A/N: I know, I know. It's been literal years since I've last posted a Harry Potter fic, and this time, it doesn't even center around the trio. This came to me the other night and I ran with it. It'll be multiple chapters and am also currently toying with the idea of either going from year one all the way up to year seven on this one or to split it up and do a series *shudders at the idea*. Anyhow, I hope you enjoy and please read/review.
The bell rang shrilly, jerking Alexa from her daydream.
"Come on, Lexa," her best friend, Jo, said, nudging Alexa's elbow. She had her rucksack hitched high onto one shoulder, her blonde, wavy hair pulled high up onto her head in a ponytail.
"Yeah. Right." Alexa packed up her books and stuffed them into her bag before following Jo from the classroom.
"So how are you gonna spend your holiday?" Jo wondered as they walked slowly down the corridor while other students raced by.
They stopped at Alexa's locker where she pulled out her coat and shrugged it on.
"We'll probably do nothing," Alexa said, shutting her locker and picking her bag back up, slinging it across her shoulder. "Dad got a promotion a few months ago, so he can never take a holiday. Mum says it's because he's too important."
Jo looked sympathetic. "That's how Mum was until she got pregnant with Ellie. We never took holiday's – the hospital needed her too much. But now we take one every summer."
Alexa shuffled towards the doors and out into the overcast afternoon.
"Where do you reckon you'll go?" she asked.
"Mum and Dad were talking about a cruise," Jo said, making a face, "but after Dad showed me A Night to Remember, I don't think I ever want to step foot on a ship!"
Alexa laughed as they hurried down the steps to the pavement below.
"You might laugh," Jo said, "but it's a real fear. The ship could sink and then we'd all be stranded in the middle of the ocean."
"You know they found Titanic a few years ago, right?"
"That's why Dad showed me A Night to Remember."
They made their way to the end of the street and stopped, each poised to go their own way.
"Make sure you call before you leave," Alexa reminded Jo. "I don't want to spend a week without knowing you've left until it's too late."
She lifted her right hand, pinky out and, after a few seconds of suppressed laughter, Jo latched her pinky to Alexa's and held on tight.
Pushing the door open, Alexa tossed her bag onto the chair behind the door and strode in.
Making for the kitchen, she was met halfway by their dog, Foxes, who bounded towards her on short, stubby legs.
Stooping down, Alexa picked up Foxes and continued on her way to the kitchen to get an apple from the bowl.
Putting Foxes down, Alexa bit into the red apple, the juice dribbling down her chin, as she made her way up to her room, Foxes trailing behind.
She had time, she thought as she stepped into her room, waiting for Foxes to enter before closing the door and locking it.
Sitting on the edge of her bed, concentrating hard, Alexa held out her hands, palms up, and lifted a stack of books off her desk.
Grinning madly, with Foxes barking up at the books, Alexa gave a flick of her wrist and sent the books spinning in lazy circles around her room. Foxes barks grew in intensity as she tried to snatch the books from the air.
She didn't know how or why she was able to do things like this. As far as she knew, no one else in her family could. Or anyone that she knew at all could.
Once, a couple of years ago, Alexa had read a book about a girl who could move things with her mind.
As the books continued to float around her room, Alexa wondered if she had the same ability.
A/N: Also, they won't all be this short, I promise. Some will probably be quite long, like, 1k+ long. I hope I keep up with this because I really like this storyline. See you next time!