Title: Love and Hate In The Very First Blast

Author: chibidark angel

Summary: Harry and the gang are out of Hogwarts and are heading for they're very first year in Elvingsdale- the wizarding college in America. There, Harry meets his professor- Draco Malfoy, and love and hate explode at once, while Ron is smitten with Hermione Granger- another professor and Draco's best friend.

Pairings: harry/draco(main), ron/hermione, lavender/parvati, seamas/dean, cho/cedric, sirus/remus, blaise/OC

Warnings: SLASH! Well, yaoi, yuri, whatever you wanna call it, just basically: there is guy on guy and girl on girl action, don't like don't read! slight AU (alternative universe for anyone who doesn't know), in that I've screwed with a few characters, you know, altering ages, plus I don't know what everyone looks like, but the main plot is still in place.

A/N: hidee-ho, people! Well, this is my first Harry potter fic and I'm writing it as a fic challenge, and I'd like to dedicate it to Olusha-I'm soooooo sorry it took so long, I'd to sort some things out about a character (you know who), but here it is, hope it was worth the wait! Yeah, pleeze review, I like the idea, but its taking me AGES to get the chappies written, so pleeze be patient. Also, at the mo, I'm working on a gundam wing and yugi-oh fic, so while I will be updating these fics reviews or no reviews, the story that gets the best response will be the one that I update the fastest, the rest will take longer, so please be nice.

Funky Trunky: yeah, chibi here sucks, so you gotta be nice to her.

C: oooo, injustice! For anyone who doesn't know, this is my muse, Funky Trunky, a purple, ballet dancing elephant, who has obsessive compulsive disorder.

Funky Trunky: ooooo, that's not fair onna! You psychotic, sugar high igit!

C: alright, alright, lets leave it there. You see, me and Funky are having a bit of a disagreement at the moment, but we're going to leave it with the gundam wing fanfics, and start on a clean slate here, alright? Will you pleeze read the disclaimer?

Funky: alright, here it is: all these characters, except for the OC's belong to JK Rowling- chibi isn't that good an authoress, so: SHE DON'T OWN, PLEEZE DON'T SUE! (smiles sweetly)

C: oksie-doksie! Well on with the story, which I am dedicating to Olusha- I never would have written a harry potter fic so fast if it wasn't for you!

Oh yeah, just to tell you, mione and dray are 23 and har and the gang are 18.

Right, on with the fic, here's the first chappie, enjoy!

Chapter One: Off To Elvingsdale!

"Flight 241 London Stanstead to Paris is now boarding, please make your way to gate 14," the nasal voice announced over the intercom, as a band of four teenagers made their way into the airport, carrying with them various huge trunks, broom-shaped packages and cages with owls, cats and rats in them.

They stopped just a little bit in from the entrance, chatting and laughing, ignoring the strange looks they got from people as an owl shrieked as they passed by.

"Summer's finally over," one announced happily, his brown eyes sparkling happily and his floppy red hair bouncing on his head.

"Yeah, we're finally going to Elvingsdale, it'll be so cool!" another boy with black hair and twinkling blue eyes added, jumping up and down.

"Yeah, you're so right Dean, we'll have a blast!" a girl with long black hair and clear blue eyes giggled, but at the same time, looked wistfully towards the entrance.

Noticing this, the boy with the red hair grinned impishly.

"Aww, what's wrong Parvati? Missing a certain someone? A certain blond-haired, grey-eyed someone? (A/N: no no, it's not draco, or have you forgotten the pairings?) A certain girlfriend by the name of, oh, I don't know, Lavender?"

"Oh shut up Ron," Parvati replied, blushing slightly, "I haven't seen her all summer, and besides, at least I have a girlfriend, unlike some people," she smirked as Ron blushed scarlet and shouted, "Well, that's just cause I don't want anyone!"

"Really?" Parvati asked innocently, while grinning evilly, "I seem to remember you're attempts to ask out quite a few girls over the past two or three years…"

A heated argument broke out, which Dean ignored, as he walked away to get some labels for the luggage and buy some food to stop his rumbling tummy. (A/N: awww, so cute!)

The fourth member of the group, who had been silent up to now, sighed and ran a hand through his unruly black hair, revealing an unusual-shaped scar on his forehead. (A/N:oooo, I wonder who this is….)

He was about to speak up and act peacemaker in the argument when suddenly, a voice interrupted, shouting, "Harry! Hey Harry, over here!"

The boy looked up and grinned, his emerald eyes flashing with excitement.

"Hey Sirus, Lupin! How's it going?" he called and made his way over to the two boys who were walking in the door, hand-in-hand, pushing their trolleys.

They all hugged, smiling and exchanging greetings, then continued on to where the rest of the group was.

"So, who's here?" Remus piped up as they walked along.

"So far it's just me, Ron, Dean and Parvati," Harry replied.

"Will the others be coming soon do you know?" Sirus asked.

"Dunno. Cedric and Cho are coming together of course. I think they're apparating near here and continuing on, and then its just Blaise and Lavender. They know we have to book in in five minutes, so I wont be long."

"Great. So, how was your summer Har?" Sirus asked tentively, knowing how badly the Dursley's treated him.

"Oh, you know, the usual; I tease or threaten Dudly, avoid being hit by flying projectiles and a swinging frying pan, get sent to bed with nothing to eat and have a helluva (A/N: I lurve this word!) lot of chores to do the next day. God, am I glad or what that I am finally out of that house for good, they are too, they threw me a going away party, with the message, 'never come back'," at this Harry snorted, "like I ever plan to…

Remus smiled sympathetically, while Sirus threw an arm around Harry, exclaiming, "Don't worry, you'll never have to think of those monsters again, you're free now, just like the rest of us!"

The three stopped and Remus and Sirus parked their trolleys next to Harry's and Ron's, before gazing over, laughing, at Ron and Parvati, who were red in the face, still arguing, while Dean watched, munching on a bag of popcorn.

"Well, if it isn't my favourite married couple," Sirus called out jokingly.

"WE ARE NOT A MARRIED COUPLE!" they both yelled in exact synchronisation, then paused panting.

"Yeah, but the way you act, could've fooled me," Remus shrugged, grinning.

Harry smiled, watching this oh-so-familiar scene play out, and he felt, that if he blinked and eye, he'd find himself back in Hogwarts with his friends in the great hall…

Shaking his head to rid it of thoughts on the past and returned his attention to the present. The others had all hugged and exchanged greetings, and Parvati was talking.

"So, what did you guys get up to this summer?" she asked Sirus and Remus.

At this, a silly grin spread across Sirus's face and Remus had a far-off look in his eyes.

"We went to Paris together," Remus answered dreamily.

"Ooo," Parvati sighed, "That place is soooo romantic."

"Yeah, and it's so beautiful at night, with the music and the red roses," Sirus replied.

"Yea, ze citee of lurve," Dean chuckled in a fake French accent.

"Sounds like you guys had a great time," Harry said.

"Yeah, it was great. There were all these little cupids flying around with their bows and arrows and love hearts and there were enchanted flowers and the music was so beautiful." Sirus sighed.

"And not only that, but we toured all around the city- the Louvre and the Mona Lisa were brilliant, and oh, the Eiffel Tower at night with a not so full moon," Remus added with a sigh, grinning wryly, "So what did you guys get up to? Parvati?"

"Oh, I went to Rome and Pompeii, it was so cool. The Sistine Chapel is gorgeous, and we got a magical tour of Pompeii and the tour guides used all sorts of complicated charms to bring the town back to life and they recreated the day when the volcano exploded, it was brilliant."

"That must have been really interesting, cool," Remus said, "What about you Ron?"

"Oh, I got to go visit Charlie with Bill- it was just the three of us and we went hiking up some mountains to find a family of Norwegian Ridgebacks Charlie wanted to study, and we got to see the little babies, they were adorable! I got to help Charlie make notes and observe them- he'd put a hypnosis charm on one of the members and we'd quickly take it away and weigh it, check it over and then magically mark it so we can find them wherever they go, and can protect them from poachers. After that, we went to visit the Chudly Cannons- it was fantastic! I go to chat to the team and play some quidditch with them and I got to talk to the coach and manager and see how they all felt about their jobs and the sport. It was a brilliant summer." (A/N: ooooo, I was SO on a roll with that one! ^_^)

"Wow, you had some summer, lucky you," Sirus whistled, "So Dean, what'd you get up to?"

"Well, um, me and Seamus told our parents about our, um, relationship and so, our two families got together and we had our hols in Ireland- down in Wexford, it was brilliant," Dean replied.

"So, after how many years of being together, and you are only after finally coming out now?" Sirus grinned.

Dean blushed.

"Well, yes. We just- we weren't ready till now, that's all," he retorted defensively.

"Hey, well done," Harry said warmly.

He knew how hard it could be- it had taken him a while to deal with the fact that he was gay- he'd been in denial for ages till he'd accepted it- though he'd never found that someone special.

'Someday,' she sighed to himself, and was about to ask Dean how it went, when Parvati let out an excited squeal, and jumped up.

"Lavender!" she cried and started to run towards a blond-haired girl who was walking in the door, pushing her trolley.

"Parvati!" the girl cried, and started to run forward.

As they neared each other, the trolley was pushed aside and they embraced, then, hurriedly, their lips me, which quickly parted as their tongues met and danced passionately. The two girls were heading into a heavy make-out session, when the owl in the cage on Lavender's trolley gave a particularly loud screech. Startled, the two jumped apart, laughed, and shared a quick, loving kiss before Lavender wheeled her trolley over to where the rest of the group was. Greetings were exchanged, then Lavender leaned back against Parvati, who wrapped her arms tightly around her waist, resting her chin on Lavender's shoulder.

"So how'd your summer go Lavender?" Harry asked.

"Oh, it was really cool, I met up with my pen pal from Spain- he goes to Beaubaxtons and he's heading into his final year this year. We had a great time- he showed me around his home and area, and then he came back to my home, and I learned loads about Beaubaxtons- it sound like a really nice place."

"Glad you had fun, I missed you ya know," Parvati whispered.

"Aww, I missed you too babes, but you had fun on your hols too and we're together now," Lavender whispered in reply, giving her hands a squeeze.

"Hey, there's Cho and Cedric," Dean informed the others, "Hey guys! Yo, we're over here!"

Harry turned and waved at the Chinese girl and the black-haired boy, who were making their way over to the group.

"Hi everyone!" Cho cried, hugging everyone in greeting.

Harry smiled as he hugged Cho back, remembering the small crush he's had on Cho back in fourth year. That was of course before he'd kissed Lee Johnson as part of a game of spin the bottle, and he'd suddenly realised he much preferred to look at guys than girls.

"Hey Cho, how was your summer?" Harry asked as they parted.

"Oh, it was fantastic- mine and Cedric's families went on a ski trip up the Alps. Oh, the place was beautiful, and we even got to see a family of yeti's!" Cho laughed in reply, "How was yours?"

"Oh, you know, same ole, same ole," Harry shrugged dismissively.

Cho nodded in understanding and smiled, then turned to say hi to Ron, while Harry turned to Cedric.

"Hey there Harry," Cedric grinned, sticking his hand out.

"Hey Cedric, how's it going?" Harry grinned in reply, grasping his hand firmly.

There had always been a spark of competition between the two, ever since third year, when Cedric was made seeker of the Hufflepuff quidditch team. They'd both fought hard through all the years of school, and in the end, both had been made head-boy, something they were both happy with.

"Oh, I'm fine, and you?" Cedric answered.

"Never better," Harry smiled as the handshake ended, "I heard you and Cho had a nice holiday."

"Cedric grinned wryly, a far-off look in his eyes.

"Oh yeah, did we ever," he half said, half whispered, lost in his daydreams and memories.

Noticing Harry leering at him, he snapped out of his daze and coughed, quickly averting his gaze, suddenly finding his shoes very interesting, a faint blush spreading across his cheeks.

"But, um, anyway… typical summer?" he asked lightly.

"Yup, the usual," Harry grinned.

Suddenly, a set of bells rang, and what sounded like a house elf's voice squeaked out, "Could all students going to Elvingsdale please make your way to gate 103 where you will be directed to your plane."

While some people in the group jumped, or looked about sharply, no one else in the airport seemed to notice the strange announcement; they all continued walking about hurriedly, chatting and laughing, glancing at their watches and notice boards above.

"Guess we'd better make our way to the gate, wherever it is, I don't think that a gate 103 exists," Remus said, heading towards his trolley, as did the others.

"But Blaise hasn't shown up yet," Lavender quickly said, "We can't just leave him here, he might not know were to go, he could get lost."

"Hey, wait up, I'm coming!" a voice cried out from the entrance.

Relieved, the group turned to see a flushed looking boy running towards them at high speed, pushing his trolley ahead of him. His obsidian eyes were flashing playfully, and his floppy black hair was bouncing on either side of his head, dark bangs falling over a red strip of cloth tied around his forehead. Coming to a skidding halt beside them, panting and gasping for breath, he quickly greeted them all with a wave of his hand.

"I've-been-running-all-the way, *pant* from the-entrance to- the-car park," he gasped, as his breathing slowed down to normal, "In under two minutes might I add."

"Wow Blaise, you must be pretty fit," Harry commented, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, I was working on my athletics over the summer, plus I went on a kayaking and camping trip over the summer with my mam- it was deadly! How'd all your summer's go?"

"We'll tell you on the way to the gate," Sirus replied, "Come on, we've go to find this gate 103, wherever it is."

"Come on, we'll go to the very last gate at the end of the airport," Harry instructed, and the group set off.

After a while of walking around, and when all the summer tales were exchanged, the group found themselves well and truly lost. The last gate was gate 102, and then there was a dead end, so here they were, standing in the middle of a crowd of mingling holiday and business trip goers, looking about confused, when they were approached.

"Excuse me?" the soft, polite tone wrenched them all from their thoughts and they turned to gaze up on a girl.

She had long, fiery red hair, streaked with blonds and oranges that was tied back in a loose ponytail which fell down to the back of her knees. Long bangs shielded exotic eyes that were and unusual shade of golden amber. She was wearing a black string top and a short jacket that fell to just above her waist, and black baggy trousers that fell over white runners. Blaise was nearest her, but he was frozen, eyes wide, goggling at her, so Harry spoke.

"Yes, can we help you?" he asked.

"Yes, um, would you know where gate 103 is? Its my first year at Elvingsdale and I thought I'd ask you people, or is it your first year too?"

"It is," Harry smiled, "and we're just as lost as you are. Wait a minute, how'd you know we're going to Elvingsdale?"

"Well, its kind of hard not to- the trunks and brooms are a dead give-away."

"Yeah, I suppose so," Harry grinned, "so stranger, what's your name?"

"Oh, I'm so sorry," the girl apologised, "My name is Ash Maxwell." (Duo Maxwell- my bishie! ^_^)

"Pleased to meet you Ash, my name's Harry Potter."

"Wow, cool, you know, your name just flows so well- Harry Potter- its like water or something, its so cool."

"Thanks, glad you like it," Harry grinned, delighted at the unusual, sort of down-to-earth welcome, and that her eyes did not make that usual trip to his forehead, something he'd begun to despise over the last few years, especially after he defeated Voldemort in sixth year, "These are my friends."

"Ron Weasly," Ron said while extending a hand.

"Oh yeah, your dad's Arthur- he works for the ministry, right?"

"Yeah," Ron replied in a surprised tone, shaking her hand, "How'd you know?"

"Oh, he works with my dad, David Maxwell."

"Your dad's David Maxwell? He's the magical engineer isn't he?" Dean amazed, "By the way, name's Dean Thomas."

"Nice to meet ya Dean," Ash smiled, "and yes, my dad is a magical engineer."

"Wow, he is brilliant- he takes all those muggle inventions and makes them work off magic, amazing. Oh, and I'm Lavender," Lavender smiled.

"Pleased to meet you, and your girlfriend is?"

"Parvati," Parvati answered, from her respective position behind Lavender.

"Cool. You two make a really cute couple," Ash smiled, "As do you two, em?" she added, turning to Sirus and Remus.

"Sirus Black and this is Remus Lupin," Sirus answered, "so you're not uncomfortable with us?"

Ash snorted in contempt.

"Gods no! Homophobes are freaks, and besides, I'm bi."

"Me too!" Blaise squeaked, slowly turning red.

"Cool, another free spirit, just like myself," Ash grinned, "So, what would your name be?"

"Oh, um, Blaise Zambini," Blaise answered.

"Wow, I totally love your name it's so unique."

"I love your name too," Blaise sighed, as they gazed into each other's eyes.

Harry immediately recognised the look they sent each other and grinned. He couldn't blame Ash- after all, Blaise was very attractive, although Harry felt only friendship towards him, and Ash was very pretty as well, though he didn't really feel any attractiveness towards her. (I hate to diss my OC, but you know, hars gay, so he wouldn't feel anything for her) However, although Blaise was bi, he really did prefer girls, he'd only kissed a few guys and never had a boyfriend. Blaise wore a black shirt, with blue and white flames at the bottom, which was open and a red t-shirt underneath, black baggies and a pair of new rocks (these are boots, sooo fucking gorgeous but really expensive-I'm still saving up to buy a pair) The two teens would make a great couple- Ash with her tanned skin, flaming red hair and flashing golden eyes, Blaise with his pale, ivory skin, jet black hair and dark obsidian eyes- they clashed yet complimented each other perfectly.

Harry quickly cleared his throat, smirking as they jumped slightly, growing red.

"Oh yes, um, on with the last of the intros," Ash fumbled, looking expectantly at Cho and Cedric.

"I'm Cho Chang and this is my boyfriend Cedric Diggory."

Ash smiled and shook their hands.

"So, all you guys go to Hogwarts?" Ash asked, "I'm just assuming cause that's the school here in England."

"Yeah, you're right, we all went to Hogwarts," Harry answered, "What school did you go to?"

"Oh, um, I didn't exactly go to a school," Ash mumbled, biting on her bottom lip.

"Why?" Cho asked curiously.

"Because, um, you see… Oh look! There's somebody who looks like he knows where he's going!"

With that, she was off, jogging up to this taller man with spiked blond hair.

"What do you think Harry, something's up with her, do you think we can trust her?" Ron asked, worry edging into his voice, while the others looked on concerned.

Harry sighed. Even after all these years, even after he'd defeated Voldemort, they were still looking up to him for support, for leadership. It was something he needed to talk to them about, but it could wait, right now he'd a decision to make.

"Leave it for now, I think she's alright, maybe she's an orphan or couldn't afford to go to a school, it could be something simple. We'll just have to gain her trust and hopefully she'll tell us about the school thing, okay?"

"That's a good idea," Blaise sighed, grinning idiotically as he turned his gaze to Ash.

The group watched as she tapped the man o the shoulder and started talking, gesturing wildly. The man replied, pointing off in one direction. With a small bow, she waved and jogged back to the group.

"There's an assembly point, well, a room, through a portal nearby, where we'll be shown into the wizarding airport."

Nodding, the group grabbed their trolleys and set off, Harry, Ron, Ash and Blaise at the front, with the couples following behind. They rounded a corner and spotted other students quickly walking into a wall just a bit away from gate 102.

"Come on," Ash instructed, quickly walking up to the wall. As they all entered, they found themselves in a small room, where they were met by a young witch, who greeted them with a smile.

"Good morning," she chirped, "This way please."

She led them out of the room and down a hall to where two trees stood. Taking out her wand, she waved it over them while muttering, "Obstritium."

Immediately, they grew and moved apart, though their branches were still entwined, forming an arch, which the witch ushered them through. As Harry stepped through, he gasped at the sight that greeted him.

The place was huge, stretching out in all directions. Witches, wizards, seahags and goblins worked behind the booking gates, multitudes of house-elves checked out trunks going in and coming out with snufflers. (is that what they're called? You know, those creatures that find the metal objects) The air was filled with fairies, who flitted here and there, sprinkling the luggage with fairy dust so they could float in groups until they were collected, and owls, delivering packages and letters here and there. Giants with hippogriffs worked at the security checkout, and the room was filled with hundreds of citizens of the magical community, travelling all over the world: witches and wizards, going away, or coming into the country, seahags, goblins, dwarves, gnomes, unicorns being led by a small, pudgey-looking man. A bogart, changing shape ever now and then, glided quickly along the shadows before jumping into a small box, that was being held by an awaiting banshee, and an assembly of ghosts merrily made their way along, chatting and laughing with some veelas, and a tank of water full of grindylows floated along, supported by a variety of pixies.

Never had Harry felt so much amazement and wonder surge inside him- well, maybe the first time he laid eyes on the great hall, but never since. Through the rushing sound in his head, Harry grinned as he distantly hear the witch say, "Welcome to Wingardium Levithatus- the wizarding airport."

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so, what do you think? I wanted to do something like platform 9¾ but not the exact same. So, let me know what you think by giving a little review, I will be continuing to update this story but more reviews means ill update faster, so pleeze review! Farethee well ^_^