Prologue
The day I found out that I was pregnant was the best yet worst of my life. All alone, I sat and the couch and cried in terror. However, this comes later in the story. I guess I should start at the beginning, the month before my first year.
"Winter! Mail for ya!" my younger sister, Libby, called to me. I run down the stairs and take the professional looking letter.
"Look Mum, a wax seal," I laugh. She scoffs when she sees it, shaking her head. I open it and laugh, I laugh so hard that tears well up. "Oh- my- God! Mum, you'll- never believe- this- letter!" I manage between fits of unrepressed laughter.
She snatches it out of my hands, looking at me as if I were insane, and reads it. She laughs as well, except not as hard as I did and she stops soon. "Insane people, thinking my daughter is a witch," she laughs.
"A witch? But she doesn't have any warts or green skin," Libby says, confused. I smile, and we go on with our day, forgetting about the letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
...
A couple days later, there's a knock at the door. A woman wearing strange robes stands with a girl about my age. "Winter Frost, I presume!" the middle aged woman asks.
"Um, yeah," I mumble. "Uh, MUM!"
My mum scurries into the room and pushes me out of the way. "Marcy Frost, how can I help you?" she says politely.
"Hello, I am Professor Minerva McGonagall from Hogwarts. I was instructed to take Winter to Diagon Alley to get her the things she'll need for her school year," the woman tells my mum.
My mum looks at her for a couple seconds, her face darkening with anger, "How far will you nutty people take a joke? There's no such thing as magic!"
We watch in astonishment as Professor McGonagall shrinks into a tabby cat. My mum screams, I just watch with an astounded face. She turns back into a human.
"As you can see, magic does exist, and your daughter just so happens to have it," she says to my shell shocked mum. "Now, may I take her to Diagon Alley to get her things?"
"Uh, yeah," my mum responds dumbly. I pat her head lovingly and put on shoes and head out.
"Ms. Frost, this is Lily Evans, who is also muggle born. Ms. Evans, this is Winter Frost."
We say hello and I observe the girl for a couple seconds. She's quite pretty, with auburn hair and emerald eyes.
"Wait, what's a muggle?" I ask.
"A non-magical human," Lily says. I nod, somewhat understanding.
We get to our destination, a shady looking pub called the Leaky Cauldron. I raise my eyebrows to Lily, and she shrugs her shoulders in response. Professor McGonagall walks to the back and taps a pattern on the brick wall. Loud grumbling sounds and the wall opens, showing a pathway littered with shops of magical origins. My jaw drops open, and I glance over to Lily, who has the same expression.
"Let's start with wands, shall we?" the professor asks. We both nod dumbly. As we walk to the store, we stare around at the shops in amazement.
We walk into a shop called Ollivander's and meet a frazzled looking man. He starts with Lily, testing her with many wands before fitting her with a 10 ¼ inch wand made out of willow, great for charms apparently.
He moved on to me, testing one wand before an idea struck him. He pulled one out. "12 inches exactly, ebony with dragon heartstring," he says.
I feel a bit bad that a dragon's heartstring was used, but I flick it. All of the damage previously made by me was reversed. Professor McGonagall gets the wands for us.
"Um, pardon me for asking, but what money are you using to buy these for us?" I ask.
"Hogwarts has reserved money for muggle born witches and wizards. We get your first wands with it and your robes. We'll provide you with hand me down books as well. Once you grow up and get enough money, we'd hope you make a donation so the other muggle born students or students with financial strain can also get wands and robes," she explains. Lily and I nod, promising to make a donation once we grow up.
We go get robes and then the professor takes Lily and me to our homes. I find out that Lily doesn't live too far away from me, so we make plans to hang out a week before we head to Hogwarts. I think that was the professor's idea, let us know someone before going to Hogwarts. It's a nice thought and Lily and I had really hit it off on the trip, interested in a lot of the same things.
...
The day comes that Lily and I had planned to hang out so I go over to her house. She is sitting on her porch talking to a guy our age with kind of stringy black hair.
"Hi," I smile to both of them.
"Hi, Winter. This is my friend, Severus, who's also a wizard and going to Hogwarts with us in a week. Severus, this is Winter," Lily introduces us. We say hello, and we all go to a field. Severus demonstrates some magic and we all just talk for a bit. I don't think Severus is that bad, and I can tell he has a thing for Lily, who is completely oblivious.
I suddenly get up and walk, pretending to be completely innocent, and tag Lily. I scream, "TAG!" then run away. Lily tags Severus and he charges after her. He tags me next and I chase him, tackling him. This goes on for a while before we all fall to the ground, exhausted.
I start to laugh, and soon Lily joins in. We laugh so hard that Severus can't help but laugh. Before we know it, I have to go home. We say goodbye and promise to sit next to each other on the train.
When I get home, I say hi to my mum. "How did it go?" she asks.
"Brilliantly," I smile brightly. I tell her about the day and she smiles.
"I'm glad you'll have some friends at Hogwarts," she says a bit sadly, and I hug her.
"I'm gonna miss you so much," I softly cry into her shoulder. She holds me for a bit then pushes me back so I can look into her eyes glistening with tears.
"I'll miss you too darling, but it'll be fine, you'll be fine," she smiles. I nod and hug her.
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September 1st, I say goodbye to my mum and Libby and run through the wall to get to platform 9 ¾, which was an interesting experience. I saw many wizards and witches do it, but it scared me. I made it safely though.
I find Lily and we sit on the train, joined by Severus after a few minutes. "Excited?" I ask both of them, smiling brightly.
"Yes!" Lily exclaims, but Severus just nods.
We talk about everything that was happening, Lily and I had looked through the books we got in the mail from Hogwarts, and I was so excited to learn magic that I could barely contain myself. I tapped my fingers on my leg the entire way there.
We got to the destination after a while and are instructed to get on the boats. We head over and meet Professor McGonagall. She tells us what will be happening and we wait to go inside. After a while, we go in to be sorted. They pull out a ratty old hat and call the first person up. I watch in amazement as the hat comes to life and calls out the house the person will be in. I watch nervously, not really paying attention until, "Sirius Black." Professor McGonagall's voice is clear and a boy walks up. He looks like he skipped the gawky period that everyone else is going through, he has an easy smile as well.
"Slytherin," one of the students behind me mumbles.
"Yeah, why do we have to sit through the obvious ones," another person groans.
Everyone gasps in disbelief when the hat calls out, "GRYFFINDOR!"
The boy looks a bit sad for a second before grinning to himself. The people at the Gryffindor table clap enthusiastically while the people at the Slytherin table scowl at the boy.
I watch him for a while until I hear Lily's name. She gets into Gryffindor. After a while my name is called. I walk up in terror, sitting in the chair. The hat barely touches my head before, "GRYFFINDOR!" I smile brightly and go over to sit next to Lily. We watch to see Severus, he gets placed in Slytherin and we glance over to each other, disappointed.
The houses are all sorted and the feast begins.
Chapter 1
Fourth Year
"Lily," I groan, "wake up!" I shake my best friend until her green eyes open. She gives me an annoyed look.
"It's Saturday!" she yells at me. "Why are you waking me up!"
"Because Mr. Potter requests your presence," I smile and bow, acting like her butler. She pushes me, groaning.
"I don't want to see Potter!" she exclaims. "He's such a prat!"
I laugh, dragging her to the Gryffindor commons after she changes. James Potter stands, backed up by his friends Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and, my least favorite, Sirius Black.
"Lily, will you go out with me on the 5th?" he asks. James Potter has been in love with Lily since our first year. He asks her out every chance he gets.
"Sorry, I have plans with Winter that day. It's the day we go to Hogsmeade, correct?" she explains.
"Well, that's not a problem since Frost can hang out with me," Sirius says, grabbing my arm and pulling me towards him.
"Bloody hell no!" I exclaim. "I will not be hanging out with you!" I'm not surprised by Sirius's claim. He likes to flirt with me, and wants to help out with his best friend James.
"Aww, that hurts," he smiles.
"Sorry James, but no," Lily says. James looks a bit sad for a second but then perks up.
"What if we all hang out that day?" he suggests, he strikes me with a pleading gaze. He knows that if I say yes Lily can't go against it.
"Ugh, I'm okay with that," I say. Lily gives me a deer in headlights look, and I shrug apologetically.
"I knew you couldn't stay away from me," Sirius grins at me. I raise an eyebrow and punch his shoulder. "Ow!" he exclaims. "What was that for?"
"You being a stupid prat," I smile.
Lily laughs, "Well, I guess I've got no choice. We'll go."
James smiles and pumps his fist, which Lily raises her eyebrows at.
"Oh, but if you guys are mean to Severus at all we won't go," I say, Lily nods enthusiastically. Sirius groans.
"What!" James exclaims. "We can't do anything to Snivellus?"
I growl, "You stupid arsehole! I can't believe you guys! Severus is such a nice guy and if you just gave him a chance-"
"Give the Slytherin a chance," Sirius snorts, "Frost, you're really funny. Snivellus is not a nice guy and we will certainly not give him a chance."
I glare at Sirius with my full attention, staring straight into his usually pretty grey eyes, which I find disgusting at the moment. "You're such a bloody bully!" Everyone shrinks back slightly at my raised voice. I don't raise my voice very often, and it's a sign that I am royally pissed off. "Why can't you idiots accept the fact that Lily and I are friends with him? It'd be like me bullying Remus because he's "not a nice guy" or because he's a Gryffindor!" I rant. "You lot just don't like him because Potter is jealous that Lily actually likes Severus."
I drag Lily away after finishing my speech, leaving the boys speechless. I'm normally not confrontational, but they really make me mad sometimes. Lily and I go to breakfast.
...
I watched the only girl who interested me storm off in anger. "Bloody hell!" I exclaim, punching the mantle of the fireplace.
Winter Frost would be the death of me, the beautiful girl who didn't understand her values. She was so funny, beautiful, snarky, and- well- perfect. She was perfect. I love everything about her; her long dark brown hair, her white blue eyes, her pale skin, her attitude, her smile, her everything. Bloody hell, I sound like James… but I guess it just takes the right girl to bring it out.
Ugh, but Snivellus. He seems to always be a problem, Lily talks to him, Winter talks to him. James and I can't stand him, Remus always gets angry, but we just can't help it. Whenever we see him, we have to bully him, it's just understood.
That girl just doesn't understand. She never understands. She always gets angry, but I'm fine with that. She's kind of sexy when she gets mad at me.
"I can't believe them," James growls in frustration. "What's so great about Snivellus?"
"I don't know Prongs. Maybe it's his stringy hair," I laugh. James laughs with me.
"I didn't know girls liked that. It explains why so many girls like you Padfoot," he says, nudging my arm.
"Maybe you should stop showering, girls like the rustic look," I suggest.
"Hmm, I don't know if Lily would like the 'rustic' look," James mutters. "But your Winter might."
"Oh, shut up Prongs. You are much more into Lily Evans than I am into Winter Frost," I say, pushing him.
...
"I can't believe them Lily! They've never even given Severus a chance, they just decide they don't like him and pick on him," I complain. My red-headed friend agrees with me in condemning the stupid Marauders. "I mean, if he did something bad to them I'd understand, but I can't see him doing that!"
"They're just stupid boys," Lily says, "don't get too worked up over what they think."
I groan, "Yeah, you're right. Are we still going to hand out with them at Hogsmeade?"
"I think that we could…" she trails off.
"You want to hang out with James but don't want him to know you want to, right?" I tease.
"Yeah, I think if he weren't so mean that I would probably go out with him… I have liked him since last year…" she mumbles. I nod, I knew that she liked him, but she didn't like how much of a prat he is.
"Let's tell them tomorrow, I don't want to make them think that what they said was okay," I say, Lily nods in agreement.
"So, what do you think about Sirius?" Lily asks, nudging my arm.
"He's a stupid brat and a bit promiscuous, if you know what I mean," I say, winking at Lily. She laughs, nodding.
"What if he likes you?"
"He can't like anyone romantically besides himself," I scoff.
"Ouch, that's a bit harsh," Lily laughs.
"But true," I say.
We laugh and then head to the dining hall for lunch. We eat and Lily goes to the library to study. I stay in the Gryffindor common room, reading by the fire. I start humming "Hey Jude" by The Beatles, and then somehow start singing it softly. I jump when a male voice starts to sing with me. I turn to see none other than Sirius Black.
"Oops, sorry Frost. Couldn't help but sing," he says sheepishly. "You like The Beatles?"
"Like them? Is there the possibility to only like them? Buddy, I love them," I smile. He laughs, a masculine, wonderful sound.
"They're pretty great," he agrees.
"How did I know that you'd be a part of the Beatle Mania, you fangirl," I joke.
"You caught me, I'd marry any one of them in a heartbeat," he laughs.
"Not if I get them first," I wink, then go back to my book.
"What'cha reading," he asks, snatching the book out of my hands. I exclaim in protest as he say incredulously, "A book about Jack the Ripper? What?"
"I like learning about serial murderers, sue me. It interests me to read muggle books about muggle murderers. I always wonder whether Jack the Ripper was an evil wizard, which is why the muggle police couldn't find him," I ramble, grabbing my book back.
Sirius ruffles my hair, "I didn't know you had such a dark mind Frost."
"Hey, you didn't have to ask if you didn't want to know," I say, shrugging.
"So, do you forgive me?" he broaches the subject lightly.
"Not completely, but Lily and I decided that unless you have another slip up, we will go with you to Hogsmeade," I grumble.
He smiles his Sirius smile, the one that causes heart palpitations if looked at too long, and hugs me over the chair. "I knew you'd forgive me! You're the nicest person ever!" he smiles.
"Don't lay it on too thick," I advise him, "you're losing some of your cool points."
"Oh no," he straightens up, "can't have that. The ladies need to believe that I'm the best thing since sliced bread."
I stare at him blankly before erupting in laughter at his completely straight face.
"It wasn't that funny," he mumbles. He pretends to be hurt by my laughter, which makes me laugh harder. We sit in the commons, telling jokes and making fun of each other. I haven't had so much fun with Sirius in a while.
Hey, thanks for reading, I hope you liked it. Please review to tell me if you did, and to say if I messed any of the British lingo up. I might not use it right because I'm American and only have some movies and TV shows as reference…