Chapter One
Daphne Granger sat alone at the small wooden table, in her empty-apart-from- her train compartment, silently watching as trees, fields and even towns flickered past the window. She was eleven years old and she was a first year at Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and she simply didn't know what to expect.
All her family were muggles- her mum, her dad, her uncles and aunts, her cousins, EVERYONE. Her older brother Luke already thought she was a freak. He hadn't said anything, but she knew he did.
Daphne sighed and switched on her Discman. She was lost without music, and her Discman went everywhere with her. In the middle of Blue (All rise), there was a knock on her compartment door and a smiling woman entered.
"Would you like anything off the trolley my dear?" The woman said.
Daphne jumped up and grabbed her money. She was starving!
A few minutes later, Daphne stood in the hallway of the train, loaded down with sweets and watching the smiling woman go through the sliding door into the next carriage. As Daphne turned to go back into her compartment, she lost her footing and somehow managed to drop all her sweets.
Glad that no one was around, Daphne quickly gathered up all her sweets and cakes. But she was wrong about the there being no one around part.
As she reached for the last chocolate frog, (whatever that is!), she heard a voice behind her say: "Accio chocolate frog."
To Daphne's amazement, the chocolate bar sailed up into the air, over her head and directly into the hands of the person behind her. He was medium-sized, had incredibly light blond hair and very cold, piercing blue eyes. He looked about fifteen, and was accompanied by two large (and very ugly) boys of about the same age.
The blond boy smirked at Daphne as she stood up. "Let's see boys." He said in a quiet, drawling voice, "she must be a first year, because she's all alone, and she must be muggle-born because there's one of those music players in there." He nodded towards the compartment.
Daphne swallowed. It's actually called a Discman." She answered quite politely.
The boy gave her a cold glare. "Like I care."
Daphne was actually quite shocked. She had never met anyone so rude. And did those other two actually speak at all? Daphne glared at all of them and turned to go into her compartment.
"Don't you want your chocolate back diddums?" Daphne heard the sarcastic voice and several different retaliations sprang to mind. In the end she chose the line her cousin had used over the summer on her brother when he had taken the last choc-ice.
Daphne put down all her sweets and turned to face the boy. "No thank you. If you are so desperate that you have to steal from eleven year old girls, keep the chocolate." She slid the door shut in his face, sat back in her chair, switched on her Discman and started on the sweets.
So, what do you think? I'm sorry it's so short (though some may call it a blessing) -the next chapter will be longer. Please r/r, and be gentle!
Daphne Granger sat alone at the small wooden table, in her empty-apart-from- her train compartment, silently watching as trees, fields and even towns flickered past the window. She was eleven years old and she was a first year at Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and she simply didn't know what to expect.
All her family were muggles- her mum, her dad, her uncles and aunts, her cousins, EVERYONE. Her older brother Luke already thought she was a freak. He hadn't said anything, but she knew he did.
Daphne sighed and switched on her Discman. She was lost without music, and her Discman went everywhere with her. In the middle of Blue (All rise), there was a knock on her compartment door and a smiling woman entered.
"Would you like anything off the trolley my dear?" The woman said.
Daphne jumped up and grabbed her money. She was starving!
A few minutes later, Daphne stood in the hallway of the train, loaded down with sweets and watching the smiling woman go through the sliding door into the next carriage. As Daphne turned to go back into her compartment, she lost her footing and somehow managed to drop all her sweets.
Glad that no one was around, Daphne quickly gathered up all her sweets and cakes. But she was wrong about the there being no one around part.
As she reached for the last chocolate frog, (whatever that is!), she heard a voice behind her say: "Accio chocolate frog."
To Daphne's amazement, the chocolate bar sailed up into the air, over her head and directly into the hands of the person behind her. He was medium-sized, had incredibly light blond hair and very cold, piercing blue eyes. He looked about fifteen, and was accompanied by two large (and very ugly) boys of about the same age.
The blond boy smirked at Daphne as she stood up. "Let's see boys." He said in a quiet, drawling voice, "she must be a first year, because she's all alone, and she must be muggle-born because there's one of those music players in there." He nodded towards the compartment.
Daphne swallowed. It's actually called a Discman." She answered quite politely.
The boy gave her a cold glare. "Like I care."
Daphne was actually quite shocked. She had never met anyone so rude. And did those other two actually speak at all? Daphne glared at all of them and turned to go into her compartment.
"Don't you want your chocolate back diddums?" Daphne heard the sarcastic voice and several different retaliations sprang to mind. In the end she chose the line her cousin had used over the summer on her brother when he had taken the last choc-ice.
Daphne put down all her sweets and turned to face the boy. "No thank you. If you are so desperate that you have to steal from eleven year old girls, keep the chocolate." She slid the door shut in his face, sat back in her chair, switched on her Discman and started on the sweets.
So, what do you think? I'm sorry it's so short (though some may call it a blessing) -the next chapter will be longer. Please r/r, and be gentle!