A/N This is my first multi-chapter story, it will start in first year and the skip ahead a few years.
Disclaimer- No defiantly not the owner of Harry Potter, sadly i'm not J.K Rowling
Chapter 1 – Meetings and beginnings
Honey had never liked her name, sure it suited her hair but not actually her, and hearing it being called out by the Headmistress made her grimace she usually went by her middle name Leah. She stepped carefully up to the front of the hall where Headmistress McGonagall was waiting next to an old looking stool an even older looking hat in her hand.
She took a deep breath and sat down worriedly, she had seen others be sorted before her but she was still feeling nervous. She had no idea which house she would be sorted into, she didn't even know what house she wanted to be sorted into. None of her family was magical and on the train she had been too scared to talk to anyone, so she didn't really know anything about the magic world she had stumbled into.
She felt the old being put onto her head and being so big it had slipped down blocking her vision. Hmm. She heard in her ear, and she had to make a conscious effort to not jump. What do we have here then . . . yes a clever, brave but maybe . . . I think yes you would be most suited in "Ravenclaw!".
A table near the middle of the hallbroke out in cheers, and Leah quickly made her way down to it. She sat near the end close but not next to a couple of first years she recognised from the train. She looked around the rest of the hall while she waited for the sorting to be finished.
She was transfixed by looking at the ever changing ceiling when she heard a voice next to her say "hello" she looked over a saw a boy her age with blonde hair like hers but where as hers was like honey, gold, his was more silvery, like the stars she thought. The boy had bright deep blue eyes, and thick dark lashes, all in all he seemed pretty, delicate and strong all at once.
Leah smiled at him pleased that someone had noticed her, "hi."
"I'm Louis Weasley" he said offering her his hand, "You're Honey right?" he continued.
Leah grimaced at the second use of her first name that night. "I prefer to go by my middle name, Leah, for reasons which I'm sure are obvious."
"Yeah" he said grinning, "So I'm guessing you're a muggle-born right?" he asked. At her confused look he said "Muggles are what we call non-magic people."
"Oh" she said smiling again "then I guess so" she said shrugging. "So how did you know?" she asked curiously.
"Well it was a guess mostly, 'cause you didn't react when I said I was a 'Weasley'" he rolled his eyes as he said that.
"A Weasley? So you're famous or something then?"
"Well yeah . . ." he said grimacing. She raised an eyebrow at him, he sighed. "My whole family is famous for playing parts in the Great Wizarding War, and my uncle is the Harry Potter." Louis studied the confused look on Leah's face and smiled, she hesitantly smiled back. "You know it's a relief to meet someone who isn't all starstruck about my family." He sighed.
"So where is your family then?"
"See over at the Gryffindor table" he said pointing to the table at the far end of the room. "In the middle that big group of ginger people yeah? Well that's them he said smiling. "The blonde is my sister Dominique who's in 5th year sitting next to her is Roxanne one of my cousins who's a first year like us, opposite her is Rose another cousin in 2nd year, next to her is Albus again a cousin and in second year, across from him is his brother James, and Roxanne's brother Fred they're both in 4th year." He stopped to take a breath while Leah laughed softly having no siblings and a small family herself she couldn't imagine having so many cousins. "And" Louis continued, "my sister Victorie finished school last year, James' and Albus' sister Lily is staring next year along with Rose's brother Hugo, and Uncle Percy's daughter Molly, then Molly's sister Lucy will be starting the year after.
"Wow" Leah said shaking her head, "you have a big family."
"Yeah" Louis said grinning "with all the uncles, aunts, cousins and honorary cousin's it can get a bit hectic, so what about you?"
She shrugged "I don't have any siblings, and I don't know any of my cousins really." A sad look crossed her face, noticing this Louis wrapped an arm around her shoulder "it's probably better like that any way, you have no idea how hard it is buying Christmas presents for them all." Leah laughed at this and he smiled please it had had the effect he had hoped it would. While they had been talking food had appeared on the all along the tables, and they both piled their plates high with food.
"So" Leah said between bites of food "why is it you and your sister are blonde while most of your cousins are ginger?"
Louis laughed "my mum is from France and like half vela, also blonde, so I guess her genes we're more dominant than the Weasley one's." He shrugged and smiled.
"Do you speak French then?" Leah asked leaning in closer.
"Yeah" he said shrugging again "my mum spoke to us all in French when we we're little but mostly only I speak it now."
Leah grinned "I speak French too, my farther lived in France all his life but moved to England and learned English for my mother."
They both laughed surprised that they had something so big in common. All through the welcoming feast they got to know each other (speaking French the entire time) and laughed together unaware they we're being watched by a large group of people on the Gryffindor table. The Weasley-Potter clan watched the only Ravenclaw member of their clan make a friend, and they we're glad, they had been worried that Louis would be lonely in a different house from his family and we're happy to be proven wrong.
Louis and Leah were still talking and laughing when finally all the deserts disappeared and the feast was over.
"First years! Follow me" a voice called from the head of the Ravenclaw table, the two eleven year olds looked up startled out of their conversation. They stood up and followed their fellow class mates out of the great hall towards the Ravenclaw common room.
Leah was looking around the hallways in awe "it's so amazing here" she whispered.
"Yeah" Louis said "and it looks like it has so many secrets hidden, around corners and behind paintings."
Leah laughed loudly, "promise me we'll find them all Louis, that by the time we leave here we'll know everything about this castle."
Louis looked over at Leah and smiled, "I promise" he said. They grinned at each other and followed the prefects up to their common room.
