Hey you guys, I know, I'm supposed to be hard at work on my L/J. But I was writing this while I was babysitting and I decided to go ahead and put it up. Don't worry, I love C.K and I'm not going to give up on it. This isn't going to affect it in any way, and if you like this one better, don't worry, because C.K. isn't going to affect this on either. This first chapter is kinda short, but it's going to get longer, I promise!
So, here it is.
Chapter One: Rebellion.
"Follow me, Andromeda. Now." I looked up from my feet to see my mother headed to asecluded corner of the train station. Between rolling my eyes and sighing, I found the will to move my legs. I didn't want to get thrown onto the streets, did I?
As I walked slowly across Platform 9 3/4, away from the scarlet steam engine behind me, I thought of how wrong my family was. All their pureblood mania was ridiculous; I was only 11, but I knew that being a Black didn't make me royalty. By the time I reached my mother, I knew I had a nasty look on my face.
"Andromeda Black, listen closely to me. Make Slytherin House, and make Slytherin friends. I will not have a daughter who has disgusting friends with indescent lineage." I fought the strong urge to kick my mother, and settled instead for a sigh.
"Yes, Mother." I replied dully. My sisters and I had never been allowed to call our mother 'mum,' like all the other kids our age. It was simply 'mother,' and we didn't complain. She wasn't my mum. I didn't have one.
My sisters were different from me. Narcissa, who was 16, hated me because I didn't see things the same way she did, and I could tell Bella, though she was only four, was going to be a terrible person just like the way the rest of our family was. The only person I could even try to save would be Sirius, my younger cousin, who was also four. (A/N: I know, Bella is the oldest, but bear with me all right? I wanted her at school with the Marauders, and Andromeda couldn't very well have Tonks while Sirius is 14 if she's younger than Bella and Bella is Sirius' age.)
Taking me by the arm, my mother turned me around to face the train.
"Slytherin, or else!" she hissed in my ear before turning and flouncing into the crowd.
She left me with a pit in the bottom of my stomach, wishing I had real parents, or at least a sibling that liked me.
But I didn't have time to dwell on that at the moment. The warning whistle sounded as I tried to drag my trunk through the maze of parents. I felt the tears well up in my eyes as my arm began to strain.
"Let us take it." I looked up sharply to find two boys my own age, one rolling his eyes and the other with a look of concern in his face. I narrowed my eyes suspicously.
"Who are you?" The boy who had spoken first grinned.
"I'm Ted Tonks. This," he said, gesturing towards his friend,"is Benjy Fenwick."
Shifting my dark, curly hair out of my eyes, I nodded and released my trunk. Benjy looked suprised.
"What?" I asked him irritably.
"It's just that, well... nothing. Never mind." He looked embarresed, and I wanted to know what was going on.
"What is it?" I stomped my foot. I hated mind games, they always threw me off.
"Well, you're a Black," he blurted, then covered his mouth quickly and squeezed his eyes shut, as though he thought I might murder him. I sighed.
"Come on, we can continue this on the train." Benjy nodded and grasped the other end of my trunk. I followed them as they led me to an empty compartment and heaved my trunk onto the luggage rack. Ted and Benjy sat down opposite me and looked over expectantly. I knew Ted was confused. I could tell he was Muggle-born and knew nothing of the old family feuds or rivalries, knew nothing of the pureblood mania taking the country by storm. I envied him for that.
"What does the name Black have to do with anything?" Benjy just stared at me as I shook my head.
"Listen, I know the rest of my family is horrible. I know our parents hate each other. It's not my fault, and I'm nothing like the rest of them. In fact, I hate them. But," I added, standing up, "if you want me to leave, I will. Thanks for the help."
At first, I thought they were going to let me leave. I walked towards the door, my heart sinking to my feet. Just when I thought I had made friends, my family name came back to haunt me.
As I reached the compartment door, I looked back at the two boys. They exchanged a glance and I knew they were going to call me back.
"Wait," Benjy hesitated a bit, but plunged on. "Wait, we want you to stay."
Biting my lip, I sat back down in my seat.
"Thanks guys, I don't know anyone but sneaky brats and my snobby sister." Both boys nodded, and Ted opened his mouth to speak, but we were interrupted as the door slid open to reveal a blond boy with green eyes.
"Hullo, nice to meet you, I'm Caradoc Dearborn, I'm in first year, you?" Caradoc Dearborn said this all very fast and I was suprised when when he stopped to take a breath. Benjy was the first to speak.
"Yes, we're first years. What was the rush?" Caradoc looked flustered and took a moment before replying.
"I... I ran into some nasty blond girl, I think she was a 6th year, and she was muttering something about mudbloods and she pulled out her wand, and I took off as fast as I could." He looked up before continuing. "What's a mudblood anyway?"
I got up and slammed the door shut quickly. Turning back around, I looked at Caradoc in horror. I gulped and blinked back tears.
"From the sound of it, you ran into my lovely sister. A mudblood is a... dirty name for someone whose parents are Muggles. I'm really sorry for my sister."
I couldn't help it. I broke down right then and there and I cried. Why was my family so horrible?
The boys all looked at each other akwardly, and they were wondering what to do with a crying girl when the compartment door slid open once again.
"Hullo, do you mind if I... Oi, what's wrong with her?" The black haired girl immediately dropped her luggage and sat down next to me, patting my back and making odd, but soothing, noises.
After I dried my eyes, I looked up at the girl, Hestia Jones. I was going to say 'thanks,' but she was backing away from me quickly, looking alarmed.
"You- you're a Black." She sounded frightened, and I sighed.
"Yes, unfortunately I am, but I hate my family and I promise I won't murder you if you sit down." She thought about it for a moment before plopping back down into the seat beside me, and, grinning, slinging her arm around my shoulder.
"I like you."
She said it so simply, but in those three words, I felt my heart swell with happiness. I had friends. Hogwarts wouldn't be so bad after all.
In the next seven years it was hard to find one of us five without each other. The other occupants of our dorms were boring, so it was no unusual to find Hestia and I in the boy's dorm, playing exploding snap or wizard's chess. Most of the other girls at Hogwarts anyways, probably because we were so close to those three boys, who were considered the hottest thing at Hogwarts in those days. That was, of course, before my cousin and his friends came. We stuck together those years, and afterwards, through all the boyfriends and girlfriends, homework and drama.
The summer after 1st year I was beaten and grounded, because not only had I been sorted into Ravenclaw, I was assosiating with mudbloods. I had put my parents to shame.
It was like that every summer, up untilafter 6th year. That was when everything began to change, so I think that's were I should begin.
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Hogwarts Express, after 6th year
"So, Andy, are you going to come to my house like everyone else?" I shot Ted a disdainful look as I turned from the compartment window.
"You know I can't, Ted. I'll just see you guys next year on the train." Disgust settled itself on his handsome features, making him look like he could smell something nasty.
"Yeah, if we can recognize you. You'll probably be covered in bruises." Ted's face softened as he looked into my eyes. "I hate seeing you like that, Andy. I wish you would just come, and forget your parents." Ted was the only one who called me Andy. To everyone else, I was Ann, but to him, I was Andy. I shook my head at him.
"If I did come, my parents woudl disown me. I woud be thrown out on the streets, and I would have to quit Hogwarts because I would have no money for robes and books and supplies." A look of hurt flashed in Ted's eyes, and i knew I had overstepped the boundary somehow.
"Andromeda Black, do you honestly think I would let that happen to you? My family has money, we can pay for you. Andy, they hurt you. We don't want that to happen to you. Just come, we can take care of you." I shook my head again.
"No, that would be imp-"
"Andy, you wouldn't be imposing. My parents love you, damn it! I don't want you to go back there!" I sighed.
"Ted, my family will come after me. I don't want them to hurt you parents, or Lana, or you. Please don't give them a reason." Tears were welling up in my eyes. If anything happened to Ted's family... I had gone to his house before during Christmas breaks, telling my parents that I had stayed at Hogwarts. Ted grinned.
"Do you really think your dad could take me?" In all honesty, no, I didn't. Ted was the best dualist I had ever seen, and my father was rubbish with a wand. We were only wealthy because we had family money.
"No. But what about your parents? They can't defend themselves, and Lana is too you to do anything besides Wingardium Leviosa." As strange as it was, Ted's younger sister, Lana, was also magical.
"Yeah, but Doc and Benjy will be there, and so will Hestia. We can take care of ourselves, Andy, because we'll be together. But you won't have anyone there with you, you'll be all alone." I stared at him for a second, seriously considering his offer. We were alone in the compartment, as Benjy and Hestia were at a Prefects meeting and Doc was off seeing one of his many girlfriends.
"What if they saw me on the platform?" I was fishing for reasons to get them out of danger.
"I think dear Benjy can take care of that." Benjy, whose family was uper rich, had an invisibility cloak. I searched my mind, thinking for some other kind of complication.
"What about my trunk? It won't fit under the cloak with me." Ted snorted.
"Since when do you carry your own luggage, anyways?" He was, once again, right. Ever since the first day we had met, either Ted, Benjy or Doc had carried my trunk, and it was the same with Hestia.
"Ted, I don't know. I'm scared." Ted got up, walked across the compartment, and engulfed me in his arms.
"Don't be, Andy. We're always here for you. You can get away from them." His voice was muffled against my hair, but I knew what he was saying. And he was right.
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A few hours later, we were preparing to get off the train. Covered with the cloak, I watched as Benjy levitated my trunk and readied himself to drag his own. Ted had his free hand on my back, whether to make sure he didn't lose me or I didn't lose my nerve, I wasn't sure. Nevertheless, it was reassuring.
Walking out of the compartment, I was terrified. They were going to see me. Te were going to find out where I was and they were going to hurt Ted's family. I was shaking, and I felt Ted press his hand harder into my back, trying to comfort me. It only worked a little bit.
If anyone had been the least bit observant that day, they would have noticed something was extremely amiss with the five of us. Ted's hand must have looked like it was latched onto thin air, and Benjy was carrying a fifth trunk when there was only four people. All four of them were looking almost as nervous as I felt.
Walking past my parents, I would have frozen if Ted hadn't kept me moving. I drew in a shaky breath as they glance towards my friends, and I could have stepped on Doc's foot when he threw them a cheeky grin. Bloody idiot. Was he trying to get himself MURDERED?
We walked through the barrier to the Muggle world, where Ted's parents were waiting. We approached them and they gave us an odd look, but said nothing. Pulling me along under the cloak, Ted whispered to them. I caught the words Andromeda, run away, and us, and my heart caught in my throat. What if they didn't want me to stay with them? What if they didn't want to help support me.
My fear vanished completely as I watched them stare at their son, bewildered, before breaking into identical grins and nodding. Letting out a shigh of relief, I followed along as they led us to the car, where Lana and her best friends, Natalie and Brandy, were waiting. I was wondering for a moment how we were going to fit with all the luggage when Ted drew his wand, shrinking our trunks.
We, however, still had to squeeze in. I got in first, so I could take off the cloak, but somehow I still ended up halfway in Ted's lap and half way in Hestia's. Despite the uncomfortableness, we laughed and joked the whole time.
When I had left Hogwarts a few hours ago, I had felt I was leaving home. But now, I realized with a rush of excitement that I was finally GOING home.
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