Stepping off of the train, Brooke breathed in the air. Soon, she'd get on a plan that would take her back home to America. She looked around the other kids and parents. She saw how happy some of the kids were to be in the arms of their parents. She only had a mother, and she loved her mother more than her own life. At Hogwarts, she was invisible to everyone. She looked around again, for one of her friends. Cameron Rothshire. He was one of her childhood friends.
"Brooke!" A familiar male voice rang out clear as day to her. She smiled and ran into her best friend's arms. He smiled and embraced her back. Brooke felt tears coming to her eyes as she stayed in his arms. She didn't want him to let her go, as he reminded her of home. Cameron laughed at her. "Miss me?" He asked, almost like he doubted the question. She smiled up at him.
"Obviously! School, isn't fun without you." She said leaning against him as he embraced her tighter. Every year he came to pick her up from school. Her mother was a muggle and didn't want to be around everyone there. She loved Brooke to death, but the Wizarding World was too much for her. Cameron laughed, and began pulling her away from the crowds.
"Lets get home. Your mother is dying to see you again." He said. She smiled. She missed her mother dearly. They neared a car and got in. It took them to the airport quickly, mostly because Cameron used his magic to make them go faster. She never got why he did that. He wasn't content on going the speed limit? "We're going to have a great summer Brooke. I wanna know everything that happened last year."
"Brooke! Wake up!" She shot up from the table and shot a glare at Padma Patil who was looking at her concerned. She looked around and saw she was in the Great Hall. People were eating, and it was morning. She sighed and looked down at the plate in front of her. "Brooke, are you feeling okay?" Padma asked. Brooke looked at her.
"Yeah, I'm fine Padma." Padma gave her a sympathetic smile, then went back to eating. Brooke looked back down at her own food. She didn't know why she had fallen asleep. She remembered going to bed actually early. And she wondered why she dreamed about that moment now. Her head looked up as she heard a commotion coming from the Gryffindor table. The golden trio. Brooke had nothing against them, but they were always looking for trouble. And she did wonder how Hermione Granger got sorted into Gryffindor. She was very smart, definitely Ravenclaw material. She couldn't hear what they were saying and instead began looking around the Ravenclaw table. She met the eyes of Benjamin Jacobs, a seventh year Ravenclaw. He smirked at her, and she looked down at the table, trying to resist a blush that she knew would make it across her features eventually. She heard someone laugh beside her, and she turned to the person. Amanda "Mandy" Brocklehurst.
"I doubt you want to go after that." Mandy pointed to Ben, and Brooke looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "I heard he's a total heart breaker, and a total jerk." Brooke laughed at Mandy's statement and looked back at Ben who was now looking into his goblet, like it held answers to something. Then he took a drink, as if to make those answers disappear. Brooke continued to watch him. He didn't seem like he was the kind of guy that Mandy just described. She looked back down at her food then stood up. Padma and Mandy looked up at her.
"Where are you headed to Brooke?" Padma asked. She looked at them, and smiled a bit. She didn't really think of that when she stood up, but she just wanted to leave the Grand Hall. So, Brooke just smiled and pointed to the doors to the Grand Hall. They smiled back and nodded. Brooke turned and began walking away as she heard Padma and Mandy say, in unison. "Library." She shook her head laughing, was she that predictable? She laughed to herself silently as she left the Grand Hall, and made her way to the library. A Ravenclaw's haven.
She opened the doors and looked around. Unlike her fellow Ravenclaws she didn't find the library all that interesting. She preffered the whomping willow to a book. But it was a place that she could escape to. She found an empty table and sat down. She let her head rest in her hand and stared at the wall.
"Brooke!" Brooke stepped out of the cab, ran and embraced her mother who stepped out of the house. Cameron got out of the other side and paid the cab, then walked over to the two girls. "I missed you so much!" Her mother exclaimed. Brooke buried her face into her mother's shoulder like she had done with Cameron. She had missed her mother as well. She always did. She cried silent tears of happiness. She let out a small laugh, her mother always missed her.
"I missed you too mom." She said finally pulling away from her mother. Her mother smiled at her, tears falling down her face silently. She hugged her mother again, happy to be home and with her mother. "I have so much to tell you about school mom!" Brooke said. Cameron walked over to them, then Brooke heard a whistle.
"Oh Brooke!" Brooke released her mother and turned around just as she was tackled into the soft grass by a blond monster. Or, as Brooke knew it, her friend Cameo Maddox. She hit the ground with a slight groan. "Miss me?" Cameo asked smiling. Brooke smiled back and hugged her.
"It feels to be home. I missed you all!" She said holding Cameo close to her.
"Brooke, hey. Come on, it's time for class!" Someone's voice shook her from her thoughts and memories. She opened her eyes, and realized where she was. The library she looked around and saw Padma standing there, looking concerned. Brooke stood up, shakily and Padma helped her stand up straight. "Brooke, you okay? It's not like you to space out and fall asleep at both breakfast and in the library. Where's the Brooke I know and love?" Brooke looked at her.
"I don't know…" Brooke let Padma pull her out of the library. "What class do we have?" Padma stopped, and turned to Brooke, and lifted her hand to Brooke's forehead.
"Are you feeling okay Brooke? You've been acting really weird today. Like abnormal weird." Well, Brooke still had enough sense to glare at Padma for that remark, to which Padma laughed. Soon they were joined by Mandy. She was running, and seemed to be out of breath. "Mandy you okay?" Padma asked. Mandy took a few breaths in then pointed behind her. Brooke and Padma looked to see a gang of Slytherins looking at them. The both looked at Mandy then at the Slytherins.
"Run!" Padma and Brooke both yelled in unison. Brooke grabbed onto Mandy as they began running toward their class, Transfiguration. As they neared the room, they slowed. The Slytherins glared at them, and Brooke recognized one as Draco Malfoy. She smirked at them as they walked away then she turned to Mandy.
"What did you do to make them mad?" Mandy watched the Slytherin gang leave, then snickered.
"The amazing bouncing ferret." Mandy sang. Brooke burst out laughing, and Padma held it back. "What? I got bored." Brooke laughed again. Then looked at Mandy.
"Are you in the right house? That was pretty brave of you Mandy. Draco Malfoy looked like he would've loved to be able to hex you. Luckily for you, you came to the right people in a time like that." Brooke said with a smile. Padma turned to the classroom that the girls were in front of.
"We should get to class." She said. Brooke laughed again, and pushed Mandy and Padma into the classroom full of Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs. All three sat down at a table together, and watched Professor McGonagall. Brooke smiled, she had two of her best friends at her side, and she had just laughed for the first time in a couple of months, she was happy.