A.N. Hi! Thanks for clicking on my story. Here's some info on the story before you begin (I would recommend writing this down. I did):
Will Lyte: Brother of Nora Lyte. Best friend of Peter Lyte, Simon Sage, Louis Sage, Nora Lyte, James Sirius Potter and Fred II Weasley.
Nora Lyte: Sister of Will Lyte. Best friend of Will Lyte, Cassandra Meyer and Penelope Scott. Enemy of Azalea Green and Amaranth O'Neil.
Eirene Lyte: Sister of Linnea Lyte and Sophia Lyte. Best friends with Jacob Scott and Mika Green.
Peter Lyte (NOT NAMED AFTER PETER PETTERGREW!): Best friends with Nora Lyte, Will Lyte, Simon Sage and Louis Sage.
Jacob Scott: Brother of Penelope Scott. Best friends with Eirene Lyte and Mika Green.
Penelope Scott: Sister of Jacob Scott. Best friends with Nora Lyte, Roxanne Weasley, Azalea Green, Cassandra Meyer and Amaranth O'Neil.
Louis Sage: Brother of Simon Sage. Best friends with Simon Sage, Peter Lyte, Nora Lyte and Will Lyte.
Simon Sage: Brother of Louis Sage. Best friends with Louis Sage, Peter Lyte, Nora Lyte and Will Lyte.
Mika Green: Brother of Azalea and Leandra Green. Best friends with Eirene Lyte and Jacob Scott. In love with Eirene Lyte (known fact).
Azalea Green: Sister of Mika and Leandra Green. Best friends with Penelope Scott, Roxanne Weasly and Amaranth O'Neil.
Amaranth O'Neil: Sister of Leo and Lara O'Neil. Best friends with Penelope Scott, Azalea Green, Roxanne Weasly and Lara O'Neil.
Cassandra Meyer: Close family friend of Lyte's. Best friends with Nora Lyte and Penelope Scott.
AN: Sorry for all the notes, but it's necessary to understand the story. One quick note: Penelope, Jacob, Will, Nora, Eirene, Louis and Simon are all cousins and Lytes. But you'll learn more on that later. Now, on to story. Azalea's POV. Disclaimer: I am American. J.K. Rowling is British. What does that tell you? Yeah, I don't own it.
I am not a morning person. If just anyone had woken me up at 6:00 am, I would have kicked him or her very hard. But my brother Mika is not just anyone. He does not get kicked. And the morning he woke me up at such an ungodly hour was not just any morning. It was the first of September. And the first of September is not just any day. The first of September is up there with Christmas and my birthday as favorite days of the year. I guess I'd better explain. I go to Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. That makes the first of September one of my favorite days.
"Aza!" Mika yelled. "Wake up or you're going to miss the train!"
"I'm up!" I yelled back.
Ten minutes later I was sitting in my parents car waiting for my sister. The small car had an enlargement charm put on it so we would all fit comfortably. I leaned my cheek across the rain splashed window and thought of what I love about Hogwarts. The warm fire in the Gryffindor common room, the warm Sunday afternoons when my friends Penelope, Roxy and Ama, snowball fights with said friends and occasionally Penelope and Roxy's brothers. I tried to stop myself from going down the path that Jacob Scott and Fred Weasley lead to. Because if I thought about Fred Weasly, I was tricked into thinking about Peter Lyte, Simon Sage, Louis Sage, Nora Lyte and James Potter. That's not that bad. Peter, Simon and Nora are nice. Louis and James are a pain but they aren't awful. It's the last member of the friendship, William Lyte that I don't really get along with. And by 'Don't really get along' I mean hate with a burning passion. Here are some facts about Mr. Lyte (or you bloody prat, as I call him.)
He is a bloody, self-centered, egotistical, stupid, qudditch obsessed (but let's face it, who isn't?) prat. And that's about as un-biased as I can be.
While hideous would be a choice insult, I'm afraid it's just not true. In fact, he's actually very good looking (not that I'm saying I think that, I'm just stating unbiased facts.) Honestly, though? He's damn gorgeous. Every single stinking Lyte is. It's just not fair.
He is very close with his family. That means my friends. That means when I go to stay with Penelope he's always hanging around. Which sucks.
95% of the Hogwarts population is in love with him or another Lyte. Which is fine by me, they haven't had the misfortune of having the obnoxious idiot around 24/7.
See 1, 2, 3 and 4. I got nothing.
Once I had finished my mental tirade against Lyte, we had almost reached King's Cross-. And the sun was up properly, which was nice. I hoped out of the car with exuberance, and pulled my trunk out of the car and practically threw it on a trolley.
"Calm down, Aza. You'll scare someone." My father told me in a mock strict voice. My mother had tears in her eyes. I knew she hated letting me and my siblings spend most of our year away from home, but she understood. She never came through the barrier with us. I put the last of my stuff on the trolley, and turned to my mum. She was hugging my little sister, Leandra. Leandra, Lea for short, pulled away from her and crossed into platform 9¾. I turned to her.
"Oh, my little Aza. Be safe. Don't hurt anyone this year." She told me.
"Mum, you know I can't promise that unless Lyte has moved to Scandinavia."
"Aza…" She said in a warning voice.
"Only joking!" She hugged me. I hugged her tight and then followed my sister onto platform 9¾. Immediately upon entering the platform I was besieged by a crowd of hugs. Arms from my three favorite people in the world enveloped me. When my friends stepped back I got a proper look at them. Penelope Scott looked like she always did: a supermodel. She had coffee colored hair and brilliant green eyes, the green eyes that were the dominant trait of the Lyte family. Penelope's eye's sparked with her smile and her lightly brown skin glowed with health and sun. I felt a tiny pang of jealousy; I could work on my appearance for hours and not look like that. Roxanne Weasley looked like a Weasley; Curls of red hair and brown eyes. Her pale complexion was splattered with freckles. Amaranth O'Neil's coffee colored skin shone. This is so unfair, I thought. All my friends are freaking beautiful. Ama's hair and eyes were both a tone darker than her skin.
"Penelope! I'm so proud of you!" I told her. She wrinkled her forehead.
"Why?"
"Let's think about who is not here."
"Umm…"
"Neither Lyte, Simon, Louis nor Nora is with you!"
"Hey, aren't you going to give Roxy you're pride too? James and Fred aren't here either!"
"But they don't follow her around like lost puppies."
"Hey-" Penelope began indignantly before her voice was cut off by a huge hug.
"Hi, Mika." She said to my brother.
"Hey, Penny. You wouldn't know were your brother and cousin are, would you?"
"Which cousin?"
"Eirene and Jacob."
"Could have guessed as much. Second compartment on the train."
"Thanks Penny." Mika told her before running off for his friends.
"Speaking of the train, shouldn't we get a compartment?" Ama asked.
"Yeah, that might be smart." I said. We lugged our trunks onto the train and into the seventeenth compartment. I shoved my trunk under my seat and lay down across two seats. Roxy made a movement to sit on the seat where my head was lying. She lifted my head, sat down and put my head on her lap.
"Go to sleep, Aza. You're exhausted." Roxy told me. I didn't need to be told twice.
I was awakened by a crash.
"Huh?" I mumbled, my eyes still blinded by sleep.
"Good Morning, Aza darling." Fred Weasley told me in friendly voice.
"Whatayadoinghere?" I asked him, my words all-flowing together.
"Only open compartment."
"But if you're here, then-"
"Simon, Louis, Peter, James and Will are here, too." I sat up bolt upright. Lyte was here.
"Hey, Aza." Louis and Simon called from were they were sitting on the floor.
"What's up, Aza?" James asked.
"Hey, mate Aza's up. Oh, hey Aza." Peter said to Lyte. I could feel myself starting to go red. Lyte was sitting by Penelope's feet. If you have an enemy, you may be able to imagine how I felt. I don't like the guy, but it's still embarrassing when one's enemy is hanging out with one's friends while one is asleep.
"Hi Aza." Lyte said to me. This may be shocking to some, but I have one tiny little detail I forgot to include. The I-want- to-kill-you-and-paint-the-nearest-room-with-your-guts emotion is not mutual. In fact, Lyte has never been awful to me. He's just been Lyte. Which is not someone I like. But apparently Aza is someone he likes. This could be a problem.