So this is my first published story and I hope you like it!
Rating: T for language
Premise: 15-year-old Anastasya Montgomery and her adopted sister, Shiloh Carter (same age), are students at Hogwarts. Belinda is a Slytherin who is fiercly loyal to her house, and her good friends. Shiloh is a Hufflepuff who is the 'class clown' as some might say and loves to make people laugh. But when they each fall for someone different...they have to tell others and themselves... there's just something about a Gryffindor...
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or How To Train Your Dragon (The HTTYD refers to a quote used in this chapter). Well, unless JK Rowling is a broke 13-year-old girl writing this on her dad's computer, I don't own HP. Bascially, if you recognize it, it's not mine. Shiloh doesn't even belong to me. She belongs to my best friend (really, if you're a Maximum Ride fan, look up Circus Freak by darkbunnies). Anastasya Montgomery & Jessica Louis are mine, but that's about it.
Well, on with the show! WAIT! Sorry, but I thought this might make it easier on you. This story is in Anastasy'a point of view. And anything in bold & parentheses will be my author's notes. Okay, I'm done. I'll put what the girls look like at the end of this chapter (and pictures of them plus all the outfits for the girls used in this story will be on my profile under 'Story Information' and 'There's Just Something About a Gryffindor...' because I look through endless amounts of bad pictures on Google Images and 123rf so I can find pictures for the characters so you can at least have a mental image of what they look like (unless you want to create your own, which is fine by me)) because I have already made the beginning too long. Now you may read the story.
"Ow! Ouch! Ow! Ou-ahhh!" I was jerked from sleep as I heard the unmistakable but painful-sounding cries of my sister, Shiloh. I sat up and brushed my messy hair from my face, before seeing Shiloh getting up from the floor.
"Graceful, Shi. You should do ballet. What happened?" I laughed.
"Stupid jeans," she complained. "They always make me trip."
"Are you sure it's the jeans?" I asked, swinging my legs off my bed and standing up.
"Shut up, Stace!" Shiloh complained, brushing her dirty blonde hair out of her face. I laughed again and headed across the hallway to the bathroom to get ready. We were going to Diagon Alley today, and I'll be damned if I look like crap while I'm there. I had taken a shower last night and besides, I had overslept yet again, so I really didn't have time for a shower. I just brushed out my hair and tied it back before doing my makeup. I walked back into the bedroom Shiloh and I shared to get dressed. I pulled out an outfit (The outfit is titled 'Anastasya's Diagon Alley outfit'.) and dressed quickly.
"Girls! Time to go get your school things!" Mum called upstairs. Shiloh and I ran towards the bedroom door and down the stairs, tripping over each other several times before we made it down the stairs and into the foyer. Mum and Dad ushered us into the parlor where we used Floo powder to travel to Diagon Alley, coming out in the Leaky Cauldron. (The Montgomerys are a pureblood family with money and Mrs. Montgomery (Leanne) is good friends with Narcissa Malfoy.)
I stumbled a bit in my wedges upon my landing in the fireplace in the main room of the Leaky Cauldron, but caught myself before stepping out of the fireplace, to be followed a moment later by Shiloh. Once Mum and Dad arrived, we headed to the back of the pub to enter the alley.
"What do you say, girls? Split up and get your things as quickly as possible?" Dad asked, looking as though he needed to meet someone - which he most likely did. Dad is high up in the Ministry of Magic and is always meeting with someone. Shi and I nodded. Mum waved Dad off and took us to Gringotts. We each wore a family ring (mine for the Montgomery family, Shiloh's for the Carter family) that allowed us access to our vaults instead of a key (the Montgomery and Carter families both had high security vaults, like the Malfoys and Lestranges).
One wild cart ride down and another wild cart ride back to the surface later, Shiloh and I were fixing our hair and stepping into the bright sunshine that hung over Diagon Alley, ready to shop.
"Let's get our books last. How about we go get owl and cat treats?" I asked Shiloh, gesturing towards the Magical Menagarie. She nodded and we headed over to the building, stepping inside. I started walking in between and around the rickety shelves, looking for good quality cat treats for my cat, Pinecone, and owl treats for my owl, Inkheart. I know you're only supposed to have one pet, but being a Montgomery had it's advantages.
"Found any treats for Inkheart and Olive yet? I think I found some for Pinecone for you." Shiloh tossed me a large bag of cat treats. It was in good condition, not super cheap packaging, and the label on the side said '10 Sickles'.
"Thanks, Shi. And no." I said. I turned the corner and found a row of new owl treats though, and chose two bags of the same price each as Pinecone's new cat treats. I got a couple new toys for Pinecone as well and we paid and left the dim light of the loud shop behind and entered the blinding sunlight once more.
"Apothecary. We need new Potions supplies." Shiloh pointed towards the potion supply shop and we pushed our way through the dense, bustling crowd.
"2 sets of fifth year potions ingredients, please." I said, waiting as the shopkeeper got Shiloh and I our basic ingredients. It was just the basics, of course, since everything else could be taken from the student supply cabinet in Snape's classroom, but we still needed some of our own, such as beetle eyes and roots and such.
"That will be 5 sickles each, ma'am." The shopkeeper said, pulling me from my thoughts. I handed over five silver coins, as did Shiloh, and we left the building hurriedly, wanting to hurry up and get our things. We pushed past other shoppers and stumbled out of the crowd in front of Madam Malkin's. We walked inside to buy new robes and headed over to get measurements taken.
"Hello, Miss Montgomery, Miss Carter," Madam Malkin herself said as she bustled around a little first or second-year.
"Hello, Madam Malkin," I said stepping up to another attendant. I looked beside me and noticed the familiar brown hair with blonde streaks (exoticjess' hairstyle, but I really liked it. And no, Jessica is not basd off of her, I just like the hairstyle.) of...
"Jess!" I squealed. The girl whipped her head around to face me. Sure enough, it was my favorite Puerto Rican/Irish student.
"Stacy!" She squealed back. I would hug her...if I didn't have a person pinning a robe around my ankles.
When they were done with all three of us, Jessica, Shiloh, and I leapt into a group hug.
"Hey, girls," the drawling voice of none other than my best guy friend, Draco Malfoy, said. I spun and ignored Shiloh's look of disgust (she positively hated Draco Malfoy, but nonetheless spent time at their house when Mum and Dad requested it).
"Draco!" I squealed (I'm doing an awful lot of squealing today) and hugged him. Jessica did exactly the same, making for the second group hug today.
"Anastasya, we'd better pay for our uniform and go get our books, before Mum starts to worry," Shiloh said. I nodded and said goodbye to Draco and Jessica, who were still talking, as Shiloh began to pull me towards the counter of the shop. We paid for our uniform pieces and some other robes before heading back out into the busy street that was Diagon Alley.
"So, Flourish and Blotts, Shi?" I asked, turning already to shield my eyes from the early autumn sun and to head to the book shop. She nodded and grabbed my arm, pulling me along through the crowd. Shiloh may usually be innocent and sweet, but she can be rude when she wants, and part of her being rude was pushing through people. She hated Draco and was like this after every chance encounter. The only times she put up with him were in Slytherin/Hufflepuff classes and while staying at Malfoy Manor.
Once inside the shop, we saw our mutual friend, Gryffindor Hermione Granger with her Muggle parents browsing for schoolbooks.
"'Mione!" Shiloh called, snapping out of her sour mood immediately. Shiloh was always like that. I swear, sometimes she was incredibly bi-polar. She rushed over to hug Hermione as I slowly made my way behind her, looking around the busy shop for any glimpse of my Slytherin friends. When I didn't see anyone, I hugged Hermione as well.
"Hey! This is my mum and dad. Mum, Dad, this is Shiloh Carter and this is Anastasya Montgomery."
"Hi, girls." Hermione's mum said, smiling at us.
"Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Granger. It's nice meeting you," Shiloh said, being the perfect little angel everyone thought she was - but really, she's demonic and insane... in a good way.
"You probably should get your books now. Will I see you tomorrow at the platform?" Hermione asked.
"Maybe," I smiled. I saw a worker and dragged Shiloh away from Hermione, while calling goodbye, and towards the man.
"How may I be of service to you, miss?" The young man asked.
"My sister and I need our Hogwarts schoolbooks for fifth year. Will you help us?" I turned on the Ramirez-Montgomery charm and he nodded immediately.
"Yes, of course. I'll be right back."
"Why couldn't you just go get the books yourself, Anastasya?" I heard a voice ring out behind me. I turned, only to see the speaker had red hair and freckles. A Weasley.
"Oh, hello, Ginevra. Well, you see, workers know where everything is. And Mum dearly wants Shiloh and I to meet her in the Leaky Cauldron soon, so we wouldn't want to take up any...valuable time, now would we?" I sent a light glare in her direction before shaking my black hair back and looking around for the worker who had gone to get the books we needed.
"Stace, Ginny's one of my friends. Don't be rude." Shiloh chastised (Is that the right word?) me. I looked at her apologetically.
"Sorry, Shi, but you know I don't like her. She's too rude to Slytherins. Hermione on the other hand will be nice to anyone who's nice to her. So I don't have a problem with her. Other Muggleborns on the other hand..." I trailed off, not wanting to get into a blood status argument with Shiloh, who had a very strong standing that we were all equal.
"Here you are, miss." A worker said. I looked up and recognized the man from only a few minutes previous. I took one stack of books from him as Shiloh took the other. We headed to the counter, paid, and headed back up Diagon Alley to the Leaky Cauldron to meet Mum.
We found Mum and Dad standing against a wall waiting for us in the pub.
"Mum! Dad!" I called out, my voice ringing throughout the small front room. We split up our purchases between the four of us and one by one took a handful of Floo Powder, stepped into the fireplace, and called out clearly, "Montgomery Manor!"
I walked cleanly out of the fireplace and smiled at Shiloh, who began walking up the stairs and into our bedroom. I heard Mum and Dad moments later as they entered the parlor as well and stepped into the foyer.
I had just laid what purchases I had down on my bed when Shiloh spoke.
"Where in the world did that lizard go?" She cried out. I froze. Shiloh's lizard, Apple, was out. Again. She ran from the room and I heard her calling for Apple.
"Shiloh? Is Apple out again?" Mum asked warily. She hated the lizard.
"Yes, but don't worry, Mum! I will find him! There he is right now." I heard her start running towards the lizard. This could only end badly.
"Apple? Apple! Come here, co-ahh!" She tumbled down the stairs. "Thank you for nothing, you useless reptile!" She cried at the lizard. I burst out laughing and walked out of the bedroom and down the stairs.
"Trip again, Shi?" I asked, trying to keep a straight face.
"That stupid reptile made me!" She said, pointing across the foyer to the green lizard in one corner. I shook my head and helped her up, before walking back upstairs.
So there you have it! My first chapter. Next chapter will be Platform Nine and Three-Quarters and the journey to Hogwarts. What do you think of Anastasya? And Shiloh? What do you think of this in general? Please review! I want to know what people think! And I know Anastasya probably seems Mary-Sueish right now, but I'm just developing the characters. I'd love any advice, and I accept flames.
Here's what Anastasya and Shiloh look like (pics are on my profile, but they're not identical):
Anastasya has black hair that is wavy and goes down to a little past the middle of her back, dark brown eyes, tan skin, is slim and short (5'2), and is Latina/Brazilian/Russian/Icelandic. Her father is Russian & Icelandic and her mother is Latina & Brazilian. Her full name is Anastasya Maria Rosaline Alisabeth Evangeline Montgomery.
Shiloh has blonde hair (light dirty blonde) with an electric blue streak in it and sideswept bangs (it goes to just below her shoulders and is curly), bright blue eyes, pale skin, is slim and short (5' even), and is German/British/Welsh. Her father was British and Welsh and her mother was German. That's about all people know about her parents. Her full name is Shiloh Elizabeth Maria Anastasia Andrea Annalisa Michele Carter.
Okay, so there is a general idea of what Anastasya and Shiloh look like. And if you couldn't telll, Anastasya's main nickname is Stacy/Stace. But some people call her Ana (Anna, but with only one 'n'). Okay, so please review and I'll have the second chapter up as soon as I can.