Violet Potter, First Year Mentor
Violet Potter on her way to Kings Cross for her fourth year alone she somehow ends up being the go to for all Muggleborn first years. Perhaps she will enjoy this year.
Chapter One- Kings Cross.
Violet found her summer to be rather awful and unusual, and for once it wasn't because of her soon to be former uncle and her cousin Dudley (who seemed to have magical curved his bullying habits, and seemed to have be working to be a decent human being.). She had caught a rather bad summer cold that had decided to send her to the ER where the doctors saw she had developed pneumonia.
Her immune system had to take a vacation, she she found herself spending most of her summer bedridden while listening to her Aunt and Uncle fight about the cost of her medication. She had been surprised when her Aunt was her side, while her uncle wanted her to stop the medicine likely hoping she would die. Dudley was middle ground when it concerned her, he didn't care that she was sick but was still hoping that she wasn't going to be dropping dead.
Violet had found it surprising when her cousin hadn't been blaming her for his parents fighting. Upon being asked Dudley revealed that during the month before she had returned from her school he saw his dad treating her Aunt Petunia like a punching bag much like how she had been treated prior to Hogwarts. Upon seeing the look on her cousin's face, she had given the only advice she could.
"If you see him do it again run to one neighbor's house and tell them to call the police and tell them what your dad doing to Aunt Petunia."
Which despite their differences Dudley agreed that could be the best thing to do more since Violet figured that if he used this house's phone it could put himself in danger depending if her uncle decided to turn on him.
A few days after Violet had told him her idea she had found herself waking up from a medicated sleep by the yelling of cops and her uncle, it was soon afterwards her aunt started to final for divorce and full custody of Dudley.
It also wasn't long after that Violet found out some very interesting things, her relatives had been paid two thousand every month to keep her only for it to go mostly towards Dudley and leaving her the bear minimum of things to survive. That was also when her pneumonia was finally going away. By that time Hogwarts was only a month away, which thankfully she managed to get her homework done. While she was recovering from Summer sickness as she decided to call her Summer Hell, she found out from her Aunt that Mr. Weasley had invited her to the Quidditch World Cup, but she had replied to him explaining why she couldn't go. Due to lack of response or appearance she assumed that they accepted why.
Violet found that it sucked that she had been unable to go but then thought she could try to get tickets to next years.
But to the present, since Vernon was out of the picture (severing his time in a nice little jail cell for abuse of her Aunt and herself, plus several counts of fraud, plus he also earned himself hard labor to boot) her Aunt had decided to finally get her a wardrobe that actually fit, Dudley was told to cut back on the sweets, and put on a diet. Her cousin was also taken out of Smeltings (and seem to be a better choice) and place in another much closer one that would allow her Aunt to spend more time with her son. Her Aunt had also decided to put the nursing degree she had to work after she recertified.
Which led her to where she was now, dropped off at Kings Cross with the order to return for the Christmas Holidays. She was on her way to the platform with two hours to spare. She had felt much better today than she had in a while after being so sick all summer.
She was passing by a row of seats while she was on her way to the platform when she saw a group of parents talking apparently talking about what a rip off and why they didn't have someone to show them the right platform while the first year age group of children were apparently pooling their money together for something.
"-That Mr. Snape was so rude to Zeck, before he left. Platform 9 ¾ you would think that they would at least tell you how to get on it. Asking makes you look mentel. At this rate he won't be able to try magic out for they expel him for not showing up." one of the women said harshly while other nodded in agreement.
At the name Snape, Violet decided to intervern.
"Excusse me ma'am." Violet asked the woman who mention her Potions Professor, getting her attention by a tap on the shoulder.
"WHAT!" the woman nearly screamed look ready to bust with fury, but she paid that no mind.
"I happen to hear you mention a Mr. Snape. Would that happen to Professor Severus Snape of Hogwarts?" she asked as she watched eyes widen with relife.
"Yes, that would be him. Would you be able to show us how to get to the platform? We came here so early to get our kids early so they could try to make some new friends while they did just not the way we thought." a dark skinned man said looking a Violet as if she was God sent.
"Sure that kind of asked the lady what she meant by Mr. Snape. But would you mind if you wait a minute I didn't eat anything before I was dropped off, overslept." Violet replied while feeling a little embarrassed.
"It' not problem. I'm sure that what our kids have doing while talked about how the teachers who told us our children could do magic failed to tell us how to get out children to the school's train. My little girl Jenny was so excited to go that she forgot about eating breakfast, rushing me to get here." a rather scholarly man said while pointing the group of soon to be first years.
"I see." Violet said before walking over to the first years.
A brown haired girl in a blue pea coat and black skirt was the first to see her.
"Who are you?" she asked catching the attention of the other five.
"I here to get you guys on the train to Hogwarts, which ever one of you is Jenny, you dad mentioned that you didn't eat anything before coming here. So why don't we get something to eat so we aren't starving on the way to school.?"
Getting the food was a fast transaction and was easy to put in a large insulated bag that she had several soda she had decided to bring for the train ride and a few weeks into term. Sharing them wouldn't give any grief from her Aunt. she already had several large boxes juices to drink as she was tiring of pumpkin juice as she didn't care for butterbeer.
They were soon at Platform 9 and 10.
"It's crazy but to get on Platform 9 ¾ you walk through of the wall of 9 and 10." Violet told the first years.
"Are you serious?" a dark skinned boy asked in disbelief.
"Like I said it's crazy. The other thing is that your parents may not be able to get on the plarform, something about wards repeling non magicals."
So after goodbyes the first years started going through the wall, right before she was going to go through herself she was stoped by Mrs. Feralfront.
"I'm really sorry about this, but could I ask you one more favor. Could you try to make sure that my son eats, he very clever and thoughtful so he sometime forgets to eat while he eying the things around him. I know that it's asking a lot." she started before Violet stoped her.
"It's no problem." Violet said. "I really need to go I have the food and I'm hungry and I'm sure that the others would like to eat too. I'll have him send you letter or something. I'm sure Aries would love the exercise.
"Alright thank you."
Upon getting on the platform, Violet found herself nearly dragged to the train by Cato the boy who mother wanted her to keep an eye on.
"We found a compartment that will fit all of us It also has a table to put the food. The others are laying claim to it I stayed behind so you wouldn't be dragged off by any of your friends. Taking our food." Cato said.
"So I'm being held captive by a bunch of first years, I have no complaint let's go"