Author's Note: Alright this is the first story that I have put on here in a long while. I would like to put my other stories up, but I'm not sure so sure. Anywho this us what I hope will be an interesting story for everyone who reads.
Disclaimer: This story would not have been made possibly without the very fabulous Ms. Rowling creating such a magical universe.
I remember the first time that I stepped on platform 9 ¾ to go to Hogwarts. It wasn't because of my parents smiling faces, or my brother begging me not to go between tears. It was because I met him. It was the first time that the boy I grew to love talked to me.
I was having trouble getting my trunk onto a shelf, in my compartment, when I heard a voice ask if I needed any help. I turned around and was greeted by a boy around my own age in the frame of the door starring at me. He had brown hair, and chocolate brown eyes.
"Would you like some help?" he asked.
"Um, that would be nice," I meekly said while trying to look straight past the boy's face. Effortlessly the boy had my trunk secured in the rack.
"Thanks, um, sorry. What's your name?" I asked.
"It's Oliver Wood, pleasure to meet you," smiled the boy.
"Well thank you Oliver," I replied.
"So what's your name?" Oliver asked me.
"It's Natalie Finnigan," I managed to say.
"Well good luck with the sorting. Hope you're not in Slytherin, because then I'd have to act as if I've never met you," Oliver gravely said to me.
I had no idea what to say so my mouth blurted the last thing I had been thinking. "I like your accent, it's really cute." I immediately swore at myself.
To my surprise Oliver laughed then said," It's Scottish, and yours isn't that bad either lassie. We looked at each other before he left me in the compartment.
The moment of truth had come; I was now my turn to be sorted into one of the four houses. McGonagall placed the ratty hat on my head, and for a moment I wonder if I would get lice. I heard a laugh, then a voice. It didn't take me long to realize that the voice was coming from the hat.
"Witty, very smart I see. Full of ambition; yes Slytherin would be great for you," rattled the hat.
"No!" I loudly thought. "Please don't place me there. I'll never get to be friends with Oliver!" I mentally screamed.
"I've made my decision. You shall be placed in…GRIFFINDOOOOOR" shouted the hat. I smiled brightly, and then made my way to the table. I almost went to sit by Oliver, but I noticed a far prettier girl talking to him. I was crushed; he hadn't been paying attention to my sorting. Then again why should he. It wasn't as if we were friends. "That would be changing," I thought to myself. I was too optimistic for my own good back then. I soon realized that Oliver Wood had no interest in becoming my friend.
It only took one time of being rejected for me to learn. I was in the common room doing some work when I saw Oliver trudge from his dorm, into a chair that was not too far from my own and open a book. After about ten minutes he slammed his book shut and gave it a menacing look. Curiosity got the better of me so I asked him what was wrong.
"Hi Oliver, um I don't expect you to remember me but- "
"You're Natalie," said Oliver. Mentally I was cheering over the fact that he remembered my name after two months.
"Yeah, so what's wrong?" I asked.
"Stupid essay for Snape," muttered Oliver.
"I can help you if you want," I offered.
"You're a year below me though," stated Oliver.
"So, I can still help. Trust me I know quite a lot," I threw in.
"I can't do any worse", Oliver sighed. "Tomorrow meet me in the back of library during lunch," Oliver told me. He then collected his things and went back upstairs. I was going to spend lunch with Oliver. Oliver Wood.
The next day I made sure that I arrived on time. I waited and waited until lunch was almost over. When I went back to the common room I saw Oliver kissing the girl I had seen talking to him on the first night.
"Thanks for ditching me Wood. I loved not eating lunch to wait for you in vain!" I yelled at him before going up to my bed and crying.
Although Oliver and that girl didn't last more than a month I was still mad at him. If I had to speak to him he was always Wood. At first I thought not being friends with him would be hard, but surprisingly, it was easy. I didn't have any classes with him, and the only time I was in close proximity was when I was in the common room. For the next three years that was how it was, which brings the story up to date now.
It felt so good to be going back at Hogwarts, and this time my brother Seamus was with me. I found my best friend once I was on the train, but like a good sister I found a nice place for Seamus to sit before doing my own thing.
"Did you here the news?" Maria asked me.
Maria lives in Spain. She was a beauty though. Her black hair went passed her caramel colored shoulders, while her brown eyes showed passion every time she did something. I on the other hand was no beauty.
I have sandy hair that goes down the middle of my back. My eyes are green, but tend to get darker when I have high emotions. Then you had my body. My boobs are a C cup; my legs are too long in my opinion. I've gotten darker due to being outside a lot, and I can't fit my old comfy jeans anymore because this summer my hips have gotten a bit wider. I wish I had a body like Maria's. Maria tells me that I have curves for a white girl. I often point out that if I was so beautiful guys would talk to me more like they do her.
"What's the news?" I asked Maria while eating some candy.
"Oliver is quidditch captain this year," announced Maria. I nearly choked on my pumpkin pasty.
"That's cool," I nonchalantly said.
"You know if you tried Oliver would like you," Maria told me.
"You know that I don't like him," I reminded Maria.
"Yeah I know, I just like to mess with you," smiled Maria.
"Can you pass me a chocolate frog?" I asked once my pasty was finished.
"So what are you going to do this year with your newly acquired body?" Maria asked me.
"I don't know, but this year I'm not going to be scared and unconfident. I'm over what happened in the first year, so anyone who crosses me better watch out, because I'm not taking crap this year." For an added affect I bit the head off the chocolate frog in a rough manner. Maria and I looked at each other then broke out in fits of laughter.
"I need to show you my new watch, it's in my luggage," I told Maria. I stood on a seat and tried to grab it, but couldn't get it down. I was about to use magic when I heard it.
"Do you need any help?" I spun around and saw Oliver Wood in the door frame, just like three years ago.
"No thanks Wood. I can get it down my self," I told him flatly.
"Oh…well I guess I'll see you around?" He may have wanted it to come out as a statement, but it came out like a question.
"I'm sure I'll see you in the common room or something," I said coolly.
Taking the hint Oliver said,"Bye Finnigan," then left.
"Wow that was pretty major," Maria told me once we were in the Great Hall.
"I don't care. I'm just glad that Seamus made Gryffindor, I would have cried if he wasn't in the same house as me," I confessed.
When we arrived in the common room the first years were still being told about the general things.
"Cripes Percy, give them a break, they just want to sleep the food off," I said.
"You've never had an outburst like that before so I'm not going to take points off," Percy told me before returning to talk. Percy Weasley: Gryffindor prefect, martinet for the rules, and kill buzz. Somehow he and Oliver were friends. Then again I could have something to do with them being in the same year.
I grabbed Seamus' hand and pulled him away from the rest of the first years.
"What do you think you're doing Finnigan?" Percy asked me sounding annoyed.
"Obviously I'm taking my little brother away from here to talk to him. Don't worry I'll tell him about everything he needs to know," I told Percy.
"Come back here or I'll take points away," warned Percy. I continued up my way to the boys' dormitories. "Five points from Gryffindor!" I heard Percy yell before I closed the door to my brother's new room.
"Wow, you've never acted like that before," Seamus told me.
"Yeah, and it felt good not listening to him. You're too young not to listen though," I told him. This is your dorm; you will have four more people staying with you. My dorm is on the right side of the common room. Guys aren't allowed to go to the girls' dorm, but we can go to the guys'. The password changes so be aware of this to avoid looking stupid. During breakfast you shall receive your schedule, any questions?" I asked once I was finished.
"What about Peeves?" Seamus asked me.
"For now you gotta deal with him the best you can. Once you become a third year you'll be able to do all the spells I use to get Peeves of my back," I smiled.
"That's when they teach you the spells?" Seamus asked me.
"No, I taught myself my second year. I just think by third year you'll be able to handle it. Off to bed you have a long day a head of you." I said. I kissed him on his cheek then walked back downstairs to see that Percy had just dismissed the first years.
"You shouldn't have said that. I didn't want to take points from you, and I didn't expect you of all people to get points taken away before the twins." Percy was referring to his brother Fred and George. The two were known as Hogwarts' resident pranksters, but what do you expect when they're born on the first of April.
"I'm always keeping my mouth shut, and tired of it," I answered.
"You've changed a lot since the last time that I've seen you. If I wasn't with Penelope I would ask you out," Percy told me.
"What are you going on about?" I asked shocked.
"You've always been pretty, but over the summer you've gotten even better. You're actually quite intelligent, and now you're more confident," Percy explained to me.
"This is a bit weird for me so I'm going to bed now," I said. I went to my dorm and was greeted by Carol, Nina, and Sarah. Those are my other dorm mates. Carol was like one of those models you see in those movies. Her hair was naturally curly, and her skin was beautifully pale. She was at an A cup, but she still knew how to work what she had. Her eyes are a brown that perfectly contrast her dirty blonde hair. Nina was another Spanish beauty. She has dark brown hair, so dark you would think its black, eyes of grey-green, and light dusty complexion. Her boobs are smaller than mine by two numbers. The last of my roommates is Sarah. She has chestnut brown hair and blue eyes that sparkle. Sarah also has a few freckles haphazardly around her face. We're all friends, but Maria is my best friend.
"When I heard that you changed I had no idea that you also got a new attitude. I heard about you getting five points away from Gryffindor," Sarah told me.
"Well I bet you didn't hear that Percy said that he would have asked me out if he wasn't already with Penelope. Or how he listed all the reason why," I told everyone. By the time I told the whole story they were all silent.
"So what are you going to do?" asked Carol.
"What's there to do? I'm not trying to go with Percy, he's too for the rules for me," I stated.
"We should be going to sleep now, we've got to start lessons tomorrow, Maria said before anyone else could state their opinion. I was so thankful she said this. I really needed the sleep and couldn't deal with the questions any longer.