1st year
Bárbara's POV
I was really scared, I knew I was a witch since I was the right age to know what a witch or a wizard meant. And I also knew I was going to Hogwarts, and I was really hopping I would success there; I wanted to become an auror. My father looked at me and smiled, his hair was kinda long, it went to his shoulders, it was black and straight. He was handsome, with a pretty good constitution, gentle brown eyes and tanned skin, he was pretty tall. My father was an animagus, he could turn into a big black dog, I found it pretty cute, and I also wanted to become one. He didn't seemed to be my dad, we weren't alike, I was all my mother, I was short with 5'3, Iwith a pretty wavy, middle of the back long, dark brown hair, my eyes were of a vibrant shade of green and popped out of my pale face. He looked at me and grinned.
"Don't worry, sweetheart, you'll do just fine" my father assured, I looked at him upset.
"And if I fail? And what house will I be in? And if the teachers don't like me? And if I don't make any friends?" I asked almost crying, I was like that, if I was nervous I felt the need to cry.
"Those are a lot of if's honey, just calm down, Harry will be there with you" my father said smiling, that made me feel better "Talking about Harry, they should be here by now!"
As if on cue I saw Harry and his family, alongside with other family, those were all redheads with freckles, I saw a boy my age talking with Harry. They walked to us and Harry's father, James hugged my dad and grinned.
"We were walking to here when we bumped into the Wesley's" James explained presenting the family, I finished knowing that the boy Harry was talking to was Ron, the second youngest of the Wesley's. His sister Ginny was the only girl of the four and also the youngest, the other two were the twins Fred and George they were the oldest "Oh and we also bumped into Lucius"
"And what is he doing here?" my father asked, Lilian, Harry's mother smiled and shook her head, she knew about the animosities between the trio that my dad, James and Lupin did and Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape.
"He has a son, it will also be his first year" Lilian said with a gentle voice. She was loving and beautiful, Harry had her eyes. James, Molly, Ron's mother, and my father snickered. I looked at them confused "We better start putting our kids' bags in the train before we don't have time"
_30mn later_
"In which house you think you'll be?" Ron asked, now that he was more comfortable, I could see he was a great kid and a good friend, but he sometimes talked too much "I'm gonna be in Griffindor for sure! All my family is or was in Griffindor!"
"I think I'll be on Griffindor too" Harry said smiling, he pushed some of his black hair aside and turned to me "And you, Babi?" I looked at him unsure, I didn't know. My father had broken the family tradition, he had gone to Griffindor, while all the rest of the family had gone to Slytherin "I don't know, my father went to Griffindor, but the rest of my family went to Slytherin"
"Don't worry, Babi, I promise that if you enter in Slytherin, we'll still be your friends!" promised Harry giving me a gorgeous smile, I smiled too, blushing a little, I had a crush on Harry, but he was my best friend. Ron looked unsure; Harry glared at him "Yeah, totally what he said!" Ron stuttered looking a little scared, I laughed.
"Thanks guys" I said smiling a lot, I knew they would keep their promise.
Normal POV
The door slid open and a girl their age with bushy light brown hair stood at the door, she had a tanned skin and honey colored eyes. She smiled to the trio and blushed
"Look, can I join you?" she asked looking around the cabin, her look then passed by Ron, then Harry, and finally Barbara "All other cabins are full and this one is the less crowded one. By the way, I'm Hermione Granger"
"Hi" Barbara said with a small smile "Yeah, you can join us, that's not a problem, right guys?"
Harry nodded his agreement, while Ron had this doubtful look, but neither Harry nor Barbara gave attention to the boy's doubt, so he just nodded slowly. Hermione slid the door closed and sat at Barbara's side, the four of them resumed talking. That was until the door was slid open again, this time by four boys, two were much alike, so they must be brothers. The other two were completely different, they had the same height, but one was blonde with pale complexion and steel grey eyes, the other had raven black hair, tanned skin and auburn eyes, they were both gorgeous and just by looking at them you could tell the two boys were rich and arrogant.
"Look who we have here" said the blonde one smirking "Looks like there's another Wesley in Hogwarts. I could recognize the red hair, freckles and second-hand clothes anywhere."
"And by the arrogant attitude you must be a Malfoy" Ron said, his face redder by each second, Harry chuckled while both girls looked at Ron with an worried look, the blonde boy snickered and took his wand out of his pocket pointing it at Ron "Petrificus Totalus"
As the spell hit Ron, his body tensed, making his legs glue together as well as his arms to his torso, he looked like a board, only his eyes were moving. Barbara and Harry got up and turned to Malfoy, who was laughing joined by the other three boys, Hermione walked to Ron and tried to help the best she could.
"You stupid, spoiled brat!" Barbara said, her fists clenching in anger, ready to punch the boy who had done harm to one of her friends. Malfoy looked down at her and snickered again.
"You better shut that mouth of yours, before I hex you too" he said pointing his wand at her, Barbara drew hers and pointed it at the source of her anger "I would love to see you try" she spat.
The boy now looked angry, she grinned before he said his spell "Petrificus Totalus" At the same time Barbara contra-cursed "Protego"
Barbara grinned as the hex backfired and hit a very surprised Malfoy, who fell down on the floor, the same way as Ron. Harry and Hermione laughed, he knew how unpredictable his best friend could be, and she had awesome reflexes, and a good knowledge of spells, curses and contra-curses. The raven haired boy, Draco's friend apparently, grabbed his wand and pointed it at Barbara, her eyes narrowed "If you don't want to end up like your Blondie friend here, I hope not a word of a spell comes out of your mouth!"
The boy glared at her and mentioned with his head to Draco Malfoy, the boys that were at his sides, hurried to the blonde boy and picked him up, walking out of the four children sight "I swear that you're going to regret that spell all your life!"
She grinned before answering with a mocking voice "I'm up for the challenge"
_At Hogwarts_
The first year students waited patiently for their time, the time when they would be sorted to their houses, the houses founded by four great wizards that wanted to pass their immense knowledge to the children through generations; Although they waited patiently, that did not meant that they weren't nervous, most of them had family pressure to be in a certain house.
Barbara stood in line, biting her lip as she waited her time at the sorting hat, Professor MacGonnal, the middle-aged witch in green robes read the quill in her hands before saying in her spell magnified voice "Black, Barbara"
Barbara walked nervously to the small chair, the old brown leather hat in the hand of MacGonnal, who was looking as serious as always, although her gaze softened as she looked at the little girl nervously sitting at the chair. The woman accommodated the hat in Barbara's head, silence governed the room, everyone was anxious to know which house was going to be hers. The waiting was terrible, the suspense and anticipation made it all worse, after what seemed like hours the hat's choice was heard though the Great Hall "Slytherin"
The last table at the right erupted with cheers, some students even Rose from their seats and clapped, her family was well-known, along with the Potter, Wesley and Granger families, those families where the ones that played an important hole in the war, one century and a half ago. Barbara made her way to the Slytherin table, walking shyly, she took a seat next to a blond girl, she turned to where she had come from and saw a new student.
Barbara waited patiently for her friends to be sorted, but she soon saw that the three of them had the same destiny, the Griffindor table, she was sad, she had been left alone in a house where Draco Malfoy was. Most surprising was that Draco's best friend had been sorted to Griffindor, she now knew his name was Daniel Veninni. She sighed and started eating, she knew she would be going to endure long years, really long years.