I had this up once before, but I took it down since I wasn't get much reviews and I didn't know if anyone was reading it. I am putting it up and trying again. Hopefully you all enjoy the story.
Everything around her was new and terrifying. She was a little nervous, but she pushed her nervousness aside. Alexandra Sawyer was a seventeen year old girl with long black hair with a few strands of blue near the front. She wore a tan shirt with a camouflage star in the center. Her jean pants were dark blue with holes at the knees. She may look like an ordinary teenager, but she was no ordinary girl. In fact Alexandra Sawyer was a witch attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Alexandra took her trolley and stared at the wall between platforms nine and ten. She was told by her brother's friend Matt that she had to walk through it. It was true that she was in her seventh and final year of school, but she has never been to Hogwarts. She and her brother Donnie moved to London from America.
Alexandra took a deep breath and then ran towards the wall as she closed her eyes. When she opened them she was relieved that she wasn't splattered on the wall. When Alexandra got all her stuff on the train she went to find an empty compartment.
As she was walking down the hall she noticed a group of kids that looked to be around her age and they did not look very friendly. As she walked past, one of them put out his foot and made Alexandra trip; the group laughed.
Alexandra could feel her face turn red from embarrassment. "You should watch where you're going." One of the boys said.
Alexandra wanted to run away and hide. Already things were starting out bad. The group left into a compartment and Alexandra was still on the floor.
"Are you ok?" Someone asked.
Alexandra looked up and saw a boy around her age with brown hair. "Uh…yeah." Alexandra answered.
The boy held out his hand to Alexandra and Alexandra took it and stood back up. "Those guys can be jerks. I'm Remus by the way."
"Alexandra."
"You can sit with me and my friends if you want." Alexandra just nodded.
They came to a compartment that had three other people in it. One boy had messy black hair and he wore glasses. Another boy had black hair and the last one had brown hair.
"Hey guys, this is Alexandra. Alexandra this is James, Sirius and Peter. Lucius and his gang were picking on her."
"Too bad I wasn't there." James said as Remus and Alexandra sat down. "I could have hexed them."
"So Alexandra, I haven't seen you around. Are you new or something?" Sirius asked.
"Yes, my brother and I moved here from America during the summer."
"Well, I hope you like it here."
"Thanks."
"You and your brother moved?" James asked. "What about your parents?"
"Oh, um…" Alexandra put her head down. "I don't have any."
"Oh, sorry."
Alexandra looked at James. "That's ok. It's not your fault."
James and the others started talking while Alexandra took out a book from her camouflage book bag and started reading; she was always shy when meeting new people. Occasionally James or Sirius would try to bring Alexandra in to the conversation though she would only give short answers and go back to her book.
After what seemed like hours the train finally stopped and everyone hurried out. Alexandra felt out of place with so many people she didn't know and also she wasn't quite sure what to do.
"Hey Alexandra." Someone said.
Alexandra looked around and saw James in a carriage and motioned for her to come over. Alexandra walked over and entered the carriage and sat next to a girl with red hair.
"Alexandra, this is Lily." James introduced. "Lily, this is Alexandra. We met her on the train. Lily is going to go out with me."
"In your dreams, Potter." Lily looked at Alexandra. "It's nice to meet you."
"You too."
"You're from America, aren't you?"
"That's right. I think London is better though."
"Why's that?"
"Because it has us." James smiled; Lily rolled her eyes.
Alexandra found out that Hogwarts students were sorted into four houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherian. It was much different from her old school. She also found out that James and the others were in Gryffindor.
They finally reached Hogwarts castle and Alexandra thought it was amazing. She was soon separated from James and the others by Professor McGonagall who said she needed to be sorted into a house. She hoped she would get in Gryffindor.
They soon met up with a group of first years and headed into the Great Hall. Alexandra could feel everyone's eyes on her. She probably looked out of place though she tried to keep her eyes ahead, but every once in awhile she would glance around. They all stopped as McGonagall went up to a stool that had a hat on it. She said to come up when their name was called and much to Alexandra's discomfort she was called up first.
All eyes were on her and she felt really nervous and wanted to hide; she didn't like being in front of people. She sat on the stool and McGonagall placed the hat on her head. Alexandra caught a glimpse of James and the others and they were smiling.
"You have faced many hardships." The hat said. "You are cunning and very loyal. I see bravery in you. Yes, much bravery. I think you would do well in GRYFFINDOR!"
Alexandra smiled as applause broke out at the Gryffindor table. McGonagall took off the hat and then Alexandra sat down next to Lily.
"I knew you would get in Gryffindor." James said.
The sorting continued and Alexandra realized how different Hogwarts was from her old school and people seemed friendlier here. After the first years were sorted the feast began.
"Things are sure different here then at my school." Alexandra said as she piled food on her plate.
"Like what?" Lily asked.
"Well, for one we weren't sorted into houses. We were sorted…differently."
"How?" Sirius asked.
"We were sorted by pureblood and muggle born. The purebloods got all the new and better stuff like new books, new tables and everything else. Muggle borns got all the old and hand-me-down things. The books we had were falling apart." Alexandra looked at the others after she realized she said she was muggle born. "You don't mind me being muggle born, do you?"
"Of course not." James smiled.
"I'm muggle born." Lily said.
"I'm half." Remus added.
"And if anyone gives you trouble we'll take care of them." Sirius said.
Alexandra smiled. "Thanks."
After they all ate they headed up to Gryffindor Tower. Alexandra was amazed by its beauty. At her old school she didn't have a nice room like this.
Alexandra followed Lily up to the girls' dormitory and saw her stuff was already brought up. As all the girls were getting ready for bed Lily told Alexandra she was going to like it here. Alexandra knew she was right because she already did like it.
The next morning Lily tried to wake Alexandra up, but Alexandra kept swatting Lily's hand away. "Get up or you'll be late."
"All right, all right. I'm up." Alexandra said as she sat up and rubbed her eyes.
Lily waited for Alexandra to get ready and when she was done they headed down to the common room where they saw James and his group.
"Morning girls." James said. "What's wrong Alexandra? Not a morning person?"
Alexandra still looked tired and worn out. "Eh."
"I'll take that as a no."
They walked down to the Great hall to eat breakfast and get their schedules. Dumbledore gave a small speech, saying that he hoped everyone will have a good first day. Then food appeared on the tables and Alexandra piled her plate with food.
"That's a lot of food." James said.
"I'm hungry." Alexandra answered. "I haven't eaten since dinner last night."
Throughout breakfast Alexandra's shyness went away as she became more comfortable around James and the others. Soon the schedules were passed out and then students headed to their classes.
"What class do you have first?" Remus asked Alexandra.
Alexandra looked at her schedule. "Potions."
"So do I."
Remus, Alexandra and James, who also had potions, walked together. When they got there they took their seats near the back. During the class the three talked and Alexandra got to know them better. She was glad that her and her brother moved to London because she already made new friends.
Classes didn't seem all that boring because Alexandra had at least someone she knew in her class. In charms she was with Lily, Remus and Sirius. During that class they were talking about boys and Sirius was always saying something about James and Lily like they were going to get married.
"I would never marry Potter." Lily said. "I'd rather kiss a toad."
"What's so bad about James?" Alexandra asked.
Before Lily could say anything Sirius spoke first. "There is nothing bad about him. Lily just doesn't want to admit her true feelings."
"I have admitted my true feelings. There is no way I will ever date Potter. So Alexandra, have you had a boyfriend yet?"
"No, not yet. There was this one boy at my old school that liked me."
"What happened to him?"
"He stayed in America while I moved here. That's ok because I wasn't too fond of him anyway. He was always trying to impress me and doing crazy stunts just to get my attention."
"Sounds familiar."
"You don't like guys that try to impress you?" Sirius asked.
"Nope. If a guy tries to impress a girl to get her attention then the girl will more then likely reject him. A girl wants someone who will just be himself and not show off in front of her. If he shows off then to some girls that means he only wants attention." Alexandra noticed that Lily, Remus and Sirius were looking at her. "What?"
"Sounds like you have thought a lot about that." Lily said.
"Well, that's just my experience and what I think."
"I agree with you." Remus said. "A girl will probably reject a guy if he shows off." He was thinking about James. He was always showing off in front of Lily and each time Lily rejected him.
On break Alexandra walked around outside and thought it was a wonderful place to be. As Alexandra was walking around she saw the boy who tripped her on the train. She was about to turn and walk the other way, but it was too late; the boy had spotted her.
"You're that American girl, aren't you?" He said.
"Yeah."
"Why don't you go back to America? No one wants you here."
James, Sirius, Remus and Peter were also walking around outside. "Isn't that Alexandra?" Peter said.
Everyone looked at where Peter was pointing and saw her and Lucius. "That's not good." Remus said.
"Come on." James said as he ran towards them. The others followed.
"Maybe you don't want me here, but others do." Alexandra said.
"Don't know why someone would want a filthy mudblood around."
James got there right as Lucius said that. He quickly drew his wand and shot a spell at him. "That's not nice to say."
Lucius stood up and took out his wand. Sirius ran up next to James with his wand ready. "Do you really want to take us both on?" Sirius asked.
Lucius saw one of the professors coming and put his wand away. "One of these days you won't be so lucky." Then he walked away.
"Are you ok?" Remus asked Alexandra.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks." Alexandra smiled.
"That Lucius is such a jerk." Sirius said.
"And next time I'll get him twice as bad." James said.
"It's nice to know I have people who will stick up for me."
"That's what friends do."
That night Alexandra was glad that she moved to London. She had already made five new friends. She knew that the year was going to be an adventure especially after what happened during break. She soon drifted off to sleep and dreamt of her new life at Hogwarts.
