Platform 9 ¾
Why oh why couldn't my nan or granddad or ANYONE other than my mother take me to find platform 9 and ¾ on the 1st of September, which is today by the way. She's an utter embarrassment, don't believe me well listen to what she's saying now.
"hey look over there, the man in the suit, he could be a wizard couldn't he" "oh or that old lady coming off the train im getting a witch vibe from her" "Oy Turquoise are you even listening"
"well im trying not to but your being so loud! Mum you cant start shouting out 'oh look he's a wizard' remember what professor Flitwick said, you have to keep it a secret!" I exclaimed at her, and yes, my loopy mother did name me Turquoise, wanna know how she came up with that name? well Im telling you anyway!
My mother, Harriet Hofstadter, named me using a very scientific system… not. At around a month old, my dad told my mum they needed to come up with a name soon, because up until then they'd been calling me 'blob'. My mother agreed on this then proceeded to basically get all of her jewellery and all of her precious stones and put them in a circle around little old me.
"the first one she grabs we will name her after, see she's practically naming herself" my mother had said. and so the first thing I grabbed was her Turquoise necklace. Tada! That's how I was named. They used the same method to name my younger sister, she's called pearl. Why did she get the good name!
Anyway back to the whole platform issue.
"oh oh oh look! There's platform nine! So where 9 and ¾ again?" pearl asked, she was sitting on my trunk which was on the trolley which me and mum were pushing.
"Turq has to run through the wall pearl hunny" mum said patting pearls head. We stopped the trolley directly in front of the wall. I carried on walking towards the wall and proceeded to put my hand through it.
"oh that's cool" I murmured. "right bye mum, bye moogle" I had begun calling my sister moogle when I found out what a muggle was, I was gonna call her a cow but moogle was funnier.
"you've got clean underwear right? And socks? And all those magic book? And your uniform? And.."
".. yes mum I've got it all! You quadruple checked last night!"
"oh yeah right, well I love you" she said hugging me quickly looking like she was gonna cry.
"love you too" I muttered quietly so no passers bye heard. "bye moooogle" I said ruffling pearls hair as she jumped off the trolley.
"eww you're a witch" she poked her tongue out in reply. I took my trolley and ran towards the wall. It felt strange running through the wall, as I came out the other side I felt a gust of wind pass me. And then I spotted the hogwarts express, it was AMAZING. Trying to avoid all the hustle and bustle of the platform I moved towards the trolley place, I took my trunk and headed towards one of the train doors. I have no idea how much is in here but it is so heavy!
As I struggled to get my trunk up the step it suddenly felt a lot lighter, I looked behind me to see an older boy with ginger hair holding it up for me.
"you look like you could use some help" he chuckled lifting it into the train and me following.
"erm thanks" I said awkwardly.
"s'alright, you a first year?" he questioned
"yeah I am, what year are you in?"
"this is my last year here so my 7th, come on, there's another first year I just helped, I think you'll like her" he said as he lead me down the rather thin corridor. Finally he stopped and opened the compartment door. "hello again Katie I brought you another first year, Katie meet… wait I didn't get your name" he said as he hoisted my trunk up onto the rack
"Leah, my names Leah" I said going by my middle name. I didn't want the mick to be taken out of my first name like I did at my old muggle school.
"well then Katie meet Leah, Leah meet Katie" Charlie said as he began to exit "anyway I hope to see you both in Gryffindor little firsties"
"bye Charlie" I waved as he left me with this Katie girl.
Throughout the rain ride I found out quite a bit about Katie, and I really liked her, she was nice and fun.
I s'pose me telling you all this is all well and good, but maybe I should just skip to the slightly interesting bits of my very first year at hogwarts.
*fast forward*
"turquoise Hofstadter" the woman who I recently found out was professor McGonagall, called out my name. I got some looks as I walked up to the little stool, and I swear someone giggled at my name.
"hmmm, where to put you" the hat that was no on my head said well… in my head I s'pose. "hmm oh I know…. GRYFFINDOR" the table that Katie had gone to cheered. I smiled and ran over to where she was sitting. She was next to a dark skinned girl who look a little older than us.
"I thought your name was Leah?" Katie said confused
"erm kinda… well it's my middle name"
"well nice to meet you im Angelina" the dark skinned girl said smiling
"WELCOME TO GRYFFINDOR" two ginger haired twins cheered from across the table.
*fast forward*
"wait so what are we doing again?" I asked as I tightened my Gryffindor scarf tighter.
"we're gonna watch the Quidditch practice!" Katie said as she power walked ahead of me
"erm why?"
"because next year I really wanna get on the team! And im going to explain all the rules to you today so I don't have to at the big matches" Katie's explained as we came onto the pitch
"is Charlie okay with this?" he was Quidditch captain at the time
"yeah he's fine with it, I asked Angelina, who asked Fred and George, who asked Charlie" she said as we walked over the the side of the pitch and sat down on the grass.
"hey guys!" Angelina said coming over to us.
"hi ange" we both smiled.
"Charlie said as long as you two stay out the way for practice your welcome to stay" she said and began walking to the centre of the pitch where the group of Quidditch players we're talking, I think Charlie was going over practice with them but Fred and George we're missing.
A few minutes passed with Katie explaining the players and me not paying any attention.
"there they are!" Charlie said pointing the the opening of the field. Where Fred and George were hauling in a rattling trunk.
"I can't believe we have to take this in and out every practice" Fred …or was it George? Groaned as the hauled it to the others.
*once practice had finished*
No one was left except me Katie and the twins who we're about to put the box away.
"see Quidditch is simple!" Katie's exclaimed as we walked over to help Fred and George
"it may be simple sorta, but those Bludgers looked dangerous!" I said
"ahh not that dangerous right George-"
"- right Fred, I mean they could only knock your head off-"
"-break every bone in your body-"
"-or kill a player-"
"-or someone in the stands, watch your head Leah" they both sniggered
"w-what" I stutter, they could KILL someone!
"aw, we're only messing with you turquoise, they won't kill anyone. And I'll make sure that if any head your way in the stands I'll knock 'em away okay?" one of the twins said.
"you promise… erm-"
"George, and yes I promise" he smiled ruffled my blonde hair and then carried on heaving the trunk away.
From then on, I always favoured George a little more than Fred.
*fast forward*
Late one Wednesday evening.
"I just don't get it" I moaned banging my head on the table in the common room. I was trying to cast the Spongify charm and . . I was getting extremely annoyed and upset with it! If I didn't have it by the morning I was gonna be embarrassed in front of everyone in class!
I carried on banging my head until a hand was put on my forehead and my head was dragged into a normal position. "what are you doing? Trying to kill the table?" George I think asked
"I can't do this stupid Spongify charm! I've been trying for ages and if I don't do it by tonight im gonna fail in front of everyone tomorrow!" I all but wailed at him
"hey, calm down georgie is here to save the day!" he said sitting in the chair next to mine. "right hold your wand like this, yeah that's right, now its kinda like a squiggly 's' shape, watch, now you try, almost, here" he then held over my hand and traced the shape "right now say the incantation, now do it without me holding on, there you did it! You can hit you head as many times as you want on the table now!"
"thanks George, goodnight" I laughed and hugged him
"night Turq" he hugged me back.
George Weasley also helped me out with my end of year exams, and kept Bludgers away from me during Quidditch games. I also made very good friends with his twin Fred! So that is basically all that happened during my first year at hogwarts. Luckily harry potter came along and things got a lot more interesting…
I know this first chapter is kinda crappy, but the only thing that really happened in her first year was she became friends with Fred, George and katie. next couple of chapters dont go into much depth either but they will soon i promise!
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