Justin leaned against the doorway, sighing heavily. She wouldn't understand, Tera never would. She was to stubborn, to amazingly stubborn. She never would see all he had done was for her; restarting all this "nonsense" was so they could be together, his followers were still around, and starting it up now was best for all of them.
"Justin? Professor McGongall is waiting for you," Tera stepped into the hall. "Look, I don't want you to do this, if you're still going through with it, then I'll have to tell you, I love you,"
"Isn't it a bit to late for that, isn't it?" He headed past her into the empty Charms classroom where the headmaster was waiting. "And if you really do love me, my trunk is waiting in the front hall, you can join me,"
"Justin as you might know, I don't approve of any of this," McGongall turned around as he entered. "I was also a teacher at this school when He-who-must-not-be-named was at power, and I know you won't be happy with how it looks and feels, like there is no happiness, no soul,"
"Are you going to expel me, or not?"
"No, I am however going to keep you on lock down for 24 hours while we summon your parents,"
"It's too late, I'll already be gone," he was already gone, like a shadow, as if he had melted into the wall. Tera stood, frozen at the door.
"He- how did he do it?"
"He didn't, I was afraid of this,"
"What?"
"Justin; he tried to disapparate, but, he can only have gone to a very dangerous location, if you really care for him, you will not tell a soul," Tera nodded, backing away, terrified. To bring her happiness, he had unknowingly sacrifice himself. Tera sprinted down the hall, tripping and sliding, knocking her nose on the floor, and hardly noticing the pain she felt on her nose compared to how her heart swelled and blistered.
"I'll write everyday, and for the purpose of muggleborns, they have a telephone now!" Mickey told her parents as she dragged her trunk up onto the luggage cart.
"We know, but we'll still miss you," Her mother hugged her tightly, kissing her forehead.
"I'll be back for Christmas! And make sure you buy me my ticket for the plane ride back!" She said, stepping onto the cart, waving as she slid the door shut. Although she'd never been to England, it hadn't mattered. All this American wanted was to get to Hogwarts.
She found an empty compartment, and slid in, breathing deeply an smiling widely.
"Hello?" A tall boy with pale skin and curly black hair slid the door open. "Are the rest of these seats open?"
"Yeah, come on in," Mickey slid over a little more.
"Thanks," He walked in, followed by a few other boys. "I'm Bryan,"
"I'm Andrew," A boy with sand blonde hair and clear blue eyes volunteered.
"I'm Tyler," A korean boy flopped down on the seat, and a boy who looked like him except taller and slightly darker skin sat on his leg which had taken up a second seat.
"That's Max, and John and Eric should be coming soon," As Bryan spoke, a boy with jet black hair and muddy brown eyes stepped in, balancing an owl on the crook of his arm, followed by a tan boy with a buzz cut and dark eyes.
"You sure have a lot of friends," Mickey looked around the now full cabin.
"Eric, you do know you could have left your owl in the luggage cart," Bryan made room for the boy with the owl.
"I told him that," The other boy, who Mickey assumed must be John, sat in the other seat. "But no, he must send a letter to mommy first thing,"
"Hey, she'll be happy if I send it right away, and then I don't have to write her again until later," Eric defended.
"So you all know each other?" Mickey asked.
"Long story,"
"We have time," They smiled.
"Alright," Eric set the owl out the window. "First things first, there is no Wizarding Elementary School,"
It turned out that even though every one of them belonged to a family that had at least one wizard, they all knew they were going to be wizards. Therefore, they were enrolled in a Muggleschool to learn basic skills, meeting one another and becoming friends. Their parents met, remembering each other from school, and the boys were allowed to share their odd talents (levitating brothers and sisters, making grass turn red, melting tires, etc.) with one another.
It really only took until lunch to tell.
"I'm hungry," Tyler whined.
"Well, anyone want to help me load up on candy?" John stood up, pulling out shining wizarding money.
"Sure," Mickey stepped into the hall where the trolley was parked.
"Ten lemon feathers, a bundle of chocolate frogs, two jumbo bags of Bertie Botts Beans, licorice wands, pumpkin pasties, and anything else I missed," John and Mickey looked like we were eating for twenty by the time they entered the cart.
"Anyone hungry?" The boys looked like vultures, swooping in on the whole lot of candy, leaving only one pumpkin pasty, three licorice wands, four chocolate frogs, one box of lemon feathers, and a few other misc. candies. "I only got two bags of
Bertie Botts, so SHARE!" John sat down.
Wizard candy left the group with a stomach ache, and a little bit of new information on each other.
"So, you took a plane, a bus, and a rental car just to get to Kings Cross?" Eric was wiping the traces of chocolate from his face, and passing the bag of Bertie Botts to Max.
"That's a little ridiculous," Max's face contorted as he ate what looked like a pepper bean.
"Not really," Mickey tossed a purple bean up and caught it in her mouth. "To get to Hogwarts, I'd do nearly anything,"
"Well, shouldn't we find out when we should be getting in?" Bryan asked.
"It's still light, we should have a few hours,"
A few hours was much less time than it seemed. Hogwart's was a much larger school than it had once been, and the Game Keeper had expanded the boats to accomadate more students. Each boat could seat eight people, lucky enough for John, Andrew, Bryan, Max, Tyler, Eric, and Mickey. Another girl, who introduced herself as Delia sat down in their boat, and had soon adapted to the strange, friendly people surrounding her.
"I just better be in Gryffindor," Eric said. "My parents and older brother have all been sorted into it,"
"That or Ravenclaw would be the decent options," Bryan looked nervous, almost green.
"Well, as long as I'm not in Hufflepuff, I'm fine," Delia said, stepping off as they finally reached a huge pair of doors. A redheaded girl that looked a lot like Delia approached the group.
"Delia," She said. "Can I use your owl tomorrow?"
"Sure Julia, but I don't think Mom and Dad will care who's owl it is,"
"Who's this?" Max asked.
"Julia's my twin sister," Delia said, and a girl with dark hair and pale skin approached them.
"And this is Beth, our parents knew each other, so they introduced us"
"I see," John supplied as they lined up outside what was called the Great Hall.
"Now," A tall man told them to be quiet, and follow him into the hall.
By he end of the night, there had been ten new Gryffindors, at least that Mickey had counted.
As the few hours on the train, years can be counted in seconds. . .
1. . . 2. . . 3. . . 4. . .
Author's Note:
Hello to anyone who bothered to read the first chapter to my harry potter fanfiction. . .
The whole Justin thing may not exactly come up again soon, but I promise it will. The more reviews and comments I get, the faster I'll write.
Pairings are a mystery at this point. . . especially because there will be some exchange students joining them. XD
But any suggestions would be welcome.
Thanks again,
ace axel