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Summary: What if Neville had a cousin and what if she was from America? What happens when her and her family move close to Hogwarts and she starts to attend the school? Well you're about to find out.
"Mama! When are we going to leave?" yelled a very irritated Gabriella, also know as Gabby.
"Soon, honey! Your brother isn't up yet!" her mother called back.
"I'll change that," she whispered to herself and went to her brother's room to find that it was locked. She smiled at how naïve her brother was and yet he was whole year older than her. With a simple flick of her pointer finger she was in, her family was very powerful and they were wandlesses. She was the best as of yet because she trained into the wee hours of the night trying to perfect her powers unlike her brother. She went to a very prestigious school and worked hard to get the grades she new she could get.
Robby, her brother on the other hand didn't do that at all. He was your typical 16 year old boy- lazy. He had his own band and he taught Gabby how to play the guitar and she was in his band. She sang any songs that were meant for girls, her friend Iris was in the band too and played the keyboard and sang with Gabby when needed.
Gabby went into her brother's room not caring to be quite, the guy could sleep through a hailstorm, literally he did and the hail was really big. She walked up to his and waved her hand in front of his face, he didn't move; good now came the fun part. She got the remote for his stereo and stepped onto his bed. She turned on the stereo to the loudest setting she could and proceeded to jump on his bed and make a good deal of noise. He shot up with a start and quickly looked at everything and as soon as she started the music it was gone with the wave of his hand. He grabbed her by the foot before she could leave and started to tickle her until she begged for sweet mercy.
"MERCY, sweet mercy!" she begged while laughing.
"Dear sister, why ever would I do that after you woke me up from my dream," he said a little breathlessly.
"Please, you're hurting me!" she cried out laughing.
"Oh, sorry sis," he said after he stopped tickling her.
"That's fine, but you need to pack your stuff immediately and get ready, it's about time to leave."
"Ok," and with another wave of his hand everything was back and he made Gabby leave so he could get changed.
"Mama!" called Gabby.
"Yes Gab?" asked her mother up the stairs.
"Robby is up! And he's almost ready!" she said going down the stairs.
Today was moving day and everything was very hectic. They were moving near their cousin (Gab's and Robby's) and they were traveling by plane and it was about time to go, her and Robby had a younger brother named Aaron who was at the moment hugging his stuffed teddy bear, crying.
"Aaron, what's the matter," she asked the seven year old.
"I'm scared and sad because we're moving away and I won't have any friends," he was sniffling. She smiled and picked him up, he didn't weigh much and she was pretty strong, and she twirled him around and he started to smile and laugh.
"It'll all be ok, I promise," she whispered into his ear as soon as she put him down, also trying to convince herself of the same thing. Just as that was going on she heard a knock on the door. She went and opened it and saw Jason her brother's beat friend and Iris her best friend.
"Hi, there Gabby, where's Bobby," asked Jason going into the house squatting next to Aaron and ruffled his hair. Most people called Robby Bobby because that was how he introduced himself as; Gabby was the only one able to call him Robby.
"Why would I know? Although this time I do, he's ... right here," she said as she heard the stamped of his feet down the stairs.
"Gabby?" said a tearful Iris.
"I know! I'm so sad about this! I'll owl you everyday and tell you everything that I can remember, I'm going to miss you so much!" said a crying Gabby her and Iris had been best friends since the day Iris moved to Georgia from Montana and moved into their neighborhood. That was about eleven years ago and they were now 15. They hugged each other and cried over the loss that their friendship will take. The boys went over and hugged the two girls so it ended with a group hug. Mr. and Mrs. Ericson walked in and were about to say they had to leave when they saw that the group of four was all crying.
"I'm sorry to say this, but it's time to go," said a sad Mr. Ericson, whose name was Charles.
"No!" said all the teens in the room, the girls were crying harder and the guys holding the girls closer than before.
"I'm afraid so...," said Katherine Ericson, almost crying herself to see her son and daughter and their friend that were so much like her own children crying like that.
They drove to the airport and everyone in the car had a dreary mood and everyone was silent. It took them 15 minutes to get there. It was a stiff drive for them all and they were all emotionally drained and the day wasn't even over yet. They finally arrived and they dropped off their luggage. They boarded the plane that would be headed for England and to their new home. Robby and Gabby sat together on the plane writing a song together and Katherine, Charles and Aaron sat a ways over from them, this would a long journey.
By this time they had all fallen asleep and they were an hour away, Gabby woke up with a start, her cell phone was ringing, well not ringing but vibrating all the same.
"Hello?" Gabby said answering the phone.
"Hey Gabby, it's me, Neville," said a happy boy on the other end.
"Dude, what's up?" she asked yawning somewhere in between.
"Well, nothing really, Gran and I will come a pick you all up, pity the summer is almost over and you didn't get to meet anyone around us," Neville said sympathetically as they were to be next door neighbors.
"Yeah, pity," she said sadly.
"I hope you arrive safely, we'll talk later, ok?" he asked seemingly he was in a rush.
"Ok, we'll try, bye," answered Gabby.
"Bye," and with a simple click of the phone they were no longer talking to each other.
"Hmmm, who was -hat Gab?" asked Robby just waking up, yawning at the word that making it sound like hat.
"That, was Neville, just checking up on us," said Gabby emphasizing the word that.
Robby nodded his head sleepily and they had about thirty minutes left on the flight. Gabby suggested that they read, for they were going to a new school, she would be going to Hogwarts with her cousin, and Robby would be going to Beaxbatons (sp?). They read for the rest of the time on the plane, it was time for them to exit the plane; they got of first and waited for their parents.
They went to go get their luggage and left the airport with their relatives. They got into a car that seemed to not be able to hold all of them. When they got into the car it was big enough for everyone plus a big dog, put they didn't have a dog they had a cat named Angel. A half-hour later, they arrived at their new house.
"Welcome home," said Charles Ericson.
"Yeah, welcome home," muttered both Robby and Gabby sadly.
"Hey you two, I thought since you weren't here long enough for you to make friends I'd bring some of mine over to meet you," said Neville trying to make them feel better. Neville was Robby's age and Gabby was a whole year younger than they were. Neville and Robby were 16 while Gabby was only 15. Gabby and Robby looked at each other with questions in their eyes. "Right now, only one of them could come, but Gabby, you'll meet the others on the train to Hogwarts."
"Ok, sounds great, I'll be right back after taking a quick shower, and putting all my stuff up," said Gabby going upstairs to see what her room, was like. Each door had a name, Gabby's name was on the door at the end of the hallway, and she went into her room.
It was a lot like her old room, she smile and put her stuff up with a flick of her hand. She went to the bathroom and happily turned on the water and let the water heat up. Every bedroom except Aaron's room had a bathroom of its own. When the water heated up enough she stepped in, she washed her hair with shampoo and conditioner that smelled like apples. Then she washed up with apple-smelling body wash, and when she was satisfied that she was clean enough, she turned off the water and stepped out of the shower. She dried her hair with a flick of her finger and put of a hat. She brushed her teeth and put on some fresh clothes and went downstairs to see her brother and cousin talking to some guy she didn't know, 'that must be Neville's friend' she thought to herself.
"Ah, the queen of showers herself," said Robby jokingly but with sarcasm in his voice none-the-less.
"Shut up, from all the way over here I can tell how bad you smell," she said with a smirk on her face.
"So you must be the over talked about Gabriella," said a voice with a thick Irish accent. "Hi, I'm Seamus, nice to meet you," he said once she got over to where the guys were standing.
"Yep, that's me, but please, please call me Gabby, I really dislike my full name," she said while putting out her hand for Seamus to shake, which he did smiling at her.
"Too bad, it's a pretty name," he said still smiling at her after they finished the handshake.
"That's what a lot of people say," she said while smiling at him.
"Nice hat, you're into Quidditch?" he asked in awe.
"Yeah, I totally root for Ireland when it comes to European Quidditch, but when it's American, I root for the Braves, (using baseball team names) sometimes the Yankees," she said and after that they all got into a Quidditch discussion.
"Sorry guys my phone is ringing, probably Iris and Jason calling to say hello," said Gabby after about an hour into the discussion.
"Hello?" she asked answering the phone.
"Hello, this one of Neville's friends. I tried to call him but he wasn't at home and his Gran gave me your phone number," answered a famine voice.
"Oh, he is right over here, my have your name please?" asked Gabby.
"Sure, my name is Hermione, and you must be his cousin Gabby," said Hermione.
"Yo, Neville! The call is for you!" she called for Neville.
"Coming," he answered running to where she was.
"Hello?" he answered.
"I leave you to it then," she said and left.
"Who was it?" asked Robby.
"It was some girl name Harmony, ummm… that doesn't sound right. Wait no Hermione," she said correcting herself.
"I know her, I wonder why she would be calling though," wonder Seamus out load.
"I don't know, so... What were y'all talking about?" she asked sitting down on the couch she had left just a minute ago.
"Oh, about the band and Jason and Iris," said Robby smiling at her.
"Oh," said Gabby simply with a tearful sound. Tears sprang to her eyes, Seamus looked at Robby and Robby looked at Gabby, 'oh no' he thought 'how stupid am I?'
"You know, I had to move once, it was really hard because all I knew was home, your case is a little different seeing you had to cross an ocean and I just moved from one side of Ireland to another. But it's the same for everyone," he said trying to calm the girl with tears in her eyes down. Seamus told her that he would be staying at Neville's house for the rest of the summer, which happened to be two weeks.
"Ok," she choked out smiling.
"Then tell me, if it's ok with you, about your friend Iris," he said trying to do something a friend did for him once. You say everything that is happy and good about the friend until all you can do is laugh about them.
Well the discussion went on for awhile before Neville came back smiling at them.
"So, what's going on?" asked Robby.
"Oh, nothing Hermione was filling me in on what was happening over at the Weasley's house, she said that Harry and Ron almost blew up their room," he said laughing, Seamus started laughing as well.
"Harry... Potter?" asked Gabby.
"Yeah, who else?" asked Seamus still laughing.
"Wow, you know THE Harry Potter, he's famous!" said Gabby eyes glowing.
"When you meet him, cousin, please don't do that. He hates it when people do those kinds of things it makes him uncomfortable," said Neville.
"Still the Harry Potter, wow..." she said.
"Dude how they almost blow up a room?" asked Robby emphasizing the word almost.
"Don't know, something Fred and George gave them to test, Mrs. Weasley was not happy one bit," said Neville.
The day flew by and Seamus and Neville went home to Neville's house and the brother and sister parted ways and went to own their rooms. Robby had to unpack everything, so with a wave of his hand he moved everything into the position he wanted it to be in. After that he got a book about whatever and read it before nodding to sleep. The next morning would be very eventful.
A/N: So what do you think? Better start? Do tell me, I'm refinishing all the chapters, so wait on that. Love all of you!
-CLB-