Disclaimer: I'm not J.K. Rowling and obviously I do not own her characters, everything else that you don't recognize is mine.
I'm Spanish, btw, and I'm writing this in English just to practice a little bit, so don't hate me for my bad grammar.
I hope you enjoy the story :)
CHAPTER 1: Universe and the New Girl
"Hurry up, Padfoot!" James said, running as fast as he could. "There's no time to flirt with girls, we're going to miss the train!"
Sirius ignored him, and kept on complimenting the girl. The fact that she was a muggle didn't bother him, she was just HOT. He bent down to whisper something dirty in her ear, and she blushed like crazy. James rolled his eyes and ran back to Sirius, grabbing his shirt and pulling him away from the girl. Sirius winked at her before turning his head and running to Platform 9 ᶟ/₄. They only had ten minutes until the train left to Hogwarts.
On the other side of the wall their two best friends were waiting for them impatiently.
"What the hell were you doing, guys?" Remus asked, looking at his watch. "We've been waiting for you for almost twenty minutes!"
"We'll be lucky if we find an empty compartment" Peter added, looking nervously at the train.
"Sirius was trying to get a girl in his pants" James explained while getting in the train.
Remus and Peter just rolled their eyes and the four of them walked to the end of the train, where there would be enough empty seats for them.
On their way, people greeted and high-fived them. It wasn't news to anyone that they were the most popular guys in Hogwarts. They deserved it, though. At least that's what James thought. They were the best pranksters the school had ever had, they were nice to almost everyone and when someone needed help they would always find time to give them a hand.
They were also very good-looking; they had every girl on their feet, begging to go out with them. Well, not every girl. Lily Evans came through James' mind. He loved teasing her, pranking her, making her mad. He loved that she was the only girl to ever say no to him when he invited her out to every Hogsmade trip. She wasn't afraid of standing up to him, of telling him how arrogant he was, of turning him down whenever he asked her out. And that's what made James like her even more than any other girl at school.
"Hey, I've found an empty compartment here guys!" Peter yelled as he entered in it.
Remus and Sirius followed behind. James was on his way when someone bumped into him while exiting a compartment. A book fell to the floor and James picked it up. When he looked up to see its owner a smile spread across his face.
"Oh, great! Of all the people I could've bumped into, it had to be you" Lily sighed in annoyance and rolled her eyes.
"Well, it can't be a coincidence then. I think the Universe is trying to tell us something" he said with a mocking grin on his face.
"Save your compliments for someone else, Potter."
She took the book from James' hands and started walking away from him.
"It was nice to see you too, Lily Flower!" He smirked and waited for a response from her.
"Fuck off, Potter!" She snapped walking away. She didn't even turn to face him.
James stood there for Merlin knows how long, watching the red head walk away with a huge smile on his face. He missed those arguments with her. During the summer, the only one he could fight when he was bored was Sirius, and he was so damned annoying that he stopped trying to pick up fights with him.
"Prongs, could you just stop daydreaming for a while and sit with us?" Sirius asked, poking his head out of their compartment. "We're deciding on which should be our first prank of the year."
They sat there, planning, talking and laughing nonstop for five minutes. Peter's face was red from laughing; Remus was grabbing his stomach, trying to stop the laughter. Sirius had tears running down his cheeks and James was gasping for air. Peter stood up to open a little the window to get some fresh air when someone else opened their compartment's door.
"Hey, do you mind if I sit here with you? The other compartments are full."
A girl was standing there on the door. She was smiling awkwardly at them. She wore a pair of shorts which were nearly hidden by an XL navy-blue sweatshirt with the logo OBEY printed on its front. Her feet were hidden in some red classic Vans and her hair was tied back in a messy bun with two strands of hair falling down the sides of her face. It was hard to say its exact color because it was a mix between blonde, light-brown and red. Her eyes were also a mix between a light-blue and gray and were hidden behind a pair of squared glasses.
"Oh... um... s-sure" Remus stuttered and moved next to Peter so she could sit between him and the door.
"You look familiar, are you in Ravenclaw?" Sirius asked.
"Ravenclaw?" the girl asked. "What is that?"
The four boys looked confused. James was the first to speak.
"Wait, have you ever been in Hogwarts before?"
"No, this is my first year as a student in here" she said.
"You still look familiar, though" Sirius insisted. "Last year we had a meeting with some students from Ireland's Witchcraft and Wizardry School. Were you in there?"
"No, I'm not from Ireland" the girl said, looking at her feet, as if trying to hide something. "I'm not exactly from the UK."
"Really?" Peter asked. "It doesn't seem like it. You have a really good accent and you don't look like a stranger."
"Thanks" she smiled at him.
"So, where are you from?" James asked her, curiosity winning over him.
"Spain."
"WHAAAT?!" The four boys were shocked.
"What are you doing in this train if you're from Spain?" Remus asked.
"Well, it's quite a long story" she answered.
"It's a long ride" Sirius stated.
She smiled at him. She didn't like to tell strangers about her, but they seemed nice people. In that moment, the girl realized she didn't even know their names and she hadn't even introduced herself which seemed a bit rude.
"I'm Cristina Hernandez by the way" she said shaking their hands.
"Nice to meet you, I'm James Potter" he shook her hand and smiled at her.
"Sirius Black" he kissed the top of her hand and winked playfully at her.
"Peter Pettigrew" he blushed at the touch of her hand.
"Remus Lupin" said the last boy with a smile.
"So Cristina, tell us how you got to the point of leaving Spain to study in Hogwarts" said Sirius.
Cristina coughed twice and began telling those guys she'd just met how she ended up in there. She told them about how she always found their language so interesting, how she always dreamed of moving to England, studying in there. Until she found out she was a witch and went to a special boarding school in Spain: Escuela de Magia y Hechicería Los Santos. She also told them that her headmaster, la señorita Esperanza, knew Professor Dumbledore from years ago and asked him if he would admit in their school a new student for 7th year. But she remained silent about her family. That was a subject she didn't want to get into.
"Now that you know my story... would you mind answering me a question?" She asked them.
"Shoot" Peter said.
"What is Ravenclaw, again?"
The four boys laughed and Remus was the one to tell her.
"Well, your school might work differently than ours. Hogwarts is divided into four houses: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw. On your first day of your first year, you are sorted into one of these houses. Slytherin is where all the arrogant, ambitious and douche-bags go. The smart and brilliant ones are sorted into Ravenclaw, although their egos are huge. Hufflepuff... well... it's Hufflepuff, there's not much to say about it-"
"You don't really want to be sorted into Hufflepuff..." Sirius cut him off. "It's where all the dumb ones go!"
James smacked the back of his head.
"Ouch!" Sirius rubbed the area he got smacked at and saw his friends staring back at him. "What?! It is true what I said, and you know it!"
They just rolled their eyes and Cristina laughed. She guessed Sirius was the extroverted one without whom the group would be incomplete.
"And in Gryffindor is the best house you can be sorted in" Remus proceeded with a grin on his face. "Gryffindors are brave and courageous, cute, intelligent and funny."
"I'm guessing you guys are all Gryffindors, then" Cristina said.
"Yup!" Sirius responded, hitting lightly his chest with his fist, trying to look proud of himself.
"Well, you are quite similar to Ravenclaw then."
"Huh?" eight pair of eyes were looking at her, shocked and confused.
"Well you both are smart and intelligent and your egos are big!" She chuckled.
The five of them started laughing like crazy when a woman stopped by their compartment, carrying a cart full of sweets.
"Anything from the cart, kids?" the woman asked.
The boys all put their hands in their pockets to get money to pay for their sweets. When the woman left, James looked at her.
"Didn't you get anything to eat?"
Cristina shook her head. "I forgot to bring some money with me. Oops."
He nodded and gave her some of the sweets he bought.
"Thanks" she said, and ate her chocolate frog.
Suddenly, the door opened and a red haired girl stood in there.
"There is no way you are Head Boy, Potter!" the girl yelled at James.
"Hey Lily-Bean, how was your summer?" Sirius asked her with a smile on his face.
"Shut up, Black! Not now!" She snapped and turned her attention back to James. "You weren't even a prefect! How could you possibly be Head Boy now?! It should be Remus, not you!"
Cristina watched them yell at each other back and forth, calling themselves names and their faces burning with anger.
"And so the nightmare begins again!" Sirius muttered and focused on eating his sweets.
Cristina hit Sirius' leg with her foot and asked him with her eyes what was going on.
"It happens ALL the time" Sirius mouthed. "I'll explain later."
Cristina nodded and sat back, still looking at Sirius, trying to avoid the screams with focusing on the boy's symmetrical features.
He had short, jet-black hair and a pair of Caucasian-blue eyes that where hypnotizing (A/N: I don't care if his eyes are truly blue or not, I want to picture them blue, and that's what I'm going to do, sorry if my fic is not accurate to the real description of the characters). His skin was pale and he had a few freckles on his nose, which were almost impossible to see. His lips were the shape of Cupid's bow. The bottom lip thicker than the top one, which just made those lips more kissable. His jaw was drawn by the gods; it was just perfect to anyone's eyes.
To Cristina, it seemed like the world had just stopped spinning, she didn't hear anything nor did she see anything but Sirius. She was shocked at how perfect he looked like. When he stared back at her she looked away, trying to hide the fact that she was admiring him.
"WOULD YOU TWO PLEASE JUST SHUT UP?!" Peter snapped, standing on his feet. "I'm gonna put my robes and see Wendy. I don't think I'm coming back in here."
He walked through the door and left everyone completely stunned. James and the girl fell silent, and Remus' eyes were wide open in shock. Sirius was still acting as if nothing was going on, and Cristina felt like this was the most awkward moment in her life.
"I- I uh... I guess you and James will have to follow me then" the girl said to Remus. "We have a prefect meeting, and of course Head Boy and Head Girl must be there."
With that, she just left followed by the two other boys. When the door closed behind them Sirius muttered: "Love is in the air."
Cristina chuckled and sat crossed legged in front of him.
"So-" she was just about to say something when the door opened again and a kid stumbled into the compartment, falling on the floor.
"Next time you won't get in my way, you mudblood!" a fair-haired boy snapped from outside the compartment.
"What the hell is wrong with you, Malfoy?" Sirius asked, getting on his feet as Cristina helped the kid.
Poor thing, Cristina thought. He's probably just thirteen years old.
Cristina was Spanish, but she was completely sure about what mudblood meant. She was a muggle-born and she'd heard this kind of insults too many times. Sangre sucia! She remembered the first time she was called that. She couldn't understand why the fact that her parents were muggles and she was a witch affected people so much, well, only the pure-bloods.
"Ooh... what do we have here?" Malfoy asked, completely ignoring Sirius and focusing on Cristina. "I have never seen you before, girl. Are you new?"
She didn't answer. She knew better than that. If Malfoy wouldn't have treated the poor kid like that and shown some respect to people, she would have been nice to him, but with just one minute of having known him, she had enough.
Cristina ignored him and helped the kid get out of their compartment.
"Are you okay?" she asked the kid.
He nodded and muttered a "thank you" and ran away. Cristina just went back inside and stood next to Sirius.
"You shouldn't be running around with people like him, girl" Malfoy warned her. "People like them aren't any good to our world. You should come with us; we defend the pure-bloods and loathe the mudbloods. Just the way it has to be."
"I'd say that I'd love to accept your offers, but momma told me not to lie" Cristina answered. "I do not have any interest in accepting it, nor will I ever want to. I'm a, what you like to call, mudblood and I'm proud of it. So goodbye, it wasn't very nice too meet ya."
With that, she closed the door to her compartment, but before it was totally closed his voice said: "You filthy mudbloods should all die."
With that, Sirius tried to open the door again and hex the hell out of Malfoy, but Cristina stopped him before he got to open the door.
"Hey, hey!" she said making him sit. "Ignore him, he's an asshole."
"But he just called you a-" he said while trying to stand up again.
Cristina stopped him.
"So what?" she said, sitting next to him, her head thrown back against the wall, facing the ceiling.
"Well, it's just disrespectful" he muttered under his breath.
"If you give so much credit to a word, then it will have the meaning it has. Just ignore it. Someday people will forget about this word" Cristina said.
Sirius shrugged and tried to change the conversation, "I keep thinking that you look familiar and I don't know exactly where from."
"Well, keep on trying to find out, I'm going to get changed into my robes" she said, leaving him and making her way to the bathroom.
Sirius didn't want to move, so he just got changed in the compartment and sat back down, and picked his Sexy Witches from his bag. He loved those magazines, seeing young half-naked hot witches was his favorite hobby. He had a collection of every number of Sexy Witches under his bed at James'. He started looking at the pictures and comparing boobs, stomachs and legs'. He turned another page when he saw it. His eyes opened wide in shock, his mouth fell open and his hands started shaking.
"Holy shit!" he yelled and jumped off his seat.