiled at them. I'm an only child so it's just me and her but despite being a muggle my Mum has adopted all of my friends. She adores Al and Louis especially. Suck-ups the both of them.
"Mrs Collins!" they cried again even more enthusiastically. Great even my friends love my mum more than me but I can't blame them, she's amazing. Mum and I seemed to have been sucked into the whole Weasley- Potter clan. They have adopted us into their family. We even both get Weasley jumpers with our initials on them at Christmas.
"You lot better get on the train or you'll miss it" she smiled. I pulled her into one more hug.
"We'll see you at Christmas won't we Mrs Collins?" asked Louis. Once Grandma Weasley had found out that Mum and I had no other family she demanded we always spend Christmas at the Burrow. She loves Mum's pies so it was a win-win for her I suppose.
"Of course boys" she said lovingly and kissed their cheeks. I rolled my eyes impatiently.
"Come on lovebirds" I grabbed their hands and pulled them towards the train.
We found an empty compartment and settled inside. Eventually we were joined by Skye and Roxanne, my best friends.
"I didn't get to see your Mum" Roxanne huffed. See what I mean about them loving her more?
"There you lot are" cried Ethan Wood sitting down between me and Roxanne throwing an arm around her. Ethan is Skye's twin who also happens to be dating Roxanne. The two immediately started snogging like there was no tomorrow.
"Revolting!" shouted Skye " Do you not care that I your sister am right here watching as you stick your tongue down my best friend's throat!"
They decided to ignore her and simply continued. We had spent ages last year trying to get the two of them together and eventually they kissed at the Yule Ball. Louis and I liked to think of ourselves as master matchmakers.
Skye shook her head disgustedly and her short golden curls bounced around. Skye was one of the happiest people ever. She never hurt anyone and was always smiling. I always enjoy the train rides back. I always have fun with my friends. Roxanne and Ethan even stopped snogging long enough to play would you rather.
However at that moment in time the bane of my existence decided to enter the compartment, James bloody Potter. My sworn enemy. James was an arrogant, disgusting toe rag. I don't know how him and Al are related, Al's so sweet. I mean James could be okay, he could actually be quite fun when we wasn't too busy being Hogwarts biggest fuckboy(my favorite muggle word) or making it his life's mission to annoy me, but I would never admit it to him. His best friend Fred Weasley, Roxanne's brother, followed him in. Fred was actually really nice he even hung out with me and Roxanne over the summer. He wasn't cocky like James.
"You might not want to go out into the hall" James smirked, Oh boy did I hate it when people smirked,"we swapped some puking pastilles with fruit gums on the trolley. There are people throwing up everywhere".
"That's disgusting!" Skye cried. I, unfortunately, have a bit of a mean sense of humor (please don't hate me) and I let out a laugh. My friends glared at me.
"I'm sorry" I cried "I can't help it". I tried to hold back the laugh. Fred grinned at me. Unfortunately the only people who understand this terrible affliction are Fred and James.
"See! Even Hayley finds it funny."
"I don't want to but I do" I complained "Will they stop?"
"Oh yes these only last 10 minutes" James said as he sat down and threw his arm around me that I immediately shook off.
"But that's 10 minutes of hell!" cried Al indignantly
"Chill baby bro, it's not that bad" James smirked (again really!).
"So you how do you think the cup will go this year?" Fred cut in trying to avoid a big war between brothers.
I was one of the chasers on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, along with Skye. Her Dad was Oliver Wood, Quidditch legend. Ethan didn't play though, much to his family's dismay but he was never one to follow the rules. Skye's older brother, Ashton was the captain and in his final year at Hogwarts. He was the Keeper. James was the seeker and Fred and Roxanne were beaters. Thankfully our team only needed one replacement chaser.
"I think we definitely have a shot at winning" Skye inputted. For someone so nice and jolly, she sure could be aggressive out on the field. She was just as dedicated to Quidditch as her father supposedly was. I had heard lots of stories about him from Harry, George and Angelina. The rest of the train ride was spent chatting about Quidditch.
Finally we pulled into the station at Hogsmeade. We were finally here and Fifth year was going to be awesome, despite the fact that it was OWL Year but I didn't let that bother me. I wanted to play professional Quidditch anyway.
We climbed into the carriage and headed up to the castle. The sorting ceremony was tediously long and I could feel my stomach growling, thank god people were clapping and no one could hear. That always happens to me in class (typical Hayley awkwardness).
Finally it was over and the feast began. I love to eat. Sometimes I wonder how I'm not the size of a car by now but oh well. Life's too short, am I right? The food was incredible; the House Elves had really outdone themselves. But I was glad when it was finally time to go to bed. I was glad I wasn't a prefect, having to look after all the first years. I watched as Rose Weasley tried desperately to round them up while they kept wandering off. Seth Creevey, the other fifth year prefect, looked like he was about to break something.
Roxanne, Skye and I all headed up to the dormitory. Despite being deathly tired, we all decided to stay up with Rose Weasley and Emma Longbottom, the other fifth year girls and talked well into the morning. The floor was a jumble of pillows, blankets and bodies. I fell asleep with a smile on my face. I was back.
Author's Note:
I started writing this story when Hayley was in first year and I uploaded one chapter. But I decided that I wanted to skip ahead because I thought that writing about their earlier years would be too boring for readers. So here it is, the new first chapter of Hayley's Comet, my first ever story. I really hope you guys like it. Please comment what you think, constructive criticism is definitely appreciated! I'm sorry this chapter is so short but this was just sort of introducing the characters.
Bye!
Jessica.