Beginnings (part 1 of the Harry Potter Fan fic done by me Theta!)
Chapter One
Chance Encounters
Countless people passed through the doors of Grand Central Station. They swarmed through the passageway and only diverted from their paths when they came upon the tall girl standing in front of the divider between platform 9 and ten. She was only eleven, but because of her height she looked to be much older. A baseball cap was placed upon her black, shoulder length hair, which she had pushed back out of her eyes. Her eyes seemed to have a cheery, but slightly insane twinkle to them. Behind her was her cart, loaded with her luggage and a covered cage.
"I can't believe I am finally here! Right here in front of the doorway. As soon as I walk through, it'll be a whole new place. New people, new things! Ooo I love going on trips!" The girl grabbed the handle for her cart, took a deep breath and walked straight into the divider.
A few ticks later another young girl came in front of the divider. This one was remarkably small for her age. She had a long black trench coat and a hooded sweatshirt that' hood was up, covering her features. One hand held onto her cart, while the other clutched a wooden staff.
"Oh joy. A brand new place to be miserable in . . . Yes, I already know that it will . . . . No, I am not going to give the place a chance and you're being an optimist!!" The girl continued her very one-sided argument for a few moments more before letting out a heavy sigh and walking right into the platform divider. Suddenly the back of another person came into view. Both of them hit the floor in a tangled mess Limbs and luggage went everywhere in the chaotic collision. Finally after a bit of maneuvering and shoving, mainly shoving, the smallest of the two disentangled herself from the mess, though now her hood had been pushed back, revealing her pale skin, white hair and eyes that right then, seemed to burn red.
"Why don't you watch what you're doing? Standing in the entrance like a moron you're lucky I'm not hurt!"
The girl with the black hair just lay there on her stomach, unmoving. The small stood up and grabbed her staff.
"Hey, hey! Are you listening? Are you dead? . . . . What! I'm not going to touch her! I don't know where she's been. . . .Well if you are so keen to check her pulse, why don't you do it? . . . Oh sure, likely excuse!" She then took her staff and poked the girl on the ground.
"Hello, anybody home?"
Suddenly the black hair girl jerked upwards into a sitting position, looked over to the startled girl with the staff and promptly locked onto her legs with her arms.
"Ooo it's so great to see someone else my age here! I'm Mitsuki, just Mitsuki, no last name. Don't ask me why, no on the other hand maybe you should."
The very startled girl did not pay attention to Mitsuki's ramblings; instead she seemed intent on staring at the top of her head, where the baseball cap had previously been.
"You, you have black cat ears!"
"Hmm, oh those, nothing big."
"Are they real? The girl bent forward and tugged on the ears atop Mitsuki's head.
"Oww, of course they are real! You know, we are going to be the greatest of friends. Ooo I hope we're in the same house, that way we can be in classes together and share a room. It'll be soo fun!"
"Oh, wow, yeah I don't think so, thank you very much. I do not need friends here. I've done just fine without them and I'll continue that way." The diminutive girl wriggled out of Mitsuki's grasp, began to gather up her stuff and went to get onto the train that she had finally gotten to see.
"Thanks for the offer anyway and goodbye!"
Mitsuki was left alone on the platform of 9 and ¾, her stuff in a heap and people milling around her as she watched the girl disappear onto the train. Once more Mitsuki became enthralled by everything. The train platform and all the people on it. The train and the intricate gold work covering it and many, many more things that twinkled and shined before Mitsuki's eyes. She stared off into space, her eyes as wide as they could go. Suddenly her amazement was interrupted by a tap on the shoulder.
"Excuse me Miss, but the train is about to leave. You best be hurryin' up and getting aboard."
Mitsuki turned and suddenly faced a man wearing a conductor uniform. He smiled down at her.
"If you be needin' some help Miss, I could give you a hand," the conductor said and then stooped to pick up some of her scattered bags.
"Thanks a bunch Mister," Mitsuki said as she gathered up her bags and her squawking cage. The two of them walked over to the train. The conductor dropped off her bags and Mitsuki thanked him once more before they both went their separate ways.
Then the search for the open cabin began.
Mitsuki started at the front of the train and worked back, avoiding the kids that would sporadically come dashing down the aisles. Each car she looked into was full and she was forced to continue her journey as the train began it's. She arrived at the second to last cabin and looked inside. Two boys were sitting inside. One boy had messy black hair and wore glasses. The other also had shaggy black hair. His eyes shined with mischief and he had a wide, crooked grin plastered on his face. Little did she know that another boy was coming up behind her. Suddenly she felt her baseball cap yanked from off the top of her head, exposing her ears
"Hey! Put that back!" She whirled around to face the culprit. He was tall and thin, with light brown hair and amber eyes, though he looked a bit sickly, he's eyes still looked cheery.
"Oh, hello Kitty. Would Kitty cat like a bowl of milk? Or some catnip perhaps?"
Her eyes flamed at the amber eyed boy's remark. She snatched back her hat, gave all of the boys the evil eye, jammed her hat back on her head and stormed out in a huff. As soon as Mitsuki had left the cabin a loud poof filled the air.
"James! Your hair!" The amber eyed boy said to the kid with glasses. Each of the boys' hair had been changed to a multi-coloured rainbow. All three looked at each other, before screaming.
Mitsuki smiled in satisfaction at the sound of the screams. The last door to the last cabin was before her. The blinds had been pulled down in the windows next to the doors. She took a deep breath and opened the door to the train cabin.
Inside it was dark. The windows had all been blacked out by the blinds and the lights were off. He eyes finally adjusted to the darkness. Stretched out on one of the benches was the girl that had run into Mitsuki earlier. Her staff was propped up against the far wall and on the girl's chest, thee was a squirrel and a little mouse. Both were curled up and all were asleep.
"Hiee!!"
The girl yelped, jumped and tumbled off of the bench, the squirrel and mouse jumped off her chest and hid back in her side bag that was on the floor.
"YOU!!" the girl pushed herself up off of the floor and glared up at Mitsuki. "What exactly do you think you're doing?"
"I'm joining you for the trip," Mitsuki said as she set her stuff down.
"Nooo, I don't think so!" the girl began to counter Mitsuki's actions by picking up her few bags.
"But it's the only place left!" Mitsuki whined.
The girl sighed and dropped the bags onto the middle of the floor.
"Fine, but no talking, no annoying sounds. The lights stay off and the blinds stay down. Understand?"
Mitsuki nodded her head in understanding and took a seat on the opposite bench. The girl stretched out once more on her cushioned bench, her animals atop her and soon fell asleep.
Chapter One
Chance Encounters
Countless people passed through the doors of Grand Central Station. They swarmed through the passageway and only diverted from their paths when they came upon the tall girl standing in front of the divider between platform 9 and ten. She was only eleven, but because of her height she looked to be much older. A baseball cap was placed upon her black, shoulder length hair, which she had pushed back out of her eyes. Her eyes seemed to have a cheery, but slightly insane twinkle to them. Behind her was her cart, loaded with her luggage and a covered cage.
"I can't believe I am finally here! Right here in front of the doorway. As soon as I walk through, it'll be a whole new place. New people, new things! Ooo I love going on trips!" The girl grabbed the handle for her cart, took a deep breath and walked straight into the divider.
A few ticks later another young girl came in front of the divider. This one was remarkably small for her age. She had a long black trench coat and a hooded sweatshirt that' hood was up, covering her features. One hand held onto her cart, while the other clutched a wooden staff.
"Oh joy. A brand new place to be miserable in . . . Yes, I already know that it will . . . . No, I am not going to give the place a chance and you're being an optimist!!" The girl continued her very one-sided argument for a few moments more before letting out a heavy sigh and walking right into the platform divider. Suddenly the back of another person came into view. Both of them hit the floor in a tangled mess Limbs and luggage went everywhere in the chaotic collision. Finally after a bit of maneuvering and shoving, mainly shoving, the smallest of the two disentangled herself from the mess, though now her hood had been pushed back, revealing her pale skin, white hair and eyes that right then, seemed to burn red.
"Why don't you watch what you're doing? Standing in the entrance like a moron you're lucky I'm not hurt!"
The girl with the black hair just lay there on her stomach, unmoving. The small stood up and grabbed her staff.
"Hey, hey! Are you listening? Are you dead? . . . . What! I'm not going to touch her! I don't know where she's been. . . .Well if you are so keen to check her pulse, why don't you do it? . . . Oh sure, likely excuse!" She then took her staff and poked the girl on the ground.
"Hello, anybody home?"
Suddenly the black hair girl jerked upwards into a sitting position, looked over to the startled girl with the staff and promptly locked onto her legs with her arms.
"Ooo it's so great to see someone else my age here! I'm Mitsuki, just Mitsuki, no last name. Don't ask me why, no on the other hand maybe you should."
The very startled girl did not pay attention to Mitsuki's ramblings; instead she seemed intent on staring at the top of her head, where the baseball cap had previously been.
"You, you have black cat ears!"
"Hmm, oh those, nothing big."
"Are they real? The girl bent forward and tugged on the ears atop Mitsuki's head.
"Oww, of course they are real! You know, we are going to be the greatest of friends. Ooo I hope we're in the same house, that way we can be in classes together and share a room. It'll be soo fun!"
"Oh, wow, yeah I don't think so, thank you very much. I do not need friends here. I've done just fine without them and I'll continue that way." The diminutive girl wriggled out of Mitsuki's grasp, began to gather up her stuff and went to get onto the train that she had finally gotten to see.
"Thanks for the offer anyway and goodbye!"
Mitsuki was left alone on the platform of 9 and ¾, her stuff in a heap and people milling around her as she watched the girl disappear onto the train. Once more Mitsuki became enthralled by everything. The train platform and all the people on it. The train and the intricate gold work covering it and many, many more things that twinkled and shined before Mitsuki's eyes. She stared off into space, her eyes as wide as they could go. Suddenly her amazement was interrupted by a tap on the shoulder.
"Excuse me Miss, but the train is about to leave. You best be hurryin' up and getting aboard."
Mitsuki turned and suddenly faced a man wearing a conductor uniform. He smiled down at her.
"If you be needin' some help Miss, I could give you a hand," the conductor said and then stooped to pick up some of her scattered bags.
"Thanks a bunch Mister," Mitsuki said as she gathered up her bags and her squawking cage. The two of them walked over to the train. The conductor dropped off her bags and Mitsuki thanked him once more before they both went their separate ways.
Then the search for the open cabin began.
Mitsuki started at the front of the train and worked back, avoiding the kids that would sporadically come dashing down the aisles. Each car she looked into was full and she was forced to continue her journey as the train began it's. She arrived at the second to last cabin and looked inside. Two boys were sitting inside. One boy had messy black hair and wore glasses. The other also had shaggy black hair. His eyes shined with mischief and he had a wide, crooked grin plastered on his face. Little did she know that another boy was coming up behind her. Suddenly she felt her baseball cap yanked from off the top of her head, exposing her ears
"Hey! Put that back!" She whirled around to face the culprit. He was tall and thin, with light brown hair and amber eyes, though he looked a bit sickly, he's eyes still looked cheery.
"Oh, hello Kitty. Would Kitty cat like a bowl of milk? Or some catnip perhaps?"
Her eyes flamed at the amber eyed boy's remark. She snatched back her hat, gave all of the boys the evil eye, jammed her hat back on her head and stormed out in a huff. As soon as Mitsuki had left the cabin a loud poof filled the air.
"James! Your hair!" The amber eyed boy said to the kid with glasses. Each of the boys' hair had been changed to a multi-coloured rainbow. All three looked at each other, before screaming.
Mitsuki smiled in satisfaction at the sound of the screams. The last door to the last cabin was before her. The blinds had been pulled down in the windows next to the doors. She took a deep breath and opened the door to the train cabin.
Inside it was dark. The windows had all been blacked out by the blinds and the lights were off. He eyes finally adjusted to the darkness. Stretched out on one of the benches was the girl that had run into Mitsuki earlier. Her staff was propped up against the far wall and on the girl's chest, thee was a squirrel and a little mouse. Both were curled up and all were asleep.
"Hiee!!"
The girl yelped, jumped and tumbled off of the bench, the squirrel and mouse jumped off her chest and hid back in her side bag that was on the floor.
"YOU!!" the girl pushed herself up off of the floor and glared up at Mitsuki. "What exactly do you think you're doing?"
"I'm joining you for the trip," Mitsuki said as she set her stuff down.
"Nooo, I don't think so!" the girl began to counter Mitsuki's actions by picking up her few bags.
"But it's the only place left!" Mitsuki whined.
The girl sighed and dropped the bags onto the middle of the floor.
"Fine, but no talking, no annoying sounds. The lights stay off and the blinds stay down. Understand?"
Mitsuki nodded her head in understanding and took a seat on the opposite bench. The girl stretched out once more on her cushioned bench, her animals atop her and soon fell asleep.