A/N: Welcome to my Harry Potter fanfiction! Join Harry and Theo through their time at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! Learning spells and potions, making friends and defending the world from the Dark Lord every year! Just what they signed up for!
This story is mainly being written to help me with my own original story, Character Development is something I sometimes struggle with so I hoped it would help to put an original character in a world where characters already exist and I know more about them then I do my own family.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
Magic was real.
Magic was real.
Magic was real.
Theo could hardly believe it, and from the giant grin on her brothers face, neither could he. They were sat on a train taking them to god knows where to get their education. Their magical education.
"Where do you think the school is?" Harry asked.
"No idea." Theo shrugged. "Hopefully as far away from the Dursley's as possible." She continued.
"Hopefully." Harry agreed, smiling softly at his twin.
"Do you think we'll make friends?" Harry broke the silence once again.
Theo sunk back into her chair, Harry asking question after question was doing nothing to help her nerves. She understood that he wanted as much information as possible and tended to ask her questions when he was nervous, but it wasn't like she had any more information than he did. She supposed his constant questioning was much better than how she acted whilst nervous. When Theo's nerves took over she always ended up struggling to breathe and nearly passing out, their old schools' nurse told her they were anxiety attacks and gave her several tricks to try and help her. Fortunately for Theo, Harry was a pro at calming her down and sometimes even caught onto the signs of an attack before Theo did.
"Probably. There's no Dudley ruining our chances. And it doesn't matter if we don't, we'll still have each other."
"Even if we're in different houses?"
Ice flooded Theo's veins and she forced herself to take a controlled breath. What would happen if they were in different houses? The two had never been apart in their entire lives. Seeing Harry's worried look, Theo forced the panic from her system.
"You're my brother no matter what." She reassured.
"And you're my sister. My little sister." He teased.
Theo stuck her tongue out at him. "You've no proof."
"Neither do you."
Theo rolled her eyes and focused her eyes on the scenery that was whizzing by now. She squinted trying to focus her eyes but it was just hurting her head. Theo wished she'd smacked Dudley back for whacking her with his Smelting's stick that morning.
Harry looked at her worriedly. "How's the head?"
"S'fine. One of these days I'm gonna smack him back."
This time Harry rolled his eyes. Theo was always talking about hitting Dudley back, she'd never do it though, Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia would kill her if she harmed their precious Ickle Diddykins.
"We won't have to see them until the Christmas holidays." Harry smiled.
Theo grinned back at him.
The two sat in silence for a while until a knock on the cabin door startled them. Harry got out of his seat and opened the door.
"Do you mind if I -um- sit in here? Everywhere else is full."
Theo peeked around her brother to see who it was. It was the red-haired boy in their year, Ron if she remembered correctly.
Harry glanced back at his sister. "Sure."
The room was awkwardly silent for several minutes after the boy settled in.
"Are- are you really The Potter Twins?" He suddenly asked, wincing as soon as he had.
"That's what they're telling us," Harry answered.
"And- and you've really got the-?" He cut himself off and motioned to his own forehead.
"The what?" Harry asked.
"The scars." The boy whispered.
"Oh yeah." Harry brushed back his messy hair revealing the lightning bolt scar smack bang in the middle of his forehead.
Both boys turned to Theo waiting for her. Her scar wasn't as easy to hide as Harry's, whilst her brother's scar looked more like a cartoon lightning bolt, Theo's was a more accurate representation. It started over her left eyebrow and ended just below her eye, one thick deep line with several smaller lines branching off it. Theo hated her scar, Harry always told her it looked badass and like real lightning but Theo hated how it stood out, how people always stared at it. She never really could hide her scar but managed to make it harder to see by always letting her long, dark hair fall in front of her face.
With a nudge from Harry, Theo moved her hair out of the way and felt her lips twitch at the gobsmacked look on the other boys face.
"Wow." The red-headed boy breathed out. "I'm Ron, by the way, Ron Weasley."
Theo was rather glad Ron came to sit with them. The boy had grown up in a magical household and he was telling the twins everything he knew about the magical world, specifically a game called Quidditch and a team the Chuddley Cannons. The three gorged themselves on sweets whilst getting to know one another.
They were halfway through their treats when a pale blonde boy rudely flung the compartment door open.
"So it's true. The Potter Twins are really coming to Hogwarts." Theo dragged her eyes away from her Morgana chocolate frog card, that was combing a hand through her hair, and stared blankly at the boy."I'm Malfoy, Draco Malfoy."
"Theo." She introduced herself slowly. "That's Harry." She nodded to her brother. "And that's Ron."
Malfoy's eyes slowly took in Ron. "A Weasley." He scoffed. "You'll soon learn, Potters, that some Wizarding families are better than others. I'd choose your friends wisely."
"What do you mean by that?" Harry stood up, ready to defend his first friend.
"You can do better than hanging out with blood traitors." He hissed.
Theo shot up. She wasn't about to let her brother fight alone. "I'm sure we can choose our friends for ourselves. I think you should go."
"Go? But we just got here, and we've finished all our sweets." He said smugly, reaching for one of the pumpkin pasties.
Theo clenched her fists tightly, of course, there would be a Dudley at Hogwarts. Scabbers, who was sat right next to the Pasties, startled upon seeing the hand and sunk his sharp teeth into it.
"You'll pay for this." Malfoy threatened after shaking the rat from his hand. "Let's go."
Theo unclenched her fists once he was gone. Her fingers ached as she rubbed them trying to get her blood circulating through them again, and crescent moons littered her palms stinging slightly.
"Thanks," Ron mumbled, embarrassed.
"It was nothing." Harry shrugged.
"We should get changed." Theo put in trying to change the mood. "We've got to close by now."
The boys changed first before they waited in the hall for Theo to finish. Once they were all in their uniforms none of them could find it themselves to talk, all three too nervous about what was going to happen once the train stopped.
As the three friends made their way onto the platform, Theo felt her breathing getting shorter and shorter and her head was getting fuzzy. She tugged on Harry's hand as she desperately tried to get her lungs to cooperate with her.
"Hey," Harry whispered in her ear, his voice calm and soothing. "It's okay, Theo. Everything is going to be okay. You just gotta breathe. Copy me."
Theo's heart thudded in her ears as she choked on her own breath.
"You can do it, Thee, I know you can." Harry continued whispering reassurances in her ears as he pulled her to where the rest of the first years were. By the time they got to Hagrid Theo's breathing had evened out and her hands had stopped shaking.
"You okay?" Harry whispered.
Theo nodded. "Sorry." She muttered, embarrassed.
"Don't be."
"I've got us a boat!" Ron yelled over to the twins.
The waves made Theo's stomach churn violently, she hated water. Harry attempted to shoot soothing looks over to her but Theo paid him no mind, he couldn't do anything for her now, instead, she focused on her nails biting into the palm of her hands as she fisted them tightly.
Hogwarts was a beautiful sight and even Theo couldn't help but gasp as it came into view. The school was a castle. An actual castle.
Unfortunately for the twins, their nerves skyrocketed again when the stern looking deputy headmistress gave them a short speech about the houses and behaviour and she felt like she could've been sick when people started whispering about being tested in front of the whole school.
"Fred told it was painful," Ron muttered.
Theo went pale and swayed on the spot and Harry looked light he might vomit.
"I think he was joking," Ron said quickly.
Theo gripped Harry's hand as tight as she could as they walked into the large hall.
"We'll be okay," Harry told her, though his voice betrayed his own nerves.
Theo looked at the older students, she had been expecting them all to be staring at the small group of first years, but they were all staring at the ratty old hat resting on a stool. Theo physically jumped when it started to sing.
"A hat?! We have to try on a hat?! I'm gonna kill George, he was talking about wrestling a troll." Ron grumbled.
Theo paid no attention to the sorting until she heard her brothers name. The hall filled with whispers and Harry gently removed his hand from hers, much to Theo's dismay.
"He'll be fine," Ron told her.
Theo nodded, eyes focused on her brother. She could see his lips moving but couldn't make out what he was saying.
"GRYFFINDOR!" The hat yelled.
Said table cheered so loud it seemed as though an explosion had been set off in the room.
"Potter, Theodora." Professor McGonagall called once the room had quietened.
Theo's heart stopped and she stumbled forward. What if she wasn't put in the same house? She forced herself to breathe as she sat down. In for the count of four, hold for three, out for five. She focused on the numbers and the breathing as the hat was placed on her head and sunk down covering her eyes.
Well, well, what do we have here?
Theo jumped.
A good brain, a very good brain.
The hat. She suddenly realised the hat was speaking to her.
Loyal too, but that loyalty has to be earned.
'Gryffindor.' Theo begged the hat. 'Please. Gryffindor.' The house of the brave, although Theo was sure she was anything but.
Slytherin would do you well. I can see it now, Theodora Potter; the Queen of Slytherin
'Please. Please. Gryffindor.' Her breathing was coming more sharply.
In, one, two, three, four. Hold, one, two, three. Out, one, two, three, four, five.
The hat was silent and Theo wanted to cry.
I see.
The hat sounded thoughtful.
I know the house that will help you achieve greatness.
Oh god. Theo was so sure she was going to throw up.
"GRYFFINDOR!" The hat announced to the room.
Theo blinked as her eyes adjusted to the brightness of the Great Hall. The Gryffindor table was going nuts, she could even hear a few people chanting 'We got the Potters'. Harry was stood cheering and clapping with the rest of the table. Theo rushed over to him and tossed herself on the bench next to him.
"You okay?"
Theo nodded not trusting her own voice.
"This is Percy," Harry introduced. "One of Ron's older brothers."
Before Theo could form a response Ron's name was called and Percy swivelled around to watch his youngest brother get sorted. The hat barely touched Ron's head before yelling 'GRYFFINDOR!' Ron's brothers cheered loudly for him and Ron sat on the other side of Theo.
"That was loads quicker than yours." Ron nudged Theo, his voice was full of relief.
"You took ages," Harry told her, his eyes full of concern as they scanned her face.
"It took a while to decide where I belonged. Yours wasn't quick either!"
The last person was sorted into Slytherin and then Dumbledore stood to say the oddest assortment of words ever.
"Is he mad?" Harry asked Percy.
"Mad? Yes. He's also brilliant." Percy told him matter-of-factly. "Help yourselves." He gestured to the food that had filled the plates on the table.
Theo's eyes went wide. She'd never seen so much food before.
Harry nudged her, "Bet Duds would be jealous." Theo smiled at him before reaching for some mashed potato.
Theo ate until she was stuffed, then forced some pudding down. By the time she was done Theo was sure she'd explode from the sheer amount of food she had eaten.
After all the plates were empty, Dumbledore stood and the entire room descended into silence.
"Now we've all been fed and watered, there are just a few announcements for you before you all head off to bed. Firstly our new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, if you would give a round of applause for Professor Quirrell." The room filled with polite clapping. "Secondly, Caretaker Filch would like me to remind you all things purchased from Zonko's joke shop are banned, the complete list of all banned items can be found on his office door. Thirdly for our new students, the forest surrounding the school is forbidden to all students, some of our older students should remember that too. And lastly, the third-floor corridor is forbidden to all those who do not wish to suffer a most painful death."
"He's joking, right? Theo asked quietly.
"He doesn't seem to be. All though why he didn't tell the prefects I'll never know." Percy huffed.
Dumbledore cleared his throat before smiling widely at his wards. "Now before we go off to bed, let us all sing the school song." He waved his wand and the words appeared. "Everyone pick a tune and one, two, three."
Ron's twin brothers were the last ones singing, having picked a mournful funeral tune.
"Music." Dumbledore wiped a tear from his eyes. "A magic of its own. Now off to bed with you all."
Percy stood quickly. "First years follow me! Gryffindor first years! This way please."
Theo trudged up many a staircase and tuned Percy out as they walked to the Gryffindor Common Room.
"Girls are on the right, boys on the left," Percy instructed before Hermione Granger caught his attention with another load of questions.
"Guess it was too much to hope we could share a room," Harry muttered.
"At least you're with Ron, I'm stuck with people I don't even know," Theo grumbled around a yawn.
"We'll meet down here first thing," Harry reassured. "Get some sleep." He kissed her forehead.
"You too," She yawned again. "Goodnight Ron."
"See ya in the morning, Theo."
She was the first girl in the dormitory and smiled. She got first pick of the beds, heck she was just happy to have a proper bed. She picked the bed next to the window that had a seat, ever since she and Harry got Dudley's spare room she liked looking out at the stars in the night sky. She could picture many a night sat on the window seat staring at the clear night sky and all its stars.
Soon enough three other girls burst into the room and Theo whipped around to face the door.
"Hello." She said awkwardly, not knowing what to do.
"You're Theodora Potter." The first girl said. "I'm Lavender Brown." She tossed herself onto one of the beds.
Theo frowned, she wasn't sure she liked everyone knowing who she was.
"I'm Parvati Patil." One of the other girls said, pulling back the sheets on the bed she chose.
"Hermione Granger." The last girl said excitedly. "I've read all about you."
"Oh." Theo blinked not really knowing what to say to that. Luckily she yawned again. "Sorry, I'm really tired."
"Of course," Hermione said. "It's been an exciting day. I'll see you in the morning."
"Goodnight." Lavender and Parvati said as she pulled the curtains around her bed.
Theo tossed and turned all night, not used to having so much space or Harry not being right next to her. When she finally dropped off Theo's dreams were full of screams, green light, and burning.
And there you have it! The first chapter! Please let me know what you thought.
Thank you for reading!
