Hiya everyone! So I had a HP fanfic up earlier but took it down, because well, lets admit it, it needed work! But this is my new one, so PLEASE let me know what you think of it! I love reviews and everything!

xoxo

The Queen

"Lani, dear, you're going to have to talk to me again at some point."

The man looked over at the girl sitting next to him. She was short for her age, with dark brown hair that swooped over her shoulders in little waves down to her mid-back, and eyes so blue one would think they were gazing into an ocean. Her coral dress illuminated her sun-kissed skin. The girl looked up at her father, glaring, then turned to look back out the window.

" Darling, I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner about the move, it was so sudden I didn't think to mention it sooner."

"Oh, so you just casually forgot to mention the fact that you're taking me away from my childhood home, up and away to some stupid, cold country halfway around the world?" Lani retorted, finally speaking.

"Don't you use that tone with me Ailani Emma Cooper. I did what I thought would be best for us, this new job pays more, and the home is beautiful. I'm sure you'll learn to love it. Plus, didn't you say you always wanted to go to Great Britain?"

Lani didn't reply, she just looked back out the plane window. For 11 years, she had lived in Hawaii, in a little 2 bedroom house on the beach. Her father managed one of the many resorts surrounding the islands. Her house wasn't much compared to these elegant hotels, with their 28 stories and heated pools, but it was home. She couldn't help but remember how much she loved her room, with its pool blue walls and window seat over looking the water.. Her mother had died when she was 7, of cancer. The move hurt more, knowing she was leaving the place that had so many memories of her mother; the swings out back, the old radio in the kitchen, the surfboard now packed under the plane. Lani was going to miss those memories the most.

Lani was pulled out of her thoughts by the captain's voice on the intercom.

"Ladies and gentleman, we will be landing shortly. If you could please secure your luggage, I will be turning on the fasten seatbelt lights momentarily."

Lani sighed, packing up her sketchbook and iPod into her backpack, before tucking it safely under her seat again. Then, she fastened her seatbelt and closed her eyes, praying for sleep as the plane descended

A few hours later, Lani and her father pulled up to a quaint blue townhouse, with a large surrounding yard. She went around to the back of the 4-door Jeep Wrangler her dad had just bought, and started pulling out the last few boxes to carry in the house. Her dad had sent the rest of their things earlier that week.

"Darling, your room is the one at the end of that hall."

Lani just rolled her eyes, still angry at the thought of leaving Hawaii, and turned down the hall, carrying a box labeled Lani's things. Do not open. Once she reached the mahogany wood door at the end of the hall she paused. It's not mom's house, but this will have to do, she thought, before slowly turning the gold door handle and stepping in the room. She couldn't help but smile at the sight.

Her four-poster bed was already in place, pushed up against the middle of the back wall, with her blue and white comforter in place alongside matching throw pillows. There was a window seat, that faced out to the back yard, where a little creek ran through the property before disappearing into some woods.

The walls of the room had been painted blue to match her old room in Hawaii. Her father had placed aha going chair in the corner opposite the window seat, with a curtain enclosing the area and a small book shelf with her favorite books already placed. On the nightstand next to her bed sat three framed pictures, one of her mother during her senior year of high school , smiling and young, a picture of her father holding Lani when she was first born, tears welling in his eyes, and finally a picture of Lani and her childhood friend O'nani, holding hands as they ran into the ocean, surfboards in tow.

She put the box down, and went to pick up the pictures one by one, memories flooding her mind. She heard a slight knock and turned around to see her dad standing in the doorway.

"I know it's not home, but I thought this may make it a bit more co-"

He was stopped mid sentence as his daughter ran into his arms hugging him tightly.

"I love it Daddy, thank you."

"Of course kiddo, now lets go unpack those last few boxes."

Lani nodded and took one last glance at her new room, before shutting the door.

"Maybe this can be home."

Hope you liked ch 1! I know that its not very exciting, the next few chapters may end up like that, but I promise the exciting stuff will come! How about 3 likes/reviews for the next one? Also, hopefully the coming chapters will be longer!

xoxo

The Queen