Hogwarts Meets Sarah and the Weasley Twins
A/N: This is my second fanfic ever tee hee tee hee Ha ha ha HA HA BWA HA HA HA HA (goes off into spastic laughter) sorry about that, Please, Please, Please review everything is welcome (even a flame if you must however know this I do not respond well to flames (well I dont imagine I would see I've never actually gotten a flame before but as my friend says Flames are for roasting marshmallows so please dont misuse them) So without further adieu, THE STORY..
Chapter One: Lost and Found
Sarah was lost. Utterly and completely lost. She was currently in an awkward situation. Staring straight at it she could clearly see Platform Nine and Platform Ten, so how the heck was she supposed to find Platform 9 and ¾? She stood there fully dressed in what she now knew was called Muggle clothing and carrying a trunk, a pure black male owl named Coal, and her wand shoved deep into her pocket. Sarah was an 11 year old girl, well an 11 year old witch to be precise who had grown up knowing only the Muggle way of life. She had often found her mother staring at her rather oddly as though expecting something to happen, but Sarah had always assumed that was what 5 months pregnant women did.
The incident that proved Sarah was a witch had happened without her even knowing what a witch was or that her mother Ann had been expecting something like this to happen for quite some time now. Sarah had been playing with a stray dog when a man had come from no where it had seemed to her 9 year old self and had offered her a lollipop if she came with him.
Sarah had willingly agreed with an enthusiastic nod of her head seeing as her mother had never taught her to not go with strangers only not to talk to them and so she deemed it safe to follow the man as long as she didn't say a word, which did not prove to be a difficult task seeing as she had a lollipop to occupy her mouth at the time (Sarah always had had a thing for lollipops). She had followed him for about three blocks when he tried to shove her into a car.
Sarah who had been enjoying her lollipop at the time had not thoroughly appreciated being thrown onto a cold leather seat and having the lollipop ripped from her mouth, then with a loud bang she had appeared in her front yard completely unharmed and with not only her current lollipop returned to her but with lollipops seemingly raining down on her. Sarah had been so overjoyed that she had danced in the rain (if that's what you would call it) until her mother had come out and started crying right there in the middle of the lawn that was currently being covered in lollipops.
Well the man had never been seen again but Sarah had been hugged and snuggled and lectured to death about the importance of not only not talking to strangers but to never EVER go with one of them even if they offered you a whole bag of lollipops. Two years later Sarah had received a letter in the mail about a school, a school that would change her life.
So, back to the situation at hand. Sarah had absolutely no idea what to do and consequently decided to stand there and wait for another witch or wizard to come along and show her what to do. Just then, she saw a mob of red haired people rushing through the platforms at top speed, and so decided to follow them. After all, what could be more peculiar and magical then a crowd of red heads running through the station? Sarah followed them until they were standing right beside where she had been staring not too long ago and listened to their conversation. She was catching bits and pieces of it such as, "Ginny get off my foot", or "FRED WEASLEY IF YOU DONT STOP TRYING TO STEAL SCABBERS FROM RON I WILL SEND YOU HOME THIS INSTANT AND YOU WON'T GO TO SCHOOL THIS YEAR!" This phrase earned many curious glances and several murmured comments which the red haired mob now renamed the Weasleys chose to ignore.
Suddenly a black haired boy appeared by there side at the word Muggle and started to stammer nervously, "Excuse me but co... could you tell me how to get on to the platform?" The boy looked nervously around but the woman in the crowd of redheads turned and smiling warmly at him and answered, "Of course dear, is it your first year going to Hogwarts? It's Ron's first year as well,"
The black haired boy with shocking green eyes covered with heavily tapped glasses nodded at this and stood there apparently waiting for the platform to shoot out at him. "Now," began who Sarah assumed was Mrs. Weasley, "You and Ron will go first and walk straight at the wall, best do it at a bit of a run if your nervous, but trust me, this will get you to the platform." The boy smiled meekly and then turned to face the platform with one of the younger boys and they simultaneously started to run towards a rather firm looking brick barrier.
Sarah stood there waiting for the crash, but it didn't come. Both boys disappeared into the barrier! It was then that Sarah chose to make her entrance. Pushing her trunk forward she let out a noise that was supposed to sound like "Hi", but ended up being "Hi – OOF!" as two red haired identical boys ran into her at the same time while trying to get to the barrier. They tumbled into a heap on the floor and Sarah being at the bottom of the pile with a very disgruntled looking Coal. Both boys shot up shouting "I'M O.K.!" at the top of their lungs before looking down to see who or what exactly had caused them to fall.
Sarah was lying on the floor, trying hard to remember how she got there when two heads looked down at her. One of the heads said, "How many tongues do I have?" and proceeded to stick out his tongue out at her, to which she repeated the gesture with a look of pure malice on her face. "Oy, Mum, come ere! Man down, Man, well, in your case, WOMAN DOWN WOMAN DOWN! Mrs. Weasley came running to the scene and immediately started lecturing the two boys on how they were supposed to help up people they knocked down and not give them a lovely show of their tongue which should be kept in their mouth at all times, and to not cause such a commotion. To this the boys responded, "But mum, it's our job to cause commotions."
From all of this Sarah gathered that she was indeed not crazy and that there were two boys who looked exactly the same standing in front of her. Mrs. Weasley finally bent down to help Sarah up while behind her back the twins were imitating their recent lecture with slightly exaggerated expressions causing Sarah to have to hold back a smile. Sarah looked up gratefully at Mrs. Weasley and said, "Thank you," in a slightly trembling voice due to the effort it was taking her not to laugh at the twins' replay of the lecture. The next sentence came out a blur so that she wouldn't burst out laughing but was unfortunately a bit hard to comprehend. MynameisSarahcouldyoutellmehowtogetontotheplatformpleasecauseitsmyfirstyearandmymomleftandIdontknowwheretogoandIthoughtthatmaybeifIfollowedyouIcouldgethelp Sarah said in one quick breath before surrendering to silent giggles.
Mrs. Weasley looked amused for a minute and then said, "Don't worry, just go with Fred and George, the twins. The one you just saw that went through the barrier was Ron, though I'm afraid I don't know the other boy's name, he was very polite though. Anyways, back there is Ginny, Percy, Charlie, and Bill. Charlie and Bill are out of Hogwarts though they just came to see off Ron on his first year. Percy is Prefect so its really quite exciting, Ginny however isn't old enough to go to Hogwarts yet, but next year she will so were all excited for her and –" The twins cut Mrs. Weasley off. "Mum! Jeez! We call you over for help, and you nearly talk the poor girl's ears off!" Said Fred (or was it George?). "Yeah, Mum, isn't it enough that you've already talked the rest of our ears of but now you have to go and talk off some poor stranger's ears, have you no mercy?"
Sarah wasn't sure which twin had said which thing but she found both extremely amusing and tried very hard not to burst out laughing. Mrs. Weasley turned to the twins and gave them a death glare. "Name's Fred," said one of the twins, ignoring his mother completely which only seemed to aggravate her more. "And I'm George," replied Fred's identical counterpart. "I'm Sarah," she replied. Her head was starting to hurt from holding in all her laughter. "Shall we?" said Fred, offering Sarah his hand. Sarah took it gladly and was pulled to her feet. "Come on, you two, I'm ready to go!" George had already reached the starting position to enter the barrier and was waiting for his brother and their new companion to follow. When Fred and Sarah reached George he grabbed her other arm and then both said at the exact same time, "Off we go!" They burst into a run, dragging Sarah and her trunk along with her straight at the barrier. Sarah began to doubt whether Coal would ever look at her again, for this was the second time that day that the owl had been rudely awakened.
WHOOSH! Suddenly, Sarah was in a completely different world and right in front of her was a big shiny sign reading Platform 9 and ¾ in golden letters. "So that's how you get onto the platform," Sarah said. "Yup," said George and then Sarah realized that she was still being held onto by the twins, one on each side. "Well, thank you for helping me. Would you guys mind letting go of my arms? I can't feel them anymore!" Fred and George burst into laughter, and seconds later Sarah joined them releasing all of the giggles that had been pent up inside of her on the platforms outside of the barrier. Mrs. Weasley and Ginny suddenly appeared beside them closely followed by Bill, Charlie and Percy. Sarah desperately tried to tame her laughter but it just got worse and worse. George was the first one to stop laughing, and he stood there gasping for breath. Fred and Sarah stopped a few seconds later both of them were very red in the face and Sarah let out an occasional giggle here and there. Mrs. Weasley who had stood there patiently waiting for the laughter to subside finally spoke. "Well, dear, it's been very nice meeting you and I'm sure you'll have a great time at Hogwarts."
At this Sarah froze. She didn't know anyone in the wizarding world except the
Weasleys and Mrs. Weasley had, in Sarah's mind, just told her to go away. Having no idea of what to do, she said goodbye and boarded the train.
Sarah wandered down the train trying to find an empty compartment finally when she succeeded she shoved her luggage above her and began to talk to Coal. "Well, I know you're probably very mad at me right now, and I would be mad at me too if I had been tossed on the floor twice, so I apologize most sincerely," Sarah said in a rather pompous voice. She dug around in her trunk for the snack her mother had packed her, and shared it with the owl. After a few minutes, Coal fell asleep. Sarah decided it would be best to follow his example and was out like a light.