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Live to Fool
Chapter 1: Caught
James David Potter, the eleven year old, who was desperate to go to Hogwarts, was waiting for his cousins to arrive, at his great Potter Mansion. It wasn't exactly his, but his uncle's. According to his Mom, all the Potters once lived altogether, but reasons made the others move to the great country of the United States of America.
He was roaming in his room, looking through his toy broomsticks (which were 309 in number) and his toy wands. He collected all of them and gathered them in a bag, and through it in the garbage can. He didn't need them, as he was pretty soon going to get a new wand, and next year a broomstick.
Time passed quickly, as soon his mom called him downstairs.
'James, come down here.' Came her voice; James went downstairs in excitement. He was really excited to meet his cousins, but when he went downstairs all he could see was his mom talking to another woman. He was disappointed, abit.
'Hi- Mom, er,' James smiled as his eyes met with the woman's.
'Oh, he is so grown up. I could hardly identify him,' she said.
His mom smiled, as she introduced the woman to James, ' This is your aunt, Sam. Say hi.'
'Hey,' James said, with a smirk.
'Your cousins are in the garden, outside, waiting- good luck with Dawn,' Aunt Sam said, with a worried smile.
James nodded eagerly as he dashed his way to the garden. There was no one there, he looked around, but still he couldn't find any one there. He looked in the trees, behind the bushes, but then he realized they must've been bored and left. He looked inside the house, his room, his mom's room, and the living room.
He sat on the staircases leading to the 2nd floor, which reminded him of the guest floor. He dashed upstairs, and heard angry voices. His cousins were arguing there, but he would cheer them up. He boldly walked into the room, where the voice was coming. He peaked in to see , two girls fighting over something.
Dawn's POV:
I don't get it, why couldn't Stephanie be a bit easier? I mean, she wanted the room I picked for some reason; probably to annoy me. But I wasn't going to let that happen.
'I got here first, I get the room, get out!' I said, glaring at her small blue eyes.
'I will tell Mom!' she whimpered, tears appearing in her eyes.
'I am not falling for that- and besides, you always get the best things, it's my turn,' I wasn't about to give up.
'Fine, you will be sorry, and I mean it,' she threatened me. Inside, I was laughing like a maniac, a five year old, threatening me? A joke, right? She stomped out of the room, opening the door wide, revealing a boy my age hiding behind it
'I wasn't hiding,' he came out, and said boldly.
I raised my eye brows at him, ' Have I seen you somewhere?'
'I dunno,' he said carelessly, then looked serious. 'Are you sure, you have no brother?'
'I never told you I had no brother- I have never seen you. What?' I said skeptically, stepping back.
'Nothing- so you don't have a brother, great!' he frowned.
'I heard that,' I frowned at him. 'What's your name?' I asked.
'What's your name?' he asked suspiciously, as I raised my eye brow.
'I am Dawn Potter, you ?'
'James Potter,' he said, as he scratched his head.
We were silent for a minute or longer than that. He would look at me, then looked down, at me then again down. This went on like forever, until I spoke up.
'So.. have you got your Hogwarts letter?'
'No, I haven't. It's a bit early for that, I guess. Only 30th July,' he shrugged.
'It isn't early for that. Well tomorrow is my birthday, and hopefully, we will get them tomorrow. It will be so exciting! So what do you think what house will you be in?'
'Gryffindor- my dad was one, too.' He smiled at that.
'Me too, Gryffindor rules. I wish for Stephanie's house to be hufflepuff; The house of the loosers,' I added with a grin.
'She's your sister? Don't you care?' he asked.
I rolled my eyes, and said, 'Would you?'
He looked at me thoughtfully for a moment, and then said, 'No, I wouldn't.'
'DAWN! Dawn Lilian Potter!' It was my mom, mad at ME! I frowned at the door, through which, my mom entered, with STEPHANIE!
My blood started to boil, as I thought of an excuse.
'Dawn,' my mom said, as she looked at me. (If looks could kill…) 'What am I hearing? We have been here for like half an hour, and you have already torn Stephanie's bear, and her sheet.'
'I didn't do it on purpose- wait,' I corrected myself. 'I DIDN'T do it. Why would I even look at her sheet? It's pink- I hate pink.'
My mom shook her head, 'I will be off with your dad for Auror duties for more than five years- Stephenie can't survive with YOU around her.'
'I am sorry mom, I will try to be nice – er,' I smiled apologetically.
'Well, I should better be off then, it was great seeing you James, by sweety pie,' that was my mom to James and Stephanie. 'Bye Dawn.'
I faked a smile, and said, 'Bye Mom.' As soon as she left, Stephanie gave me a told-you-so look before getting out of there.
I was steaming, and James wasn't helping, ' She isn't bad you know, if .. try and be nice to her…'
' The past five years of my life were torture, and so will the next five years be! Good thing, I have Hogwarts to look forward too, otherwise I would strangle her down and tie her with a permanent sticky tape on a chair.'
'So we were talking about Hogwarts?' James smirked, as I rolled my eyes at him.
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