Harry Potter and the Wierdos from America
Here it is, the old American transfer student story with unidentified twists! Yes indeed! This is a combined effort of Star Glitter (Lennon Star Glitter McCartney) and Princess Cora. Have fun!
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Chapter 1: Guess who I met on the train?
Harry Potter pushed his cart through Kings Cross Station. Him and his two best friends, Ron and Hermione, were early to the platform: it was only 10:20. He knew the gates didn't open for another ten minutes, so the threesome had decided to go and wait by the barrier.
There was no one on the platform but a few tourists and a tall girl with a cart-
And an owl. And a trunk. Who was looking at the barrier.
Obviously a witch. The thing is, she looked about his age and he had never seen her before. He knew all the people in his year, or at least what they looked like...
"The barrier won't open for-" he looked at his watch. "-another five minutes."
She whipped around. "Oh, thanks, I was wondering about that." They just looked at each other for a minute, then Hermione spoke up.
"Are you a transfer student?"
"Yes, I'm from America." she smiled.
"Okay."
Silence.
Harry held out his hand. "I'm Harry Potter, this is Hermione Granger, and this here is Ron Weasley."
"Hey, Harry. I'm Katy Amato."
"Pleased to meet you."
Ron consulted Hermione's watch. "It should be open by now."
"Okay." She and Harry went in first, then Hermione and Ron.
There was no one else on Platform 9 3/4. Katy was sufficently impressed by the great scarlet steam engine. They all heaved thier trunks up as more people poured into the platform.
"Do you want to come sit with us?"
"Sure, why not?"
Ron whispered something in Hermione's ear, who snickered but whispered something in reply that sobered them both up.
"Stop whispering."
"Don't worry, it's about you."
"Thanks." Harry turned to Katy. "My friends. Some friends they are." He shook his head mournfully. "Oh, well, I put up with them, they put up with me. Works out good."
*~*~*~*
Caleb Lowrey looked again at his letter. Through the barrier? Well, I suppose anything's possible... He looked around him. All he saw were Muggles for the 11:15 train. He pushed his cart towards the barrier, and-
Out the other side. Wow.
The great scarlet steam engine gleamed in the sunlight, and the platform was packed with students saying goodbye to their parents and greeting their friends. Claeb looked around for someone he knew, but Katy and AnneMarie were nowhere to be found.
He looked up at the great clock. 10:46. He supposed he might as well get his trunk and owl inside the train. Then he could look for his fellow transfer students.
*~*~*~*
10:58! Two mintues! Damn. AnneMarie ran towards the barrier and out the other side. She stopped for only a second to admire the trian, then frantically dragged her trunk up into the train. She turned into the first half-empty compartment.
"Hey, can I sit with you guys?"
There were three girls sitting sprawled over the seats. The redheaded one nodded and moved some stuff to make room for AnneMarie and her trunk. "My name's Ginny - Ginny Weasley." The other two introduced themselves as Kelly and Emma.
"Hey, I'm AnneMarie. I just transferred from America." WIth that, she sat down and pulled out a book.
*~*~*~*
"Wow."
"Yeah, the tram ride at home really is beautiful. You can see all around for miles. It's wonderful." Katy grinned. She liked talking with Harry - he was cute, too.
"Imagine that," Hermione said. "People from all over the country fly in, then you take the tram..."
"Yep, that's Salem."
"Wow."
*~*~*~*
"What's wrong?"
"I've lost my toad."
"Where did you last see him?"
"I can't remember. My name's Neville, by the way. Who are you?"
"Andrew Maurer. I'm from America."
"Oh ok."
*~*~*~*
Caleb Lowrey sat in an empty compartment as the train started to move. He was reading the script for the play Starmites. It was one of his favorite plays.
The compartment door slid open and four people come in. A pale boy with white-blond hair, two thug-like boys, and a girl who was all too familiar to Caleb...
"Oh no. Not you. Not HERE. Anoyone but you..."
*~*~*~*
Rigging and other string that Vimes never botherd to learn the nautical names for covered the-
"Hey, you read Terry Pratchett?" Ginny looked over at AnneMarie's book.
"Yeah, he's one of my favorite authors. What's your favorite book in the series?"
"Oh, Men At Arms, definetly... or the Truth."
"Oh yeah, that's great, I like Soul Music too."
"Ooo, I'd forgotten... How's Jingo?"
"You've never read it?"
"Oh I have, but you're halfway through-"
"I've read it before, it's a favorite."
Kelly and Emma looked at each other and shook their heads. They didn't share Ginny's passion for reading, they only read what they had to read. Emma took out an exploding snap deck as the train lurched forward. "Fancy a game?"
"You're on."
*~*~*~*
"What, do you two know each other?" Draco Malfoy frowned. "Who are you, anyway?"
"I'm Caleb, I just transferred from America."
"Oh." He turned to Heather Ashley, but she had disappered out the door. He sighed and followed her. Her family had moved to England two years ago, and she had been sorted into Slytherin. She had started hanging out with him, and eventually she had asked him out. Whatever. They were going out now, anyway.
*~*~*~*
Andrew handed Neville his toad. "Here you go." The train started, making them trip. They got up and searched for a compartment. They were mostly full, but then they passed an almost empty compartment. Andrew opened the door, and Caleb greeted him.
"Guess who's here?"
"Who?"
" 'Julia Nova' herself."
"Not... Heather Ashley?"
"Yep."
"Oh no...."
*~*~*~*
The sun rose. The sun set. The Hogwarts Express pulled into the station.
*~*~*~*
"Katy!"
"Ammie!"
"How was your trip?"
"You will never believe who I met on the train!"
"Who?"
"Harry Potter!"
"No way! Is he cute?"
"Of course! Well, I think so..."
"Oh, he's not then."
"Yes he is! Ammie, you haven't even seen him!"
The two girls were walking towards the horseless carriages. Harry, Ron, and Hermione had gone off to talk with some other friends, and Katy had dragged AnneMarie away from Ginny and her friends. They were still arguing when Malfoy brushed past. AnneMarie's head turned, following him...
"Ammie?"
"Hmmm?" She turned back around. "What?"
"Nothing."
AnneMarie turned around and watched him getting into a carraige. "Now that's what I call cute."
*sigh* "Come on, let's look for Caleb and Andrew."
"okay."
"I think I see them..." said Katy.
"HEY CALEB!"
The two boys turned around and saw AnneMarie waving to them. They pushed through the crowd.
"Guess who-"
"Guess who-" AnneMarie laughed. "You first."
"No, you."
"Well, guess who Katy saw on the train?"
"Patrick Stewart?"
blink blink. "No... Harry Potter!"
"Yeah, he is our age isn't he?"
"That's cool."
Ammie and Katy exchanged glances. Well, they were boys. They didn't get obsessed like girls do. Oh well.
"Anyway-" Katy clambered after the group into a carraige. "-who did you guys meet on the train?"
"You remember how HA moved to England-"
"Oh god no!!!"
"Yes."
"Damn."
*~*~*~*
"Wow. Wow wow wow wow wow." the foursome had stepped into the entrance hall.
"This place is beautiful!"
"It has over 140 staircases. And they move and change and some have a vanishing step where you have to jump. And doors that won't open unless you tickle them in the right place. And an enchanted ceiling in the Great Hall."
The others turned incredlously to Katy. "Where did you find that out?" said Ammie.
"Oh, I was talking to Harry and his friends and they were telling me about Hogwarts."
"Oh, cool. I suppose we're headed towards the Great Hall now."
"Let us be off, fair comrades!"
"Shut up, Ammie."
*~*~*~*
When they were inside, they were waved over by Harry.
"Katy! Come on and sit with us!"
"Okay. This is AnneMarie, this is Caleb, and this is Andrew."
"Harry Potter."
"Hermione Granger."
"Ron Weasley." They all shook hands and then sat down.
"Do you have a little sister?" asked AnneMarie.
"Yeah." Ron looked anxiously towards the door. "Ugh, can't we have the feast before the sorting?"
"Sorting?" said Katy.
"Yes," said Harry. "It's how we determine what house the new people go in."
"Oh okay."
*~*~*~*
"My god, it's midnight. It's midnight and I'm not even tired." AnneMarie lay on her bed.
"Jet lag."
"Fancy a game of Secret?"
"Ok, whatever."
She dealed out the cards.
"So, you think Harry's cute?"
"Yeah..."
"Not as cute as that kid I saw earlier."
"Ha. Ha. Just play the game, will you?"
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Okay, there's the first chapter! Since this is a combined effort between Star Glitter and I, and we alternate chapters, it's going to be in slightly different styles, but whatever.
Review. Or we won't put the next chapter up. Seriously.
Next chapter: Ammie finds out how evil Draco is, Katy interprets dreams and Ron gets angry.
liacoraginger@yahoo.com
harrys_singing_angel@danielradcliffe.zzn.com
Here it is, the old American transfer student story with unidentified twists! Yes indeed! This is a combined effort of Star Glitter (Lennon Star Glitter McCartney) and Princess Cora. Have fun!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 1: Guess who I met on the train?
Harry Potter pushed his cart through Kings Cross Station. Him and his two best friends, Ron and Hermione, were early to the platform: it was only 10:20. He knew the gates didn't open for another ten minutes, so the threesome had decided to go and wait by the barrier.
There was no one on the platform but a few tourists and a tall girl with a cart-
And an owl. And a trunk. Who was looking at the barrier.
Obviously a witch. The thing is, she looked about his age and he had never seen her before. He knew all the people in his year, or at least what they looked like...
"The barrier won't open for-" he looked at his watch. "-another five minutes."
She whipped around. "Oh, thanks, I was wondering about that." They just looked at each other for a minute, then Hermione spoke up.
"Are you a transfer student?"
"Yes, I'm from America." she smiled.
"Okay."
Silence.
Harry held out his hand. "I'm Harry Potter, this is Hermione Granger, and this here is Ron Weasley."
"Hey, Harry. I'm Katy Amato."
"Pleased to meet you."
Ron consulted Hermione's watch. "It should be open by now."
"Okay." She and Harry went in first, then Hermione and Ron.
There was no one else on Platform 9 3/4. Katy was sufficently impressed by the great scarlet steam engine. They all heaved thier trunks up as more people poured into the platform.
"Do you want to come sit with us?"
"Sure, why not?"
Ron whispered something in Hermione's ear, who snickered but whispered something in reply that sobered them both up.
"Stop whispering."
"Don't worry, it's about you."
"Thanks." Harry turned to Katy. "My friends. Some friends they are." He shook his head mournfully. "Oh, well, I put up with them, they put up with me. Works out good."
*~*~*~*
Caleb Lowrey looked again at his letter. Through the barrier? Well, I suppose anything's possible... He looked around him. All he saw were Muggles for the 11:15 train. He pushed his cart towards the barrier, and-
Out the other side. Wow.
The great scarlet steam engine gleamed in the sunlight, and the platform was packed with students saying goodbye to their parents and greeting their friends. Claeb looked around for someone he knew, but Katy and AnneMarie were nowhere to be found.
He looked up at the great clock. 10:46. He supposed he might as well get his trunk and owl inside the train. Then he could look for his fellow transfer students.
*~*~*~*
10:58! Two mintues! Damn. AnneMarie ran towards the barrier and out the other side. She stopped for only a second to admire the trian, then frantically dragged her trunk up into the train. She turned into the first half-empty compartment.
"Hey, can I sit with you guys?"
There were three girls sitting sprawled over the seats. The redheaded one nodded and moved some stuff to make room for AnneMarie and her trunk. "My name's Ginny - Ginny Weasley." The other two introduced themselves as Kelly and Emma.
"Hey, I'm AnneMarie. I just transferred from America." WIth that, she sat down and pulled out a book.
*~*~*~*
"Wow."
"Yeah, the tram ride at home really is beautiful. You can see all around for miles. It's wonderful." Katy grinned. She liked talking with Harry - he was cute, too.
"Imagine that," Hermione said. "People from all over the country fly in, then you take the tram..."
"Yep, that's Salem."
"Wow."
*~*~*~*
"What's wrong?"
"I've lost my toad."
"Where did you last see him?"
"I can't remember. My name's Neville, by the way. Who are you?"
"Andrew Maurer. I'm from America."
"Oh ok."
*~*~*~*
Caleb Lowrey sat in an empty compartment as the train started to move. He was reading the script for the play Starmites. It was one of his favorite plays.
The compartment door slid open and four people come in. A pale boy with white-blond hair, two thug-like boys, and a girl who was all too familiar to Caleb...
"Oh no. Not you. Not HERE. Anoyone but you..."
*~*~*~*
Rigging and other string that Vimes never botherd to learn the nautical names for covered the-
"Hey, you read Terry Pratchett?" Ginny looked over at AnneMarie's book.
"Yeah, he's one of my favorite authors. What's your favorite book in the series?"
"Oh, Men At Arms, definetly... or the Truth."
"Oh yeah, that's great, I like Soul Music too."
"Ooo, I'd forgotten... How's Jingo?"
"You've never read it?"
"Oh I have, but you're halfway through-"
"I've read it before, it's a favorite."
Kelly and Emma looked at each other and shook their heads. They didn't share Ginny's passion for reading, they only read what they had to read. Emma took out an exploding snap deck as the train lurched forward. "Fancy a game?"
"You're on."
*~*~*~*
"What, do you two know each other?" Draco Malfoy frowned. "Who are you, anyway?"
"I'm Caleb, I just transferred from America."
"Oh." He turned to Heather Ashley, but she had disappered out the door. He sighed and followed her. Her family had moved to England two years ago, and she had been sorted into Slytherin. She had started hanging out with him, and eventually she had asked him out. Whatever. They were going out now, anyway.
*~*~*~*
Andrew handed Neville his toad. "Here you go." The train started, making them trip. They got up and searched for a compartment. They were mostly full, but then they passed an almost empty compartment. Andrew opened the door, and Caleb greeted him.
"Guess who's here?"
"Who?"
" 'Julia Nova' herself."
"Not... Heather Ashley?"
"Yep."
"Oh no...."
*~*~*~*
The sun rose. The sun set. The Hogwarts Express pulled into the station.
*~*~*~*
"Katy!"
"Ammie!"
"How was your trip?"
"You will never believe who I met on the train!"
"Who?"
"Harry Potter!"
"No way! Is he cute?"
"Of course! Well, I think so..."
"Oh, he's not then."
"Yes he is! Ammie, you haven't even seen him!"
The two girls were walking towards the horseless carriages. Harry, Ron, and Hermione had gone off to talk with some other friends, and Katy had dragged AnneMarie away from Ginny and her friends. They were still arguing when Malfoy brushed past. AnneMarie's head turned, following him...
"Ammie?"
"Hmmm?" She turned back around. "What?"
"Nothing."
AnneMarie turned around and watched him getting into a carraige. "Now that's what I call cute."
*sigh* "Come on, let's look for Caleb and Andrew."
"okay."
"I think I see them..." said Katy.
"HEY CALEB!"
The two boys turned around and saw AnneMarie waving to them. They pushed through the crowd.
"Guess who-"
"Guess who-" AnneMarie laughed. "You first."
"No, you."
"Well, guess who Katy saw on the train?"
"Patrick Stewart?"
blink blink. "No... Harry Potter!"
"Yeah, he is our age isn't he?"
"That's cool."
Ammie and Katy exchanged glances. Well, they were boys. They didn't get obsessed like girls do. Oh well.
"Anyway-" Katy clambered after the group into a carraige. "-who did you guys meet on the train?"
"You remember how HA moved to England-"
"Oh god no!!!"
"Yes."
"Damn."
*~*~*~*
"Wow. Wow wow wow wow wow." the foursome had stepped into the entrance hall.
"This place is beautiful!"
"It has over 140 staircases. And they move and change and some have a vanishing step where you have to jump. And doors that won't open unless you tickle them in the right place. And an enchanted ceiling in the Great Hall."
The others turned incredlously to Katy. "Where did you find that out?" said Ammie.
"Oh, I was talking to Harry and his friends and they were telling me about Hogwarts."
"Oh, cool. I suppose we're headed towards the Great Hall now."
"Let us be off, fair comrades!"
"Shut up, Ammie."
*~*~*~*
When they were inside, they were waved over by Harry.
"Katy! Come on and sit with us!"
"Okay. This is AnneMarie, this is Caleb, and this is Andrew."
"Harry Potter."
"Hermione Granger."
"Ron Weasley." They all shook hands and then sat down.
"Do you have a little sister?" asked AnneMarie.
"Yeah." Ron looked anxiously towards the door. "Ugh, can't we have the feast before the sorting?"
"Sorting?" said Katy.
"Yes," said Harry. "It's how we determine what house the new people go in."
"Oh okay."
*~*~*~*
"My god, it's midnight. It's midnight and I'm not even tired." AnneMarie lay on her bed.
"Jet lag."
"Fancy a game of Secret?"
"Ok, whatever."
She dealed out the cards.
"So, you think Harry's cute?"
"Yeah..."
"Not as cute as that kid I saw earlier."
"Ha. Ha. Just play the game, will you?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Okay, there's the first chapter! Since this is a combined effort between Star Glitter and I, and we alternate chapters, it's going to be in slightly different styles, but whatever.
Review. Or we won't put the next chapter up. Seriously.
Next chapter: Ammie finds out how evil Draco is, Katy interprets dreams and Ron gets angry.
liacoraginger@yahoo.com
harrys_singing_angel@danielradcliffe.zzn.com