A/N: Four words: I own nothing, honestly.
Reincarnated to be a Hufflepuff
Prologue
Los Angeles, April 13, 2014, Friday
"Mother, mother, mother!" a teenage girl's cry as she went down the stairs of her house in Green Ville Village, Los Angeles city, California, USA
"Honestly, Shannon, I don't want to listen to your rants about your brother" Her mother answered sharply in the kitchen as she prepared a few things to bring before going to Beverly Hills to visit a grandfather for a family reunion
"It's not about Nick this time, we're going to be late for the reunion if we leave later because of the 4 hour drive to Beverly Hills" Shannon responded as she walked towards her mother
Her mother hesitated to answer her daughter as she finished preparing "Honey, I tell you, we won't be late, the reunion won't start until 3 pm, it is just 10 am" Shannon's mother said, looking at her daughter's anxious face
"But mom-" Shannon whined when her mother looked at her sternly
"Shannon Marie Jackson, you know well not to be impatient, you're 16 for goodness sake!" Mrs. Jackson scolded her daughter
"Alright…" Shannon responded glumly as she went to the living room and sat down on one of the couches
Shannon Marie Jackson is the granddaughter of the owner of a popular fashion line; namely, Firefly. The said fashion line is very successful and as the eldest granddaughter, the business will passed on her mother then her, if Elena Parker-Jackson, owner and CEO for more than 30 years, passed on and so, that makes our dear Shannon a rich girl, obviously. So, while waiting for her mother to finish, she picked up a book by the book shelf and sat down on the couch to read Deathly Hallows, for the 3rd time.
"Hey, little sister, your brain might go into the Harry Potter universe!" Shannon's brother, Nick, mocked as he grabbed the book
"Nick, give it back to me!" cried Shannon as she tried to retrieve it but Nick held it up high
"No way am I going to do that" Nick responded as he lifted it up even higher
Giving up, Shannon sat back down as she waited for her mother to finish and 30 minutes later, Mrs. Jackson did finish.
"Now, let's go, shall we?" said Mrs. Jackson as Mr. Jackson entered the living room
"Are you all set? If you are, then let's go" he said gleefully and Nick gave Shannon her book back and went outside to the car.
While riding, Shannon just kept on reading the book until she became dizzy and put it aside for a while. So after a nearly 4 hour drive to Beverly Hills, they arrived in her grandparents' house safely, they had fun with the reunion as they saw relatives of both neutral and extended families again.
Unfortunately, things didn't go the same as they were about to go home. The streets are already dark on the road and add the fact that it's currently raining as well they're currently taking but it's a short cut and as they were behind a van and her father was about to turn to the right when the car lost control on the road and swirled and hit the back glass window that broke and the one that didn't got removed and just folded to the inside stabbed Shannon deeply at her side but her parents and brother just have minor head injury. Shannon felt her ribs broke a because of the impact and her breathing slowed and was forcefully stopped because of the pain she has that is caused by her broken ribs. She couldn't breathe even if she's turning blue until her heartbeat, as well, stopped. She closed her eyes, and then everything was black.
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Shannon gasped as if she didn't breathe for a long time and found herself on the floor in a white room with a door on each wall; Left, right, front and back as she wore a white shirt, white skirt and white shoes/flats. W-what's happening? She thought as she looked around and stood up, seeing nothing but white and suddenly, a golden orb floated in front of her and transformed into a beautiful maiden with long golden-brown hair that is styled in a messy bun with grey eyes. She was wearing a gold-colored dress styled like a Greek Goddess'… she was beautiful… and she was smiling at Shannon. "Who are you?" Shannon demanded "I am Freya, and I have to tell you grave news" Freya said, her smile fading as she told that to Shannon "What's the grave news?" Shannon asked cautiously and Freya get a silver stick from her waist-belt –or hem to Shannon- that held the dress from going to the floor, and waved it on the floor which revealed… a funeral "Who's funeral is that?" Shannon asked again, now looking horrified when she spotted her parents and her brother blocking the dead person's face "I'm so sorry, Shannon, but it's your funeral" Freya answered sadly as she switched the angle and it did reveal Shannon's face, wearing the exact clothing she is wearing now "H-how did this happen?" Shannon demanded to Freya, tears are now threatening to fall down her face "You got into an accident remember? Your ribs were severely broken that it's so painful you can't breathe." Answered Freya, looking grim as she closed her eyes and there was a short pause for a while "You stopped breathing because of the pain, you died forcefully" she added as she opened her eyes again to look at Shannon's horrified face "You mean… I'm now dead?" Shannon protested "This is insane! I still want to fulfill my dream to become an author!" "I'm afraid that you really are dead, Shannon." Said Freya "But, you are lucky to be here"
"How come?" asked Shannon, tears are now on her face since she can't hold it anymore
"It's because you have a choice. Can you see these doors Shannon? Asked Freya as she pointed her finger to each of the doors in the white room
"Yes" answered Shannon
"That means you can choose to whether you want to pass on to the afterlife or be reincarnated" explained Freya, magically making a piece of parchment appear and handing it to Shannon
"Okay, please be honest" said Shannon, looking at the doors anxiously and to the piece of parchment.
The parchment said:
Dear Miss Shannon Marie Jackson,
Welcome to the White Room, it's where the choices of being reincarnated or pass on to the afterlife which people don't usually pass through.
Since you are lucky enough to be here, you have 4 choices in here.
The door to the north which you are now facing is where you will be passing through if you want to proceed to the afterlife.
The door to the south which is behind you is where you will be reincarnated as an animal or insect.
The door to the west which is on your left side is where you will become a ghost to haunt the place where you died.
And lastly, the door to the east which is on your right side is where you will be reincarnated or maybe pass-on to the afterlife at random and it means you may be reincarnated as random or just pass-on to the afterlife.
Once you've chosen a path, you must die again in order to visit this place again and make the final decision: Do or haunt.
Good luck in choosing!
Note: Choosing a path may make you forget what happened to your past life yet you will have some recollection of it until you turn 17, in which it will return completely and your small memories and age are the only thing that will change.
"That's it?" asked Shannon, looking at the parchment in disbelief and puzzlement
"Yes, you may choose now. Good bye and good luck." said Freya, turning into an orb yet again and disappeared from sight.
Now, Shannon is looking around at the doors, not moving at all in case she might not remember which door is which even if she's still holding the piece of parchment. She thought very hard about it I think… she thought I think I should choose the path to the right; at least it will be fair to me and just accept whatever will happen to me. She walked towards to the right and held the handle and opened it. A bright light is shining through as she thought of her parents and her annoying yet cool brother for the last time before stepping through the door with her eyes close and felt her something pull her as she landed somewhere with a 'thump'.
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Chapter 1: The Start of something New
September 1, 2010
Shannon opened her eyes and she found herself in a room and her head is throbbing, whatever is happened to her, she doesn't know. She suddenly heard a voice calling her
"Shannon! Are you awake? It is 9:30 am now!" a woman's voice called as the woman opened Shannon's bedroom door
"What?" asked Shannon, sitting up her bed and scratched her head and eyes sleepily
"Get up now or we'll be late for the express and your father will get your trunk now" her mother answered as she opened the dark green curtains of Shannon's room
"Oh right!" Shannon cried, leaping out of bed, grabbed her towel and skipped into the bathroom.
1 hour later, she finished eating breakfast and taking a bath so she's now in the living room as she waited for her parents and brother with their things
"Where are we going again?" Shannon asked, looking confused
"King's Cross Station of course, how can you forget when you're very excited to go to Hogwarts?" her mother responded with a look of confusion
"Huh?" Shannon asked again with a confused look and she suddenly saw a flash of memory come in her mind… she was a 14 year-old talking to a fairy or something then passing through a door. The memory was gone as soon as it came.
You've forgotten haven't you? A voice said from her head, sighing as well. You're supposed to go to Hogwarts by Flooing to Diagon Alley to get to King's Cross Station first!
She shook her head to get rid of the voice and suddenly remembered what to do.
Her mother got some Floo Powder and gave some to Shannon, who tossed to the fireplace and cried "Diagon Alley!" She went through the green flames and found herself in the Leaky Cauldron where she was greeted by a blonde woman of the name Hannah Longbottom, who is also the Land Lady of the place.
"Hi there, Shannon, how nice to see you after what happened" Hannah greeted with a smile
"Thanks?" Shannon responded with a confused look as she walked to a table and tapped it unconsciously like a drum and suddenly she heard her brother's cry
"Hey, Slowpoke, get a move on will you?" her brother ordered
"Like I care about Nick… and because I don't care!" Shannon retorted hotly as she glared at Nick
"Hey, you never retort or glare!" Nick reacted as he eyed his sister suspiciously
"I didn't retort" responded Shannon, not glaring now
"Yes you are!" Nick snapped as he walked away
"Huh?" Shannon asked herself with confusion
Why did I just retort? She thought I'm not the type who retorts or glares at anyone!
This made Shannon look confused. She saw her parents step out of the fireplace and went to follow her parents to the station.
When they arrived at the station, all Shannon could do is staring at the wall blankly until her mother told her something
"I thought you already know how to get onto the platform?" Mrs. Jackson told her daughter sternly
"Uh… how again?" asked Shannon, looking terribly confused
"I think it's just the side effect of her accident Margaret, calm down" Mr. Jackson whispered to his wife before she could even reply to her daughter and Shannon glanced at her parents with confusion
"A car accident right?" asked Shannon, looking down to her feet
"You mean a muggle car accident, Shannon?" Mr. Jackson responded, looking amused with his daughter so suddenly
"Yes" Shannon answered softly with a nod
"Nonsense, my daughter, you just fell down the stairs last month, we're Purebloods and we never used a muggle car remember?" said Mr. Jackson and Shannon gave him another confused look
It's Platform 9¾ you idiot! You're a pureblood as well. Just go through the wall you're now facing! The same voice from her head cried
"Oh never mind, let's get on the platform!" Shannon exclaimed, suddenly remembered how to get there, thanks to the unknown voice she heard in her head since morning.
She walked through the wall that leads to Platform 9¾ and when she arrived there, she saw steam and a scarlet train from above the many heads of people in the said platform. Her eyes sparkled with delight when her parents followed her from her back and saw Nick, talking to some friends.
"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!" She cried happily as she started to bounce up and down "I've wanted to get here since I've read the series 3 years ago!"
"Calm down, sweetie, you've been here since your brother started" Mrs. Jackson said as she tried to calm her daughter down
"What book series is that, Shannon?" Mr. Jackson asked with curiosity, feeling very happy that his daughter is slowly going back to her old self since the 'accident'.
Shannon stopped bouncing as she observed the people who were there. She spotted an odd boy around her age with turquoise hair that she found weird (He must be wearing a wig to Hogwarts! She thought as she looked away) and saw an old lady beside the odd boy with turquoise hair and thought that she must be his grandmother, walking away and she saw her dad put away her trunk to a compartment at the near back of the train.
"There, it should be alright" she heard her father said as he looked at Nick, who was trying to lift his own trunk by himself and failed a little though "I'll get that for you, Nick" Mr. Jackson added as he helped Nick get his in the compartment "I can do this, dad" Nick complained but Mr. Jackson didn't really pay attention to this and just helped Nick lift his trunk. Shannon ran towards them and asked "What time is it dad?"
"Oh no, it is 10:50… you two better get on the train now before you're left behind" Mr. Jackson answered as he looked at his watched
"Not without saying good bye to mom" Shannon protested gently and, as if called on cue, Mrs. Jackson was walking towards them
"Well, time's fast isn't it?" said Mrs. Jackson "By the way, I just talked to my friend, Andromeda, for a while before finding you and I just met her grandson. He is very handsome you know." She added and added a little tease to the last part
"Then I'm not handsome anymore, huh, mom?" Nick said, making a mocked-hurt look
"Hey, don't do that to mom!" Shannon reacted as she ran to hug her mom "I love you mom, I'll see you on Christmas" she added as she hugged her mother and gave her a kiss on the cheek and her mother gave her one as well and to Nick, who went light pink even if she has been doing that since his younger childhood days.
Shannon and her brother went into the train, closed the door and waved at their parents a goodbye before the train whistled and moved away as they watched their parents get smaller and smaller as the distance became greater.
Now… what exactly happened to me before? Shannon asked herself as she watched Nick walk away to find his friends and Shannon went on to find an empty compartment or one with a few people in it. She didn't really care it didn't matter for her. She might meet new friends as well!
She found an empty compartment, went inside and sat down as she looked at the window, seeing some things from the window but since the train moves fast, she could barely see anything that is small. She kept on staring and staring until a flash of another unknown memory came and gone like it came as if she just blinked and dreamed for less than a second. She sighed and shook her head, she watched the train move and she heard the compartment door slide open and there, she saw and got a closer look to the boy with turquoise hair.
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Somewhere in an unknown place and unknown time…
The 16-year-old Shannon opened her eyes and found herself lying on the grass in the middle of a meadow that smelled like Jasmines. She yawned as she sat up and noticed the clear sky and puffy white clouds but awkwardly, she felt that she is being watched by someone. She rubbed her eyes a bit to clear up her sight and saw a guy with turquoise hair who is about her age, sitting on beside a creamy white bowl.
"Hi, Shannon" he greeted and Shannon flinched
"Please tell me how did you know my name you apparition?" Shannon demanded with a little respect as she stood up frantically
"I'll answer that later, but for now, I will explain where are you now." the boy replied with a grin
"Can you do it now, please? Explain to me." Shannon responded flatly as she removed imaginary dust from her white skirt
"You are dreaming currently, you'll wake up in a little while later though." The turquoise headed boy said nicely "Oh, it seems that you're now awake" he added as he looked at a small bowl with a smirk
"What? Let me see it!" Shannon ordered as she marched her way to the turquoise headed boy, whose hair now changed to a pale blonde and her eyes widened at this. She watched the bowl and saw figures of people and when she got a good look at the small girl; she then realized that it was her when she was just 11 years old "Hey, that's me as an 11 year-old!" Shannon cried as she narrowed her eyes.
"Oh really?" the then turquoise, pale-blonde and now sandy-brown haired guy replied with amusement "You look adorable then" he teased and this made Shannon blush a light red
"Shut it you ever-changing-hair-color person!" Shannon snapped with a tone of annoyance and when she heard the conversation, she mumbled "You've forgotten haven't you? You're supposed to go to Hogwarts by Flooing to Diagon Alley to get to King's Cross Station first!"
Her 11 year-old self then grabbed some flood powder and then the scenes from the creamy white bowl changed. The said self is now standing in front of a wall and the 16 year old Shannon easily recognized this and hissed at her younger self after hearing the words 'Pureblood', 'car accident' and some others she didn't really get
"It's Platform 9¾ you idiot! You're a pureblood as well. Just go through the wall you're now facing!" she told snapped at her younger self and then, the scene just vanished
"What just happened, now green-haired dude?" she asked flatly
"It means, the important details were now out, the unimportant ones will go unwatched" the then sandy-brown now green-haired guy answered with an amused glint in his eyes
"Oh…" Shannon said, feeling a bit disappointed "So, you mean I can watch the important events in that bowl?" she added with a look of sudden despair
"Yes, don't worry, you won't miss a thing" the green-haired guy responded as he walked away
"Wait, who are you anyway and why does your hair keeps on changing colors?" Shannon asked as her eyes widened at the retreating guy
"I'll tell you soon, but for now, you would meet me in the train" The guy answered with a smile as he continued to walk away
"Please tell me how?" Shannon asked again but it was too late, the guy disappeared with a small 'pop'. Shannon groaned in frustration, she felt weird that her reincarnation is an 11 year-old girl who 'fell from the stairs' as what she heard and who looks and acted exactly like her.
I think this is my destiny. She thought I have to accept it though, wait until my reincarnation's death before going through the choice again
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A/N: Now… if you people don't mind, please tell me what you think about this. R&R!
P.S. Please also add in your review for some mistakes and I'll edit this and add a chapter as soon as I can.