The Game of Unexpected Love
Everyone knows about the chemistry of James Potter and Lily Evans. Now, the son of Harry Potter, James Sirius Potter, is following the footsteps of his infamous namesakes with his cousins, Fred and Roxanne and Louise Weasley. He is the school's heartthrob and all the witches are in love with him. All except one. Unpopular Avry Savannah is a quiet and reserved Slytherin who clearly despised James Potter. But when James and Avry are made Head Boy and Head Girl, will history repeats itself? Could true love be lurking around? Will sparks fly?
Chapter 1 Enemy at First Sight
"Now remember James, behave," Ginny Potter warned her eleven year old son sternly. Wagging a finger in his direction, "If I receive a letter from Minerva that you have been misbehaving-"
"Mum!" James Sirius Potter groaned. "I know! I know! You will send a Howler! Can I go now? I am meeting Fred, Roxy and Louise!" James said quickly. Ginny kissed his cheek.
Harry Potter laughed as he hugged his son. "Make sure you have fun but remember to behave as well." He advised. "And you do not necessarily have to be in Gryfinddor."
James shook his head. "But I want to." He insisted. His younger siblings, Albus Severus and Lily Luna stood by their father, looking sullen and envious. They had all been looking forward to the time when they would attend Hogwarts.
Lily threw herself upon her brother, sniffling. "I am gonna miss you, Jamie." James hugged his baby sister, smiling more gently. Out of his siblings, Lily was clearly his favourite. Just like with her parents, Lily had her finger wrapped around her grandparents and uncles and aunts.
"Make sure you write to us," she pouted. "I want to go!" she whined, looking at her parents.
"Three more years Lily," Harry reassured his daughter. Lily wrapped her arms around James tighter.
Laughing, James gently extracted himself from the death clutches of Lily to fondle with Albus's hair. The boys had inherited the messy black hair from their father whereas Lily had inherited the Weasley flaming red hair.
"Remind me to send you Hippogriff dung as a gift, slime ball," James teased. Albus viciously yanked his head away from James, staring at his brother, horrified.
"James Sirius!" Ginny snapped at her son.
"Kidding mum, geez," James muttered, rolling his eyes. A sly smirk flittered. "But by the time I return, I will have the ability to jinx-"
"James," Ginny scowled at her son just as the guard blew his whistle, saving James from his mother's furious tirade. As James leaped on to the train, Ginny slammed the door behind him.
Students were whispering as they glanced at Harry and James, no doubt gossiping about the son of the famous Harry Potter.
Leaning out of the window, James waved his family goodbye as the train began to move. "Give my love to grandpa and grandma and Uncle Ron and Aunt Hermione and Teddy!" he yelled. Ron and Hermione were his favourite aunt and uncle as well as his godparents.
"Take care! Write to us!" Ginny cupped her hands around her mouth. "Love you!"
"Love you guys too!" James yelled back as he watched his family growing smaller and smaller until the train careened to a corner and they disappeared from sight.
Smiling, James dragged his trunk as he searched for his cousins. He was too absorbed in his quest that he failed to notice a striding girl heading his way. As they collided, the girl's things flew out of her trunk.
Feeling rather guilty, James helped her to pick up her discarded items. Students moved past them swiftly, stopping only to glance at James before moving on.
Eventually they had picked up everything that were scattered around, the girl firmly locked her trunk, hiding her face behind her curly, wayward violet hair. James had always thought his father's hair was the messiest hair ever in the planet until he met this girl. The Golden Award of Crazy Looking Hair goes to…whoever this girl is.
"Thanks," the girl said curtly. She tried to move past James but he blocked her way. Inexplicably annoyed, the girl looked up to glare at him. Her eyes were a shade of gold-blue, holding deep emotions beneath it. James had never met anyone with such intense eyes that withheld everything. He felt as though he was looking into her soul.
Glancing away, she asked, "What do you want?"
Stung by her harsh tone, James replied just as curtly. "I just wanted to know your name if that's even against the law."
"I am Avry Savannah," she snapped. "And there is no need for you to introduce yourself. You are James Potter. Everyone knows who you are." She rolled her eyes.
"Merlin, why are you in such a bad mood?" James snickered. "And what's with your freaky hair? It's all messed up." He taunted. Just like his Uncle Ron, tact was never his forte point, something his mother had tried to change futilely.
Flushing, Avry viciously ran a hand through her as though she could magically straightened it. "Why should I care what you think?" she argued, embarrassed. "You are such a spoiled brat. Was your father as bad as you are when he was younger? I can imagine that. An orphan and living with muggles." Avry jeered. "Did he cry for his parents every night? Or how about that pathetic Weasley family?"
"Leave my family alone," James snapped. Sure, sometimes his family annoys the daylights out of him but he still loves them all to pieces.
Avry glared at him. "Then you leave me alone." With that retort, Avry yanked her trunk and ventured farther down the corridor away from James.
Huffing in exasperation, James sauntered down the corridor, in the opposite direction of Avry. He was continually met by whispers as he smiled at them. Finally reaching a compartment with the familiar occupants, James yanked the door opened, startling the occupants.
"James, you made it!" Roxanne Weasley yelled, hugging him tightly. Her twin brother, Fred, elbowed her out of the way to fist punch him. Louise Weasley watched the scene in amusement as he gave James a high five.
Fred and Roxanne were the children of George and Angelina. Fred inherited his father's red hair whilst Roxanne had her mother's black hair-and temper. Louise was the last children of Bill and Fleur to attend Hogwarts. His two elder sisters, Victoire and Dominique, were both in Gryfinddor. Victoire, the first born child of the entire Potter-Weasley clan, was currently attending her sixth year in Hogwarts as well as being a Prefect. She was also dating Ted Lupin, James's god brother.
Dominique and Lucy Weasley-the eldest daughter of Percy and Audrey- were both attending their second year in Hogwarts. Lucy was the first Weasley to be sorted into Ravenclaw.
"Vic says she will check in on us later," Louise sighed, not exactly being a fan of his sister's lectures. James grinned at Louise's dismay. Victoire was one of his favourite cousins. He enjoyed teasing her about Ted.
James hoisted the trunk with the help from Fred and Louise up. At last settling down, James sat with his cousins, plotting the best pranks they were going to pull once they reached Hogwarts. After a while they played Exploding Snap, their eyebrow tingling with dust, enjoying the journey to Hogwarts.
James soon found himself staring nervously at the patched, frayed and extremely dirty hat on top of the four-legged stool. The Headmistress, professor Minerva McGonagall had explained to them about the Houses and the Hat was singing. As it finished the song, everyone in the Hall bursts into thunderous applause. James would have if he hadn't feel so nervous. Professor McGonagall rolled the parchment as she started with the first name.
"Abbey, Annalia!" A small, stocky girl walked up with shaky. The hat obscured her as when it was placed upon her head. A second later, it yelled out, "Hufflepuff!"
Cheers erupted from Hufflepuff as Annalia nervously climbed down from the stool and ran towards her new House.
"Lautner, Adam!" A gangly boy wearing huge glasses stalked up towards the stool. Soon the Hat yelled, "Ravenclaw!"
This continued on for some time until it was James's turn. As professor McGonagall yelled out, "Potter, James!", James took several seconds to compose himself before strolling up. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Victoire and Dominique at the Gryfinddor table beaming supportively at him while Lucy at the Ravenclaw table gave him two thumbs up, grinning. It boosts his confidence up as he ignored the looks and whispers throwing in his direction.
As the Hat was placed on his head, he no longer could see the Great Hall. Inside his head he heard the Hat.
"Hmm…James Potter, the son of Harry Potter," the Hat mused. "Yes….I can sense courage and loyalty in you. You have a great mind as well, fit to be in Ravenclaw. But I can see that you will fit better in one certain House and that is…..Gryfinddor!" the Hat roared.
Gryfinddor erupted into a rapturous and booming applause that literally shook the hall. Elated, James joined Victoire and Dominique at the Gryfinddor table. The girls hugged him tightly, telling him their congratulations. His other three Weasley cousins beamed proudly at him while Hagrid grinned at him from the teachers' table.
James watched the rest of the students being sorted into the houses. He saw Avry sorted into Slytherin and waited with anticipation for his cousins' sorting. To his delight, all three of them were sorted straight away to Gryfinddor.
"We did it!" Roxanne squealed as she was embraced by Dominique. "We made it!"
James laughed, looking forward to the start of his Hogwarts years to create mayhem and live up to the name of his namesakes. He turned to glare at Avry as she raised her eyes to glare back.
Oh, his life in Hogwarts will be interesting alright.
A/N: hey guys. I am new to writing in fanfiction and hope you guys enjoy the first chapter. I will try to update as often as I can. Review and like I said in my profile, constructive criticisms are welcome! :D