Disclaimer: I do not own Hogwarts or any of J. 's characters and all rights go to my favorite author! I do own my characters Kylie, Peyton, Jolie and Kiley and the plot of this story.

Basic Witch

Chapter 1 - Beaches and Sarcasm

Jolie's POV:

The sound of the waves crashing into the shore always had a calming effect on me. The salty sea air was as familiar to me as the sound of my own voice.

Which is why I was a little taken aback when a large snowy owl landed on the bow of my family's boat. I'd been coming down to the Bahamas since I was a very young child, and I have absolutely no recollection of there being large snowy owls native to the islands.

It was a beautiful bird, though it looked oddly out of place with the beach and sea surrounding it. The owl had very large eyes, as most owls do, but I got a weird sense that these eyes were looking directly at me. My feelings were confirmed when it dropped a letter in my lap and flew away.

I took the letter in my hands and was amazed to find that it was in fact addressed to me. I cautiously began to open it, wondering what the heck this was all about.

"Dear Jolie, You have been invited to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry . . ."

This was some kind of prank. It had to be.

"Mum? What is this?" I say popping my head into the cabin of the boat. She looks up at me from her book and I toss the letter to her.

A broad smile crosses her face as she begins reading it. ''Oh you got your letter! Your cousin is going to be so excited!'' She beams brightly at me.

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Peyton's POV:

I stand at King's Cross Station, staring quizzically at the stations 9 and 10. My ticket said 9 3/4. Obviously something was very wrong.

It seemed like I was always getting myself into situations like this.

It was weird enough that my parents decide to send me to some lame boarding school (named HOGWARTS might I add. It sounds like an STD) that they had no idea about, just that my aunt went when she was my age, but to top that off a bloody bird delivers the invitation. Then I had to go to the most obscure shopping places I've ever been. I mean, does being a witch really mean I have to disregard all fashion rules and carry around a pet toad?

My family was nuts for consenting this. And now I'm alone at a train station looking for a platform that doesn't exist.

Just my luck.

"So wait, where's 9 and 3/4 at?" I hear a girl ask. I immediately perk up and listen.

"Don't worry, this is the fun part" I hear her mother say. I furrow my eyebrows, confused.

I see the girl walking with her mother towards the wall that held the signs for platforms 9 and 10. She looked my age with long brown hair. She was wearing one of those wizard robe things and was carrying an owl in a cage.

I swear this school is going to be the weirdest place I will ever set foot in . . .

I begin following her and her mom. Although I was beginning to question whether this was a smart choice because they obviously were not paying attention to where they were going. They were headed straight towards a wall.

What happened next scared the crap out of me. They walked THROUGH a wall. Like, what the heck?

For a person just discovering the existence of "magic", this was a little freaky.

But hey, I always say "if you can't run away from the psychos you might as well look like you know what you are doing". So I nervously head straight towards a brick wall.

"It's really weird if you're not used to magic isn't it?" The brown haired girl asks me as I emerge from the wall.

Still slightly shocked from whatever just happened I simply nod my head.

She gives me a warm smile. "My name's Kiley!"

"Peyton." I say back.

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Kylie's POV:

I was starting to feel very nervous as I waited for the Hogwarts express to come. I had just said goodbye to my parents, as they had to go home and take care of my siblings, and I didn't know anybody here.

I looked at all the unfamiliar faces and realized these would be my peers for the rest of my school career. Needless to say my anxiety was through the roof.

"Hi! What's your name?" A tan girl with sea-green eyes says.

"Uh- my name is Kylie." I say fumbling over my words. I was pretty shy most of the time, and this girl caught me off guard.

"My name is Jolie, it's nice to meet you." She says sending a big smile my way.

The train arrives and Jolie pulls me onto the train with her.

"You're going to be my new friend," she says lightly as she looks for an empty compartment. "You're cool with that right?" She playfully adds, meanwhile dodging several other students trying to find a seat.

"Oh, well yeah, sure!" I reply quickly, trying to keep up with her as she hurried down the train.

"There are no empty compartments so we are going in here." Jolie slides open the glass doors and pokes her head into the compartment.

"Mind if we join you?"

Two girls look at us; a blonde and a brunette. They both smile kindly.

"Of course you can!" The brunette says with a smile.

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Kiley's POV:

The two girls sat down next to my newfound friend Peyton and me. One was very short with long dark hair and freckles and the other had dirty blonde hair and green eyes.

"My name is Jolie, and this is Kylie." The dirty blonde spoke.

"What a coincidence, my name is Kiley too!" I say, smirking.

"I'm Peyton," my blonde friend said looking up from a magazine she was reading.

I look back at Kylie. "Do you spell it K-Y-L-I-E? Cause I spell mine K-I-L-E-Y."

"Oh, yes I spell it K-Y-L-I-E." She says quietly, looking at the ground.

There's an awkward silence for a moment, considering none of us really knew each other, but Jolie breaks the silence.

"So... Anybody else in here muggleborn?"

Peyton raises her head from her vogue magazine and nods.

Jolie looks over at me. "Half-blood, so I've got the best of both worlds." I reply with a cheeky wink.

"Kylie with a Y, how about you?" Jolie asks.

She looks a little flustered. "Oh, well my whole family are wizards so I- I guess that means I'm a pureblood. It doesn't really matter though-," she rambles until Peyton cuts her off.

"Heck yeah it matters, I need someone to explain to me what the actual heck is up with wizardry and all this stuff!" We all giggle at her remark.

"Us muggleborns are relying on you two," Jolie says, looking at Kylie and me, dead serious. I laugh and Kylie pulls out a huge book and hands it over to Peyton.

"Here, this is Hogwarts a History, that should do a little explaining. It's the new addition too so it talks about the last battle of Hogwarts."

"Oh my gosh you are so lucky! I've been searching for the new addition for ages!" I exclaim.

Peyton looks down at the book and then over at us with a concerned expression on her face. "Do I even want to know?"

I think we were going to be great friends.

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