"ELISSA!" Someone shouted from the crowd. Fifteen-year-old Elissa Beckett
turned around and instantly recognized the voice as her best friend Lily
Evans'. Looking through the crowd, she finally caught sight of her friend.
"Lily! I haven't seen you in ages!" Elissa said, so glad to see her friend again. They hadn't seen each other all summer. They had meant to get together but they lived so far away from each other and at the middle of the summer Lily had to go to France and there just wasn't enough time, but enough with the excuses, who cares! She was going back to Hogwarts today and she would see all her friends. How good it was to be back!
"We better be getting on the train if we want to find room for all of us," Lily said, grabbing Elissa's arm and heading for the train. What Lily meant by 'all of us' was their group of friends. There were six of them and they had all been great friends since first year. All of them were in Gryffindor too. There was Elissa and Lily, who were of course best friends, Amber Fulke and Leslie Stryker, who were also best friends, and the last group of best friends were Sabrina Amery and Erica Worth.
They got in the back of the train and found Amber, Erica, and Leslie already sitting together playing cards. "Hey look who it is girls!" Amber said. As the two girls sat down there were exclaims like "Elissa! You let your hair grow! I thought you were going to cut it?" and "Lily you need to tell me all about France! Were there any cute guys there?"
Sabrina came into the car shortly afterwards and got the same sort of welcome. By the time they were all situated, the train started moving and they were off to Hogwarts for their fifth year.
After a while the girls had settled down. They had already heard everyone's stories from the summer and had gotten changed into their robes. They had been playing cards for quite some time now.
"Elissa? Are you staying or are you out?" Leslie said.
"I'm out," She said, setting down her cards.
"Okay then. Sabrina, what do you got?"
"Full House," Sabrina said, putting her cards down face up for all of them to see. All of the girls groaned and put down their cards. Sabrina was the best poker player and she always won.
"I'm bored," Lily said.
Just then, the door to the car opened and in walked four boys whom all the girls knew were James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. The group was infamous for causing mischief wherever they went and leaving many girls heartbroken.
"Hello Ladies," James said, sitting down next to the girls.
"Look what the cat dragged in," Erica said who really didn't like the group. Ever since last year when she had told Sirius she fancied him and he had rejected her she hated him and anyone he hung out with.
"Oh hush up Erica," Sirius said, sitting down next to Elissa.
"You hush up yourself," Erica muttered.
"So how was your summer girls?" James asked, taking no noticed of the two fighting.
Peter sat down, running his hand nervously through his blonde hair. He never was any good around girls, especially nowadays. Remus chose to stand.
"Why so interested?" Amber said flirtatiously. Amber was the drop-dead gorgeous beauty queen of the school and she never said no to an opportunity to flirt with a guy, it was just in her nature.
"I think Sirius just came to stare at Amber," Sabrina mumbled.
Sabrina also acted a bit cold towards Sirius because of what he did to her best friend, and especially because he went after Amber right after he rejected Erica. Sabrina didn't blame Amber, it wasn't her fault she had half the guys in the school after her. . .plus she had said no to Sirius just to be nice to Erica, now that was a real friend. But Sirius. . .well she would always think he was a rotten guy after that. If it were up to her, the group wouldn't hang around those boys at all, they were too much trouble, but some of the others didn't care as much as her about the Sirius thing. Plus Elissa fancied James so they couldn't take her away from talking to that group. Just the same, she wished they'd go away right now.
"Sabrina?" Leslie asked.
"Huh?" Sabrina said, snapping out of her train of thought.
"I asked you where you got that lovely bracelet," she said.
"Oh my dad's Shoppe," she said. Sabrina's parents were muggle-born and her dad owned a Shoppe in London.
Lily looked out the window, "Oh! It looks like we're almost there!" Her eyes trailed to the boy's clothes, which were still their average normal day outfits. "You boys better changed into your robes, we're nearly there."
The boys said their goodbyes and left the car with Erica and Sabrina still mumbling stuff about Sirius and the other three Marauders.
Once they were gone, Elissa started on one of her James-is-so-handsome things while Leslie and Lily put away the stuff they had been using to play poker with.
The train slowed to a stop.
"Girls. Welcome back to Hogwarts!" Erica said.
Amber checked her make-up one last time in her mirror and Elissa straightened her robes. They were ready to back to Hogwarts.
After the carriage ride, the girls made their way into the Great Hall. Of course, Amber came in in her usual flirty way, smiling at certain guys as she passed.
As they passed by the Slytherin Table, Elissa caught sight of Scarlett Howe. She hated that girl, her and her creepy boyfriend Severus Snape. Both of them were Slytherins to the core, especially Scarlett.
Finally, the girls sat down at their usual place at the Gryffindor Table.
"Do we have to go through the entire sorting ceremony? I'm so hungry, can't they just wait?" Sabrina said.
"Shh! They're starting!" Leslie said.
All eyes turned toward the front of the Great Hall where the sorting was just beginning.
The hat began its song; Elissa didn't pay attention very much. It was basically just the same thing every year, just slightly changed. And who could concentrate anyway when Sabrina kept whispering her complaints of her hunger? Elissa didn't really blame her, she was actually feeling a bit famished herself.
When the hat was finally finished, Professor Otis pulled out a long list and began the sorting. "Ashby, Melanie" was the first to go.
After a few silent moments when she scurried to the hat and placed it on her head, she was sorted into the Ravenclaw House, whose occupants proceeded in cheering to welcome their newest member.
Next was "Carter, Benjamin" and so on until it finally finished with "Weasley, William".
As Dumbledore began his usual speech for the year, Elissa looked around the table at the new 1st years. There were so many of them this year. It was too bad the 7th years from last year were all gone now. She really missed her friend Bonnie Wright. . .
Before they knew it the feast had begun and all sorts of food was appearing on the plates.
"Finally!" Sabrina said, putting various things on her plate.
Elissa looked over at Lily, who was looking over in the direction of the Marauders. "Lily? Are you going to eat?" she said.
Lily broke her gaze and turned to Elissa. "What? Oh. . .ya. . .sure," she said.
When the feast was over, the girls followed the rest of the Gryffindor House up to the Gryffindor Common Room. By that time they were feeling incredibly tired and cared nothing but getting into their old dormitories and sleeping. As they passed through the portrait hole, they barely caught that the new password, "Pesky Pixies". They trudged up to their dormitories, glad to be back at Hogwarts but more glad to go to sleep.
"'Night everyone," one of the girls mumbled.
Everyone else mumbled back a sleepy "Night" and with that they fell asleep.
"Lily! I haven't seen you in ages!" Elissa said, so glad to see her friend again. They hadn't seen each other all summer. They had meant to get together but they lived so far away from each other and at the middle of the summer Lily had to go to France and there just wasn't enough time, but enough with the excuses, who cares! She was going back to Hogwarts today and she would see all her friends. How good it was to be back!
"We better be getting on the train if we want to find room for all of us," Lily said, grabbing Elissa's arm and heading for the train. What Lily meant by 'all of us' was their group of friends. There were six of them and they had all been great friends since first year. All of them were in Gryffindor too. There was Elissa and Lily, who were of course best friends, Amber Fulke and Leslie Stryker, who were also best friends, and the last group of best friends were Sabrina Amery and Erica Worth.
They got in the back of the train and found Amber, Erica, and Leslie already sitting together playing cards. "Hey look who it is girls!" Amber said. As the two girls sat down there were exclaims like "Elissa! You let your hair grow! I thought you were going to cut it?" and "Lily you need to tell me all about France! Were there any cute guys there?"
Sabrina came into the car shortly afterwards and got the same sort of welcome. By the time they were all situated, the train started moving and they were off to Hogwarts for their fifth year.
After a while the girls had settled down. They had already heard everyone's stories from the summer and had gotten changed into their robes. They had been playing cards for quite some time now.
"Elissa? Are you staying or are you out?" Leslie said.
"I'm out," She said, setting down her cards.
"Okay then. Sabrina, what do you got?"
"Full House," Sabrina said, putting her cards down face up for all of them to see. All of the girls groaned and put down their cards. Sabrina was the best poker player and she always won.
"I'm bored," Lily said.
Just then, the door to the car opened and in walked four boys whom all the girls knew were James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. The group was infamous for causing mischief wherever they went and leaving many girls heartbroken.
"Hello Ladies," James said, sitting down next to the girls.
"Look what the cat dragged in," Erica said who really didn't like the group. Ever since last year when she had told Sirius she fancied him and he had rejected her she hated him and anyone he hung out with.
"Oh hush up Erica," Sirius said, sitting down next to Elissa.
"You hush up yourself," Erica muttered.
"So how was your summer girls?" James asked, taking no noticed of the two fighting.
Peter sat down, running his hand nervously through his blonde hair. He never was any good around girls, especially nowadays. Remus chose to stand.
"Why so interested?" Amber said flirtatiously. Amber was the drop-dead gorgeous beauty queen of the school and she never said no to an opportunity to flirt with a guy, it was just in her nature.
"I think Sirius just came to stare at Amber," Sabrina mumbled.
Sabrina also acted a bit cold towards Sirius because of what he did to her best friend, and especially because he went after Amber right after he rejected Erica. Sabrina didn't blame Amber, it wasn't her fault she had half the guys in the school after her. . .plus she had said no to Sirius just to be nice to Erica, now that was a real friend. But Sirius. . .well she would always think he was a rotten guy after that. If it were up to her, the group wouldn't hang around those boys at all, they were too much trouble, but some of the others didn't care as much as her about the Sirius thing. Plus Elissa fancied James so they couldn't take her away from talking to that group. Just the same, she wished they'd go away right now.
"Sabrina?" Leslie asked.
"Huh?" Sabrina said, snapping out of her train of thought.
"I asked you where you got that lovely bracelet," she said.
"Oh my dad's Shoppe," she said. Sabrina's parents were muggle-born and her dad owned a Shoppe in London.
Lily looked out the window, "Oh! It looks like we're almost there!" Her eyes trailed to the boy's clothes, which were still their average normal day outfits. "You boys better changed into your robes, we're nearly there."
The boys said their goodbyes and left the car with Erica and Sabrina still mumbling stuff about Sirius and the other three Marauders.
Once they were gone, Elissa started on one of her James-is-so-handsome things while Leslie and Lily put away the stuff they had been using to play poker with.
The train slowed to a stop.
"Girls. Welcome back to Hogwarts!" Erica said.
Amber checked her make-up one last time in her mirror and Elissa straightened her robes. They were ready to back to Hogwarts.
After the carriage ride, the girls made their way into the Great Hall. Of course, Amber came in in her usual flirty way, smiling at certain guys as she passed.
As they passed by the Slytherin Table, Elissa caught sight of Scarlett Howe. She hated that girl, her and her creepy boyfriend Severus Snape. Both of them were Slytherins to the core, especially Scarlett.
Finally, the girls sat down at their usual place at the Gryffindor Table.
"Do we have to go through the entire sorting ceremony? I'm so hungry, can't they just wait?" Sabrina said.
"Shh! They're starting!" Leslie said.
All eyes turned toward the front of the Great Hall where the sorting was just beginning.
The hat began its song; Elissa didn't pay attention very much. It was basically just the same thing every year, just slightly changed. And who could concentrate anyway when Sabrina kept whispering her complaints of her hunger? Elissa didn't really blame her, she was actually feeling a bit famished herself.
When the hat was finally finished, Professor Otis pulled out a long list and began the sorting. "Ashby, Melanie" was the first to go.
After a few silent moments when she scurried to the hat and placed it on her head, she was sorted into the Ravenclaw House, whose occupants proceeded in cheering to welcome their newest member.
Next was "Carter, Benjamin" and so on until it finally finished with "Weasley, William".
As Dumbledore began his usual speech for the year, Elissa looked around the table at the new 1st years. There were so many of them this year. It was too bad the 7th years from last year were all gone now. She really missed her friend Bonnie Wright. . .
Before they knew it the feast had begun and all sorts of food was appearing on the plates.
"Finally!" Sabrina said, putting various things on her plate.
Elissa looked over at Lily, who was looking over in the direction of the Marauders. "Lily? Are you going to eat?" she said.
Lily broke her gaze and turned to Elissa. "What? Oh. . .ya. . .sure," she said.
When the feast was over, the girls followed the rest of the Gryffindor House up to the Gryffindor Common Room. By that time they were feeling incredibly tired and cared nothing but getting into their old dormitories and sleeping. As they passed through the portrait hole, they barely caught that the new password, "Pesky Pixies". They trudged up to their dormitories, glad to be back at Hogwarts but more glad to go to sleep.
"'Night everyone," one of the girls mumbled.
Everyone else mumbled back a sleepy "Night" and with that they fell asleep.