Disclaimer: I do not own any of the ideas that have originated from any of the Harry Potter books. But I do own the plot of this story. Obviously.
A/N: Well here goes nothing! I hope you enjoy it! This is my first HP fanfic so please be decently nice! :D
Chapter One: Katie's POV
"Oh, God damn this stupid wall!" I muttered.
It's always been extremely scary for me to walk through the brick wall.
So there I was, so close yet so far. The only thing standing in my way was that stupid wall.
Then I heard two voices. Two voices that sounded exactly the same. Oh, God. That was just what I needed. Two terrible, tormenting, teasing twins.
"Oy! Hey Fred, look who it is!" he exclaimed.
"Our favourite person in the whole world!" George finished for him.
And with that, they both took the pleasure of scooping me up and twirling me around like a little girl.
Feeling a little embarrassed, I asked, "hey, could you guys put me down now?"
"Absolutely not! We haven't seen you for over twenty-four hours Katherine Bell, and that is way to long!" George said with a grin.
After several long seconds, they finally decided to put me down.
"Well, off we go!" said Fred, motioning towards the wall between platforms nine and ten.
Being the fraidy cat that I am, I still wasn't ready to go through that stupid wall. So I made up an excuse.
"Wait!" I cried.
"What is it?" asked Fred.
"I-I wanted to…say 'bye to your parents first. Don't mind me. You guys go right on ahead of me. I'll catch up with you," I improvised.
And sure enough, they went.
Angry with myself for my cowardly acts, I began hitting myself on the head, but as my hand went up to make contact with my head, it was grabbed.
Whirling around to see who had taken a hold of my wrist, I saw none other than my closest guy friend, Oliver Wood.
"Now what do you think you're doing? You're dumb enough as it is. No need to lose more brain cells," joked Oliver.
"Ha-ha very funny," I said giving, him a mean look which shortly after turned into a smile.
Looking at the clock tower, Oliver said, "well, we better get going; we don't want to miss the train now do we?"
My smile quickly faded and was replaced with a half scared face.
One look at me, and Oliver knew something wasn't right.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Nothing," I replied.
"C'mon Katie, you know I can tell when you're lying."
"Okay, this is going to sound really stupid, but I'm still scared of walking through that wall."
"Well there's nothing wrong with that, I used to be too. But this being my sixth year and all, I slowly got used to it," he said trying to comfort me.
"Come here," he said before taking me into a tight hug.
I closed my eyes and rested my head against his chest. Oliver always knew how to make me feel better.
When I opened my eyes again, we were in a totally different place.
I quickly came to the conclusion that while I was being comforted, Oliver had taken me through the wall.
Man, that guy is good! I thought.
"Well, it looks like you guys are getting all nice and cuddly."
Pushing myself away from Oliver and twirling around, I saw my two best friends, Angelina and Alicia.
They were grinning like mad.
"Well, I-I'm gonna go back out and get our trunks and stuff," muttered a pink cheeked Oliver.
"So? What was that all about?" asked Alicia eagerly.
"Later," I mouthed.
Jerking my head in the direction behind them, they turned around to see the twins coming our way.
"Hey, girls!" greeted Fred.
"We thought we saw Oliver, so we came out to say hi, but I reckon we saw his evil twin," joked George.
"No, Oliver's here, he just went back to get his and Katie's stuff," said Angelina.
"Did I hear my name?" said Oliver from behind us.
"Oliver! So that wasn't you're evil twin," said George.
"Shucks! And we were so looking forward to meeting him," added Fred.
Oliver raised his eyebrows, giving me a what-in-the-world-are-they-talking-about look.
I shrugged my shoulders, not bothering to explain.
I heard the train whistle blow, meaning that it would be leaving in two minutes.
"Follow me, my fellow friends," said George.
"No, no, you must follow me," insisted Fred.
Giving each other a challenging stare, they took a giant leap towards the train entrance.
Somehow, they managed to get themselves stuck at the doorway.
Tears filled my eyes as I attempted to keep my laughter in. But one more look at the twins sent me over the top, and soon enough I was snorting with laughter.
Trying to keep myself from falling over, I calmed down.
Wiping the tears from my eyes, I saw Angelina, Alicia and Oliver do the same.
"Oh, come on you guys!" cried George.
"At least have the decency to help us out of here," said Fred as he tried and free himself and his twin from the oh-so-small doorway.
"Okay, let's go!" Alicia called.
Oliver picked up our trunks and went to go store them with the others.
Angelina, Alicia, and I hopped on the train and settled ourselves in the compartment that Fred and George had 'saved' for us, and Oliver came in not too long after.
"Well I think we've tortured them enough," said Angelina.
"Yeah, Oliver, go help them out," Alicia agreed.
"Oh, all right," grumbled Oliver.
He slid the door open and walked out. I got out of my seat and followed him.
"So what are you gonna do to get them out?" I asked curiously.
"Oh, I don't know. I was thinking of spreading a little butter on them and just maybe they'd pop out," he said, smirking.
I snorted with laughter.
When we reached them, they were almost crying with joy and relief.
Finding it rather funny, I was laughing again.
Oliver put a hand on each of them and warned, "Okay guys, this might hurt a little."
I could see them both cringing, preparing for something very painful.
"Okay, ready?" Oliver asked the duo.
They both nodded.
Oliver grasped their shoulders again and simply turned them.
They immediately slid out of the doorway, allowing the doors to finally close.
"It's a miracle!" they cried at the same time.
"He's a genius," Fred said.
"Yes, a true genius," I agreed.
"We never thought you had it in you, Wood," they joked.
"Yes, but I assume that when it's a life and death situation like this, his brain cells begin to work."
"You guys better watch it," I said. "As dumb as he may be, he can still pull you off the team," I said with a smile.
We went back to our compartment, joining Alicia and Angelina. I sat myself between the two girls, while the Weasleys and Oliver sat across from us.
"We're off to greet Lee. He reckons he's invented a new firework," said George, as he and Fred walked right back out.
"Is anyone else hungry? 'Cause I'm positively starved!" asked Alicia.
"I am!" was chorused at once.
"Well the trolley is taking way too long to find me, so I guess I'll just have to go find it! Anyone coming?" said Alicia.
There was a rush to the compartment door as Oliver and Angelina followed Alicia.
Oliver being last to leave, popped his head back around the sliding door.
"Hey, you sure you don't want anything? I can get you something if you want."
"Oh no, I still have to change into my robes. I'll be right there as soon as I'm done," I replied.
"Okay, sure, see ya!" he called back as he vanished from sight.
I sat there alone, quietly changing into my robes, until I saw a shadow cover the sun that was beating on me.
I turned my head towards the door, and saw…
I hope you liked my first chapter. I know, a little cheesy and so predictable, but I promise it will definitely get better. Please R&R and feel free to give any suggestions.
'til next time,
Emerald Puppy
