Title: Tangled
Author: Polka-Dotted Crayon
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter Characters. I don't own Hogwarts. I don't own anything. Oh yeah... I own the plot, Christina Phoenix/McIntyre, Mrs. Phoenix, Dinky, the parents, my sister, Garrett Morrison, and Matt Rain, Doug Morrison, Levi Morrison (even though I wish I didn't), and any other characters that aren't normal in Harry Potter Stories.
Summary: Christina is a Hufflepuff, muggle-born, teenage girl, in her last year at Hogwarts. One day she learns that she isn't who she thinks she is. She thinks that all her years of being tortured by a certain Slytherin boy have come to an end. Well, she was wrong, very wrong.
Key: ---- is thoughts, and "----" is speech
Christina's life, in Hogwarts and out.
It was a Sunday morning, only 2 weeks until Christina McIntyre went back to Hogwarts. She loved it there. The cool castle, the stone walls, the moving pictures, and the classes. Being a muggle-born, Christina had never been exposed to this, until she was eleven. The day she got her letter stating that she had been accepted to Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Her parents were shocked, but they accepted their daughter's new lifestyle.
Christina was a pretty girl. She wasn't really girly, but she tried. She had long black hair that had silver streaks in it. She loved her hair, but it never did what she wanted it to. Hermione Granger, a muggle-born also, taught her a straightening charm that was very helpful. She was about 5'7" and pretty curvy. She had long legs and long arms. They didn't seem to fit the rest of her body, but that was okay.
Hermione, (also called Maya by Christina) was a great friend. Even though she was in Gryffindor she still made time to hang out with Christina. They usually hung out in the library, after hours, under Christina's invisibility cloak that her parents had bought her for her 14th birthday. Maya was friends with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. They were okay with Christina, not the best of friends, but friends. Christina had always thought that they were cute, but never told them because of fearing losing them as friends.
In her muggle life, she was just another girl. She had to tell everyone that she was off to this really high security Military Academy. She felt especially bad about leaving her two favorite boys in the whole world. Matt Rain, and Garrett Morrison. Matt was tall, about 6'3", he had short brown hair and mystical brown eyes. Garrett was only a couple inches taller than Christina, with dark brown hair, and beautiful, sexy blue eyes. They finally learned to like her the summer before last. They of course know about her hidden lifestyle. She loved them both, as friends and more. She knew she could never have one without the other so she chose not to try.
This Sunday morning was just a normal morning at the McIntyre's. Christina opened her eyes and squinted at the bright sunlight that was pouring into her room. It's too early! she thought. She got out from under her covers and shut the curtains and laid back down. Great, I'm awake now. Now I have to get up. She reluctantly got up out of bed and opened her drawers and pulled out a bright red thong and a matching bra. She put these on and only after realizing she was going to the mall with Matt and Garrett did she take them off and go take a shower in her bathroom.
Her bathroom was all her own. Her parents used the one downstairs. She had the attic bedroom and bathroom. She turned on the shower and got in after it had warmed up. She stood there for a while just to feel the warm water pour on her skin. She then preceded to shampoo her hair, rinse it out then put on her conditioner which had to sit for 2 minutes. So while waiting she shaved her legs only to result in a bleeding knee. Damn, that burns like hell. "OW!" She yelled as soap got into her cut. She rinsed out her hair, washed her body and got out of the shower.
After drying herself off, she put on her clothes. She picked out a pair of very low-rise leather pants, and a black halter top that showed her cute cherry belly-button ring. She dried her hair and sprayed on the straightening potion that she and Hermione created. Seeing as they couldn't use magic outside of school until this summer. She applied some make-up, put on a pair of striped toe socks, and then a pair of sandals.
"Chris! You up? Mom says breakfast is in a couple minutes!" Her little sister Andromeda was so cute. Only 1 year younger than Christina, she acted like her in every way. They didn't look a thing alike. To think about it, she didn't look like anyone in her family. It was strange.
"I'm coming! Jeez!" She grabbed her belt and cell phone and went downstairs to her kitchen. The smell of waffles filled the downstairs. She walked in to the kitchen to find her sister gulping down waffles, her mother putting more waffles in the toaster, and her daddy reading the paper sipping coffee and passing a small piece of a doughnut to Christina's dog, Archimedes (Archie for short).
"Daddy, what did I say about feeding my dog doughnuts? You promised. He's gonna get fat. Morning Ma. Andy, you're so gonna get sick doing that. Hey Ma, don't forget that I'm going to be gone all day with my boys. Okay?"
"Okay Chrissy, honey. Want some waffles? Or do you want to eat at the mall?" Christina looked at her mother with disgust. "What's wrong honey?"
"HELLO! Those have sugar in them! I don't eat sugar! Ugh!" She looked at the waffles and gagged.
"Gee. Sorry honey. Do you need money for the mall? You do have your new credit card. You do have a thousand dollar limit, so you could use that. I could give you some cash for a drink or two." Christina's eyes lit up. She smiled sweetly and got out her wallet. Good old mom. Covering it up with money. Go to love her.
"You know ma. Some loose cash would help me. 20 dollars would be good." She smiled widely. Hoping for an extra 10.
"Okay, here's 35. You can keep whatever you don't use." Christina jumped up and kissed her mom.
"Christina Marie! Cover those underwear this instant!" Her red thong was showing in the back of her pants. She reached back and tucked it in uncomfortably.
"Sorry Daddy." Just then a loud sound was heard and a loud ringing noise came from Christina's belt. Crap! Cell Phone! She grabbed it out of the pouch and opened it.
"Hello? Garrett?" A rough regularly heard voice answered her.
"Christina? Hey, We're ready for you to come get us. Matt's at my house. Levi's home so, just wait in the driveway." Levi was Garrett's ugly brother. When ugly is stated in the same sentence as Levi, it's usually stressed, very stressed.
"Okay. Be there soon. Loves." She closed the phone and put it back in her pouch. She grabbed her purse, kissed her mom and dad and walked outside to her green BMW. She got in, turned the key and was welcomed by the sound of 'Get Low', playing loud on the radio. She put the car in gear and pulled out of the driveway.
About 5 minutes later she was walking up to Garrett's front door. She knocked twice, hit the doorbell, and walked in. She was always welcomed at the Morrison's.
"Hello? Anyone here? Where is everyone?" A boy came running from downstairs screaming, "CHRISSY! CHRISSY'S HERE!" He jumped up into her arms and hugged her.
"Hey Doug. How's my little guy? Where's your brother?" She mussed up his brown hair making him giggle.
"He's in the basement, with Levi. They're playing with the choo-choo cars. Wanna go see? They're funny." The little boy wriggled out of her grip and grabbed her hand, then led her down the steps.
Once they got down there they were greeted by a little German Shepard named Shep. He jumped up and down and then sat in front of Christina to be petted. She reached down and rubbed his ears. He got up and led her over to the boys looking at the trains that were all over the basement. A tall ugly, very ugly, boy walked over to Christina and said, "Hey baby. Long time no see." He was chewing on a piece of gum and it smelled horrible. Matt came to her rescue.
"Yo man. Leave her alone. I mean it. Go play with your brother. I think he wants to play fetch." Levi stuck out his jaw and walked upstairs. Garrett laughed at him and mumbled something resembling 'shot down'. Levi turned around and flipped him off. Christina flipped him off back and this made Garrett laugh even harder. While him and Matt were laughing she suddenly remembered her underwear was uncomfortable and preceded to fix it. Matt stopped laughing and said, "Wedge?"
"No, dad. Made me fix this stupid- Argh! Oh there. Hmm. Ready to go?" She smiled and the boys just looked at each other. "The mall?"
"Oh yeah! Hey, can we go to Diagon alley instead?" Garrett pleaded.
"Yeah. Please?" Matt joined in with a puppy face. Christina did have to go and get school supplies. And she really wanted to get new robes. And maybe a broom.
"Oh, OKAY! Fine. We do have to go to Gringott's while we're there too. I need to get some money. I hope 35 dollars will help." She sighed and said, "Well come on." She ran up the steps and the boys followed. They got in the car after gathering up the money they saved every year so they could spend it on magic stuff, and left for downtown London.