Chapter One- Hogwarts

Empov

Edward checked his watch for the hundredth time in two minutes.

"Chill out Edward, we're not going to miss the train."

I grinned over to him but he still looked nervous.

"Emmett which house do you think you'll be in?" He asked me.

"Slytherin of course!" I grinned at him, knowing I wasn't going to be put in Slytherin.

Just then Jasper came down the stairs smiling.

So we were all ready. This was going to be great!

"Boys are you ready?" My dad, Carlisle shouted from outside, in his car.

"Yeah, coming." I yelled to him and picked up my suitcase and my owls cage-my owl was called Scruffs.

We all went towards the car where he and my mom, Esme were waiting. Mom looked just as nervous as Edward did but I guess that just shows how much she cares about us. Dad started the engine and the car started to hover.

"So are you looking forward to your first year at Hogwarts boys?" Dad asked. Even though we are all seventeen, this is our first year at Hogwarts. We have wizard blood, but Dad and Mom hadn't heard about Hogwarts until this year so we are arriving at the school very late. We're going to have to be sorted into houses with all the 11 and 12 year old first years!

"I sure am!" I said loudly. Edward just nodded and Jasper said he was looking forward to it.

I looked out of the window for the whole journey until I saw the crowded streets of London.

"Ok be sure to act normal, there are muggles around." Dad instructed us and we all got out of the car. Mom went to get trolleys for us to put our things on and we all walked along the platform.

"How do we get platform 9 and ¾s again?" Jasper asked Mom.

"You have to run into the wall." She said, her voice shaking.

I was the first one to spot the wall and I pointed at it excitedly hopping up and down. Mom, Dad, Edward and Jasper glared at me.

"Wha- oh right." I said noticing all the muggles who were staring at me and pointing. I stopped hopping and walked normally towards the wall then I waited. To my surprise Edward was the first one to run through the wall, he rolled his eyes at me ran and then disappeared. I ran through after him and arrived on the crowded platform on the other side.

"Whoa!" I said, just as Dad, Mom and Jasper came through.

"Hurry along then." Mom said as she gathered us all into a big hug. I would have pulled a face out of embarrassment, but I knew that would have hurt her feelings. She let go of us and wiped her watering eyes with a tissue and then we waved and walked off towards the nearest train door. We jumped aboard and found that there were no empty compartments. We looked around confused, and the doors slammed forward and the train lurched to a start. We could still see our parents waving, so we tried to look calm and waved back until they were out of sight.

"Let's find somewhere to sit then." Edward, who was now happy because of not missing the train, said to me and Jaz.

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Bpov

Rosalie and Alice, my best friends sat in the front of the car looking out of the windows at the ground that was gradually getting further away. They weren't nervous because they had already been at Hogwarts for years, for me this was going to be my first year. I had gotten the letter at the same time as them, but soon afterwards I had gotten hit in the head with a dark jinx and went into a coma. That didn't last long, but it took a long time to recover. So this is going to be my first year.

This morning had been very rushed. I had said goodbye to Charlie… I mean my Dad, and then I had gone to Rosalie's house, next door to mine. Alice and Her mom, Mrs Brandon, were already there and Rose and Ali had there cases ready. We all said goodbye to Mrs Hale and Mrs Brandon and then we went to Rosalie's red flying convertible.

"You're sure you know the way?" I asked Rose.

"Yes don't fret Bells!" She said. I wasn't fretting!

Alice pulled out her wand and started practising some hand movements.

"I can't wait to get back! You're going to love it Bella!" She yelped suddenly.

I nodded and glanced out of the window. The sight made my stomach lurch and I closed my eyes. The others laughed. I kept my eyes closed for the whole journey and listened to Alice and Rosalie talking about people they knew at Hogwarts and the teachers and the great feast. By the time we landed I was as excited as Alice, oh, that was until I remembered that I was going to have to stand up in front of everybody and get sorted into a house my stomach churned again.

Rosalie parked the car and we all went over to get a trolley. Rosalie and Alice had pet owls but I was going to have to buy one of those later.

I then followed them both. They led me to a brick wall.

"Okay you go first Alice. In case I have to make Bella run through it." She said.

Alice giggled and then charged at the wall I was about to stop her but then she disappeared.

"What?" I said, confused.

"That's how you get to the train. Just run straight at the wall." Rose said.

If it had been anyone else I wouldn't have done it… but I trusted my friends so I took a deep breath and walked through the wall. Alice was waiting on the other side and she clapped at me. Rosalie came through after me. The platform was quite empty which surprised me.

"Are we early?" I asked.

"Yep," Alice said and walked towards the train "it's the only way to get a compartment to ourselves."

We got on the train and found a compartment.

"We should change into our robes now, in case anyone else comes." Rosalie suggested and then pointed her wand at herself. With a flick she was in her robes and Alice did the same.

"But how…?" I began to ask. Alice pointed her wand at me and I found myself in my robes as well. Rosalie and Alice had Gryffindor robes, but mine were plain black, as I didn't yet have a house. I just shrugged and sat down, annoyed at not knowing any spells other than the basic ones Charlie had taught me. I put my small suitcase (small because Charlie doesn't have that much money so I only had a few things and my new wand) in the overhead locker. So did Rosalie and Alice and they put their owls there as well.

"Hogwarts is so great!" Alice said and Rosalie nodded they started talking about it again. I sat fiddling with my hands until the train lurched forward.

"Finally!" Rosalie said.

Alice practically started dancing and I grinned then looked out of the window.

There was a knock on the compartment door and I looked around to see the most strikingly beautiful boy I had ever seen. It almost hurt to look at him. He had scruffy brown-red hair and a square jaw, his skin was pale and his eyes were a deep shade of green.

"Ugh now we can't have girl talk on the way!" Alice said but then stopped speaking as soon as a blonde boy joined the other one. "Never mind!" She said and opened the door to let them inside. Behind the first two boys was a big black haired one who was staring at Rosalie. Rosalie, who always considered herself too good for anyone who showed interest in her, was staring back at him.

"Can we sit with you?" The beautiful one-well they were all pretty handsome actually, but the one I thought to be most beautiful- asked. He had a voice like honey and velvet.

"Sure." Alice said after a minute. She budged up and I almost scowled because I thought that he was going to sit next to her, but to my surprise he came and sat next to me.

"Hello, my names Edward Cullen and these are my brothers, Jasper and Emmett."

He gestured to the one who was sitting next to Alice and the one who was sitting next to him. Edward, Jasper, Emmett. Nice names. He was looking at me and I realised I hadn't replied.

"I'm Bella." I told him.

He looked down at the floor and I relaxed slightly now that his gaze wasn't on me. There was still a strange intensity between everyone in the carriage. I noticed that the boys had the same black robes as me.

"You're new as well?" I asked him. He looked at me again and I nearly melted.

"Yeah, we thought we were the only ones actually." He looked over at his brothers who were now deep in conversation with Alice and Rosalie.

"So did I…" I said.

The ride to Hogwarts was awkward. I was being silly imagining spending time with Edward. Like he would want to spend time with me- Boring, unremarkable Bella Swan. We sat in silence until the food trolley came.

"Six of everything!" Emmett said and grinned at us all.

I gawped at him.

"Six?" Rosalie said and then she and Alice giggled.

"Yup, one of each for everyone."

Edward rolled his eyes at his brother then smile-a crooked smile- at me.

Now we all had bags full of magical wizard sweets. I decided to save mine for later. I looked out of the window and closed my eyes.

~Sometime later…

"Bella?" Edward shook me and I opened my eyes sleepily. The carriage was now empty. "Bella we're here." He said.

"Here?"

I was wide awake now and stood up, only to stumble over, dizzily. Edward caught me and got my bag down. I reached for it but he ignored me and held his hand out. I took it and he helped me out of the train. It was dark by now.

"We have to get into a carriage, the others have already gone." He said, leading me over to one of them. He jumped into it, with all his luggage and mine and then pulled me up.

"Thanks." I said and smiled at him.

"Your welcome." He said.

The carriage moved to my surprise-there was nothing pulling it. Edward chuckled.

"There are creatures pulling it but we can't see them." He said.

"Oh."

I could see the castle by now, it looked magnificent. And I could see the statue of three famous wizards- Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger- who had defeated you know who.

"It looks amazing doesn't it…?" I said, mainly to myself.

"Yes it does."

That is how the ride to Hogwarts continued until the carriage stopped and Edward helped me down.

"Thanks again, I should go and find Rose and Alice now." I told him.

"There over there, with my brothers, maybe you should stay with us though Bella… we have to be sorted as well as you."

"Oh yeah, okay."

We headed over to them but were stopped by a grey haired giant.

"Yeh must be Bellar Swan," he beamed, "I heard all about yeh… glad yer could make it. And Edward Cullen… yeh and yur brothers are new here too!"

We smiled politely.

"Oh," he said again, "forgettin' my manners as usual, I'm Hagrid. You two'll be wantin' to go over that way, and yur brothers too mind, but just head up those stairs and get yurselves in the sortin' queue."

We nodded and went to where he pointed.

"Are you nervous Bella?" Edward asked me.

"Aha… yeah…" I said and my voice trembled.

"It'll be fine." Edward said.

Just then Emmett and Jasper appeared. Emmett grinned at me.

"Have any nice dreams Bella?" He said. There was something taunting in his voice and his expression was overly innocent. He winked at me and Edward elbowed him. I gave him a strange look and joined the queue of first years.

"Laurie Dyman!" A witch with a Scottish accent called from the stage.

"Slytherin!" The hat said straight away.

The Slytherin's cheered and she went to join them.

"Emmett Cullen!" Said the witch.

Emmett grinned and walked confidently to the sorting chair. I wondered if it would hold his weight. He placed the hat on his head.

"We have a Gryffindor!" It said and Emmett grinned. There was a loud applause and he went to join them.

"Godfrey Jonas!" The witch said and a boy who was behind as us walked towards the hat.

"Hmm. Hufflepuff!" The hat said, there was an applause. I closed my eyes wondering if it would be me next.

"Jasper Cullen!"

Jasper walked on and the hat chose Gryffindor, just like it had done for Emmett.

"Edward Cullen!"

Edward squeezed my hand and strode gracefully onto the stage. He put the hat on his head.

"Interesting… hmm, yes… very interesting. Alright then Gryffindor!" Edward waved to me then went to join the others.

"Shane Westingeld!" A small boy walked onto the stage.

"Ravenclaw!" The hat said suddenly.

"Isabella Swan!"

Oh no… it was me. Move Bella. Like an idiot I stumbled onto the stage, tripped on my own foot and landed on the stool. There was an awkward silence. I placed the hat on my head and it started whispering to me.

"You could be in the Ravenclaw house… all those brains and skill." It said.

I shook my head slightly. I wanted to be with my friends… with Edward.

"Young love." The hat tutted, it was still whispering. I turned a deep shade of pink.

"Okay we have another GRYFFINDOR!" The hat bellowed. There were loud woops from Alice and Rosalie who were waving to me, and the Cullen brothers were cheering. I stood up, smoothed my robes, which now had Gryffindor colours and walked off to the side, giddily. I went and sat at the table where all the Gryffindor's were beaming. There were a few more people awarded to each house, but I wasn't paying much attention to them. After that the head master- Neville Longbottom- gave a speech, which I'm sure was very interesting but I was paying more attention to Edwards amazing green eyes. I was so transfixed that I didn't notice when the feast started.

"So what do you think Bells?" Alice chirped.

I glanced down at the table which was now covered in food.

"It looks delicious!" I said.

"Not the food silly, Hogwarts!"

"Oh… that! Yeah it seems great."

I grabbed a bowl of fruit salad and started to eat it.

"Are you okay Bella? You seem a little… distracted." Rosalie asked.

Emmett seemed to find this funny because he started half laughing half choking- on the mouthful of pie that he had started eating. I looked at him questioningly and then back at Rosalie.

"Yeah, perfect."

I sat thinking and chewing until the food had disappeared. The Headmaster got up and cleared his throat.

"All students follow their house prefects to their dorms, and mind the staircases."

Everyone stood up. Alice and Rose pulled me along with them out of the hall and with the massive crowd. I looked at everything as we walked by. Hogwarts truly was very grand. The paintings moved, the stairs moved! The corridors were massive. We came to a halt and the prefect whom we were following gestured to the portrait behind him.

"This is the Fat Lady! She guards the common room and to get into it you must tell her a password."

He turned to the painting.

"Munglewumph." He said and the portrait swung aside to reveal a nice room with plush carpets and comfortable looking chairs, the common room. Rosalie and Alice pulled me along with them in a rush to get inside first. Then before the prefect could say anything else they pulled me up some stairs to the right.

"Home, sweet home!" Alice said and leapt up onto a bed and started bouncing on it (It would hold Alice's weight because she is so small) Rosalie smiled and pointed to our suitcases which had been brought up. Mine was beside a bed in the corner. I went and sat on that bed.

"Lets unpack!" Alice said after stopping her jumping. I bent down to open my suitcase. First I packed my clothes into the chest of drawers, and Alice must of caught sight of some of them because she scowled at me and shook her head-Just perfect, this meant that there would be a shopping trip soon. Then I put an old picture of my mum-Renee, who had died falling off her broom stick-, my dad and me up on top of the drawers. Then I put my books, my cauldron, diary, my scales and my telescope in a carved wooden box that was enchanted to hold as many items as I wanted it to. That was about it, except for my wand which I tucked into my robe.

Alice and Rose weren't even half way through their unpacking so I went over to help them. Alice was doing a spell to colour code her mass of clothes. I could see a collection of posters that she had in her suitcase.

"Shall I stick those up Alice?" I asked.

"Mhmm." She muttered without looking up.

"Kay" I said and got the posters. I knew a spell that would make them all stick themselves up and I pointed my wand at them. Obediently they started arranging on the wall.

"Rose do you need any help?" I said.

"Um, no thanks Bell, I just finished!" She said standing in the middle of the room.

I looked towards her and saw that she had changed everything around her bed. Underneath it was a fluffy white rug and the curtains were no longer red… she had made them into light pink velvet.

"Tada!" she said looking pleased.

"Whoa…" I breathed.

I sat down on a sofa at the edge of the room and the other two joined me.

"Now," said Ali, "gossip! What do you think of the Cullen boys?" she said, checking that the dorm was still empty. "I don't know about you two, but I think Jasper is gorgeous… you couldn't take your eyes of Emmett, Rose, don't deny it and Bella was talking about Edward in her sleep." Alice giggled.

I repeated the last bit in my brain and suddenly all the strange things that Emmett had been saying made sense.

"I was what?" I said, my face the very definition of horror.

Rosalie flopped back on the sofa and closed her eyes.

"Oh Edward! Don't go. No stay here… the dementors!" She opened her eyes again and laughed. "You were doing that Bella."

I blushed.

"Why didn't you wake me up then?" I looked at them angrily.

They looked sheepish.

"I don't know Bella…" Alice said guiltily.

"Okay well I'm going to bed then." I muttered and got up.

"Don't be like that Bella, it wasn't that bad and Edward likes you anyway… he was staring at you the whole time you were asleep."

That made me smile, though I doubted that it was true.

"Anyway we have to do the annual thing.." Rosalie yawned.

I turned back to face them.

"What thing?"

"Exploring the corridors at night!" Alice said dramatically and my face dropped.

"Oh don't be such a bore Bells! I invited the Cullen's to come on the expedition!"

"I still don't know though…"