Disclaimer: I dont own any of the Harry Potter characters, they all belong to JK Rowling, i only own the OCs. Happy Reading
There are two new foreign exchange students at Hogwarts, Rebecca who is hot tempered and strong willed and her friend Andrew who is just the opposite. Her world is turned upside down when she runs in to the likes of a smart, shy and sweet werewolf and an arrogant womaizer. Rated M for later chapters.
"Andy, hurry up would you?" Rebecca called over her shoulder and looked back at the handsome boy pushing the two trunks on the trolley behind her.
"Where is Kimba?" She asked as she saw the vacant spot on the trolley where a white cat had been sitting only moment before.
"I don't know, I was too busy trying to make sure that I didn't run in to anything." He said and gave an exasperated sigh. "Becca the train leaves in 10 minutes and we haven't even found the platform." He said and she looked around for her cat.
"Kimba." She called and looked around before she saw a cat running over towards her and sat down in front of her and she picked him up and looked at him.
"Mister, you know better than to run off, please don't do it again or you will be wandering these dreary streets of London all by your lonesome, you hear me?" She asked and the cat licked his lips and she smiled and set him back on the trunks and turned around and continued walking.
"Rebecca, please can we ask for directions, I really don't feel like missing the train." Andrew said impatiently and she smiled as she saw a group of people running towards a pillar and disappearing through it.
"Found it." She said with a smile back at Andrew and motioned him to follow her.
"I have no idea why I listen to her." He muttered to himself and ran a hand through his thick blonde hair and his light blue eyes darted back and forth as he watched the people running through the wall and he looked at Rebecca who picked up Kimba and cradled him in her arms.
"Alright, I'll run through first and then you can follow." She said and he grabbed her arm.
"Wait, so we just run through? Is that really safe?" He asked and she smiled.
"Hurry up; you wouldn't want to miss the train would you?" She asked and hurried towards the pillar and she felt Kimba tense up in her arms as she neared the pillar and she closed her eyes until she heard the sound of a train whistle and she opened them up and looked at a long scarlet colored train with thick smoke billowing out of the smoke stack and she looked back as Andrew came through and he looked at the train amazed.
"Shall I get us a seat?" She asked as she reached in to his front pocket and got out her ticket.
"Yeah I'll get the trunks loaded, here is your bag." He said as he handed her a backpack and she slung it over her shoulder with a smile and headed towards the train and boarded and started to look for a seat.
She walked down the aisles and saw most of the compartments were already packed with students and she came across an empty one and put Kimba down and he curled himself up in the corner and she sat down across from him and put her feet up as she placed her backpack on the floor and looked out the window at all the students saying quick good byes to their parents and hello to their friends as they boarded the train and she sighed and leaned her head against the window.
"Becca." Andrew said as he entered the compartment and dropped his bag on the floor next to hers and she looked up at him and he sighed and sat down next to her.
"What are you thinking about?" He asked and she shrugged.
"My parents, they didn't even say bye, but its not like I ever see them anyways." She said with a shrug and looked at him and he wrapped an arm around her shoulders and she leaned her head against his shoulder.
They felt the train lurch and looked outside as the train station started to disappear and the compartment door opened up and a boy about their age stood in the doorway with his bag over his shoulder. He was tall, probably a little taller than Andrew with light brown hair that fell over his eyes and a few scars across his face.
"Hello." Rebecca said as she looked up at him and another boy came up behind him.
"You're in our compartment." The boy behind him said. He was a little shorter than the brown haired boy with short black hair and grey eyes. He was very handsome and had an air of charisma to him.
"I wasn't aware this was anyone's compartment." She said and Kimba stared at the brown haired boy intently, the hairs on the back of his neck raised and the boy stared at the him. Kimba hissed at the boy and Rebecca glared at Kimba..
"Kimba, stop that." She said and Kimba looked at her before jumping up in to the racks above the seats and sat himself in the corner as far away as possible.
"I'm sure we can find somewhere else to sit Sirius-."
"No we sit here every year." The boy Sirius said as he leaned on the doorway.
"I'm sure we can share, the compartment is big enough." Andrew offered as he put his feet down.
"If we wanted to share we would have, this is our compartment, I am afraid I am going to have to ask you to leave." He said and Rebecca stood up and crossed her arms over her chest.
"Becca, come on." Andrew said as he looked up at her and she looked down at him.
"No, he can not just parade in here and tell us to leave, you can either sit with us or you can find somewhere else to sit. If you wanted this compartment then you should have been here earlier."
"You're not from here are you?" The boy Sirius asked and she raised an eyebrow.
"I'm sorry; we'll find somewhere else to sit." The other boy said and looked at Sirius.
"I don't want to sit with first years." Sirius said as he took his seat and gave a dirty look to Rebecca who raised an eyebrow and sat back down and the brown haired boy took his seat across from Rebecca. There was an awkward silence as Rebecca stared at Sirius and then the other boy cleared his throat.
"Uh, I'm Remus Lupin." The boy before her said and she looked at him and he held out his hand to her and she took it.
"Rebecca Walcott, this is Andrew Fuller." She said as she motioned to Andrew and he held out his hand to Remus and he shook it. Remus looked at Sirius who was looking out the window in to the aisles.
"Sirius, are you going to introduce yourself?" Remus asked.
"Sirius." Sirius said and glanced at Rebecca and Remus sighed.
"Pardon his rudeness; he is just having a bad day. Sirius Black." Remus said and Andrew held out his hand to Sirius who glanced at him and quickly shook it.
"Where is Wormtail? He was supposed to be here by now with the food." Sirius said and slouched in his seat and crossed his arms over his chest.
"So uh where are you guys from?" Remus asked as he looked at Rebecca and Andrew
"New York, its in the States." Rebecca said and leaned back in her seat and Remus looked up on the racks at Kimba staring at him and he bit his lip and she stood up and looked at Kimba and she reached out her hands to grab him and he hissed her at her and she frowned.
"Kimba what has gotten in to you?" She asked as she looked at him and he shrunk back more in to the corner and she sighed and sat down.
"I have no idea what is the matter with Kimba." She said as she looked at Andrew before looking at Remus.
"He is usually pretty sweet." She said and Andrew gave a dry laugh.
"Yeah I don't know if sweet is exactly the word I would use to describe him." He said and she frowned at him.
"Come on, he is, you just happen to step on him all the time."
"He knows I don't do it on purpose." Andrew said and she smiled and laughed before looking back at Remus.
"What year are you guys in?" He asked.
"I think professor Dumbledore said we would be in our 7th year." She said as she looked at Andrew and he nodded.
"So are we, have you been sorted in to a house yet?"
"Yes, Andrew is in Ravenclaw and I am in Gryffindor."
"Sirius and I are both in Gryffindor, so is our friend Peter and James, James is in the Prefect carriage and Peter should be here soon, he went to go get something to eat from the trolley." He said and the door opened up and a chubby boy carrying an armful of sweets came in and looked at everyone with his watery blue eyes that seemed to be bulging out of his head as he looked at Rebecca.
"Speak of the devil." Remus said with a smile and motioned for Peter to sit down on the other side of Andrew.
"What took you so long Wormtail?" Sirius asked as he grabbed a candy and bit in to it.
"Peter, this is Rebecca Walcott and Andrew Fuller. They are new this year, Rebecca is in Gryffindor with us and Andrew is in Ravenclaw." Remus said and Andrew held out his hand to Peter and he put the sweets down and shook it with a timid hand and Rebecca held out her hand and he blushed before taking it and turning back to face forward and Sirius laughed.
"Don't pass out now Wormy." Sirius teased which made Peter blush even further.
"I'm surprised he didn't pass out when you shook his hand, he usually becomes a mess when he gets near girls." Sirius said with a laugh and Peter put his head down.
"Leave him alone, there is nothing wrong with being a little shy." Rebecca said and rolled her eyes as she looked out the window.
"Do you know what classes you're taking?" Remus asked and she looked at Andrew.
"Do you have the schedules with you?" She asked and he nodded and grabbed his backpack and pulled out two pieces of paper and she grabbed them and looked through them and handed them to Remus.
"Defense NEWT, Transfiguration NEWT, Charms NEWT, Potions NEWT, Ancient ruins NEWT, History of Magic NEWT and Care of Magical Creatures, that's quite a workload, most people don't take History of Magic after OWLs." He said as he looked at Rebecca and then looked at Andrew's schedule.
"All NEWTs, Defense, Transfiguration, potions, charms, History, and Divination." He said and frowned at Divination.
"Do you not like Divination?" Andrew asked.
"I don't really favor it, I took it third and fourth year and I didn't really enjoy it very much."
"The teacher is a crazy old bat." Peter chipping in between bites of candy.
"She is a little, unstable at times." Remus said with a slow nod and Andrew smiled as he looked at Rebecca.
"I think I can handle a little unstable." He said and she stuck her tongue out at him and he laughed and Remus handed him back the papers.
"I'm only unstable once a month mister." She said and poked his shoulder. "And that is only if I don't have my chocolate." She added with a laugh and Andrew put the papers back in to his backpack and pulled out a book.
"Oh no." She said as she looked at his book with wide eyes.
"I forgot my book at home." She said and he reached in to his backpack and pulled out another book and she gave a relieved sigh and took the book from him.
"Thanks, you're amazing." She said and ran her fingers over the worn cover of the book.
"Do you read much Remus?" She asked and Remus shrugged.
"I don't think you will ever see him without his nose in a book." Sirius said and Remus looked at him. "I'm surprised that he hasn't buried himself in a book yet."
"Andrew is the same way, I can hardly ever get him away from his books, I do my fair share of reading, not near as much as Andy though."
They all continued to talk for a while, Sirius mostly staying out of the conversations for a while before he finally gave in to a few conversations, even Peter joined in on a few discussions until an announcement to change in to uniforms came over invisible speakers and Rebecca walked out of the compartment to go to the bathrooms and change. She stared at her reflection in the mirror and cringed at the dingy color of grey the uniform was, the knee length skirt and plain white blouse. She took out her wand and cut off a few inches so that the skirt was mid thigh length, a more acceptable length of a skirt. She unbuttoned the first two buttons on her shirt and buttoned up her sweater before adjusting her tie and knee length socks. She threw her hair up in a clip on the top of her head and she grabbed the black robes and slung it over her arm as she grabbed her bag and headed back to the compartment, fiddling with the locket she had around her neck until she reached the compartment and opened it up and she looked at Andrew fumbling with his tie.
"I hate these uniforms; I much preferred the ones at Salem." She said as she smoothed out her tie and sat down next to Andrew. Sirius and Remus cleared their throats as she sat down and she looked up at them with her eyebrows raised in curiosity.
"Rebecca, you're not really supposed to uh alter the uniforms; they're a little strict about that." Remus said and she looked down at her skirt which was showing off her long legs.
"If they think I am going to be wearing my skirt that long they have another thing coming for them, Andy here let me do it." She said and pushed his hands away from his tie and started to fix it for him.
"Remus want me to fix yours?" She asked as she looked at Remus' tie which was a little misshapen.
"Uh, I'm not really that concerned." He said as Andrew loosened his tie a little and she looked at Sirius whose uniform looked sloppy with his tie loosely done, the sweater unbuttoned and the first few buttons undone on the shirt.
"Alright so how long until we get there?" She asked.
"Well it shouldn't be too long now; they usually make the announcement an hour before we reach the castle."
"God I am starving." She said as she leaned back in her seat as her stomach gave an involuntary growl and she covered it and hushed it with a smile.
"The stomach monster wants food." She said as she laid her hands on her stomach and sighed.
"Would you like a candy?" Peter asked hesitantly as he blushed and Rebecca sat up and looked at the candy sitting on the seat next to Peter.
"I've never heard of any of these candies before, are any of them good?" She asked as she looked at Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans, licorice wands, jelly slugs and ice mice.
"Try these." Sirius said as he grabbed a box of Betie Botts Every Flavor Beans and handed it to her. "The orange ones are pretty good." He said with a devilish smile and she raised an eyebrow at him as she took it from him.
"I don't trust you." She said and heard a sigh from Remus.
"I wouldn't recommend that you eat the orange ones." He said and Sirius looked at him deflated.
"Come on mate." Sirius groaned.
"What is wrong with the orange ones?" She asked as she looked in to the box.
"They are vomit flavored. We generally avoid those." Remus said and Sirius slouched in his seat.
"Thanks a lot Moony." He said with a glare at Remus.
"Why do you keep calling each other Padfoot, Wormtail and Moony?" She asked curiously.
"They're just nicknames." Sirius said with a shrug.
"Do they mean anything?"
"Yeah but you'll never find out." He said smugly.
"So what flavor are these red ones?" She asked as she held up a red jelly bean.
"Cherry." Remus said and she popped it in her mouth and ate it.
"Hmm, what about these brown ones?"
"Dirt."
"Like literal dirt?" She asked and he nodded.
"There is flavor dirt? Is there any actual dirt in here?" She asked as she looked at the jelly bean.
"No it's just the flavor." He said and she poppy it in her mouth and chewed it for a second before stopping and looking around as Sirius chuckled as she grabbed a wrapper from the floor and spit the jelly bean in to it.
"They aren't kidding." She said as she stared at the jelly bean.
"I dare you to eat a handful." Sirius said and she raised her eyebrow at him.
"Are you daring me?" She asked.
"Please don't." Andrew said with a sigh.
"Yes." Sirius said with a smirk.
"Alright." She said and poured herself a handful of different colored jelly beans and looked down at it.
"You won't do-." Sirius said before she tossed the handful in to her mouth and started to chew. Her face contorted in to disgust and she gagged slightly as she chewed the jelly beans and she held a hand over her mouth as she gagged twice more before swallowing the jelly beans and she opened her mouth to Sirius who looked at her slightly surprised.
"I never back down from a dare." She said weakly as she looked around for something else to eat to wash away the taste of vomit in her mouth.
"This will help." Sirius said as he held out something to her and she looked at the wrapper of a cockroach cluster and she raised an eyebrow at Sirius who simply smiled.
"That sounds disgusting."
"They're good, trust me."
"I wouldn't trust you with my cat."
"Neither would I." Peter said with a laugh and Sirius smiled and shook his head.
"I don't chase cats." He said to Peter who smiled and put another pumpkin pasty in his mouth.
"Here." Remus said as he dug in to his bag and pulled out a bar of chocolate.
"Is there something wrong with it?" She asked and he smiled and shook his head.
"Moony and his chocolate." Sirius said with a sigh as she broke off a piece and popped it in to her mouth.
"So are there actually candies here that don't taste like vomit or have bugs in them?" She asked curiously as she looked at the wrapper of a Chocolate frog.
"Are they for real about these chocolate frogs?"
"Kind of." Remus said with a shrug.
"Because I know you crazy Brits like to eat stuff like frog legs and snails and stuff like sheep blood pudding stuff."
"Black pudding, its called black pudding and its actually quite good." Sirius said and she shivered.
"Any kind of blood seems hardly appetizing."
"It's just a charm on the candy that makes it come to life some times." Remus explained about the Chocolate frogs.
"Some times?"
"Yeah, if you get one they are nearly impossible to catch. But they are pretty good."
"Ah." She said slowly and looked out the window at the dark sky and sighed.
"Hey guys." Someone said as the door opened and they all looked up at a wild black haired boy with glasses wearing a pin with a big H on it. He was tall and muscular, very good looking indeed.
"Who are they?" He asked as he looked at Rebecca and Andrew.
"Oh James these are Rebecca Walcott and Andrew Fuller, they are from the states, Rebecca, Andrew this is James Potter." Remus said and Andrew held out his hand to James who shook it and Andrew's eyebrows shot up.
"That's quite a grip man." Andrew said with a smile and James laughed.
"You gotta have one for quidditch." He said and Rebecca smiled wide and Andrew sighed.
"Please don't start-."
"You play quidditch?" She asked with a grin and James shook her hand with a smile.
"You're American." He stated and she smiled and nodded. "I'm the Quidditch captain for Gryffindor."
"I play chaser, what position do you play?"
"Chaser as well, are you any good?" He asked and she shrugged.
"I'm pretty decent I suppose."
"That's an understatement." Andrew said as he looked at James.
"My broom is a little outdated but I am a decent player I suppose."
"She is just being modest; she was the captain on the house team in Salem last year."
"What kind of broom do you have?"
"Silver Arrow."
"That's a decent broom, not quite that outdated." James said and she pursed her lips.
"I've been saving up for a Nimbus1000." She said and James whistled.
"I have one, it's a beauty, I'll let you have a go sometime if you'd like."
"I would love that." She said with a wide grin.
"I thought you were supposed to be in the prefect carriage." Remus said puzzled and James sighed as he crossed his arms over his chest and leaned against the doorway.
"I had to get away from Nelson's constant bragging how he met the Wimbourne Wasps this summer and how Spelfred's father was promoted in the Ministry and Mansard's constant talk about how important NEWTs are this year, I am getting that enough already from Evans, I don't need to hear it again."
"Speaking of Evans why aren't you with her drooling over her every word?" Sirius asked and James kicked him and Sirius stuck out his tongue.
"She is talking with Malcomb." James said bitterly with a roll of his eyes.
"Pretty boy Malcomb?" Sirius asked and James shrugged.
"What does he have that I don't?"
"Lets see, good looks, smarts, lots of money, he is quidditch captain." Sirius said and James frowned at him.
"You just described me Pads." He said and Sirius laughed.
"Also he isn't you." Sirius said and James sighed.
"She will be mine this year, I'm telling you."
"You say that every year." Peter said and James glared at him.
"Come on it's our last year, she can't say no."
"She has for the past 3 years." Remus said pointedly and James frowned.
"But this year is different."
"How so?" Sirius asked.
"Because I am Head Boy."
"It's different because you have a fancy pin?" Sirius asked as he tapped the pin on James' robes.
"Not just the pin, the rounds, the meetings, I mean we will be spending a lot of time together."
"I still think she is going to say no and hex you." Sirius said with a laugh and James rolled his eyes.
"You just watch." He said confidently.
"So let me get this straight, you're after a girl who has rejected you for the past 3 years?" Rebecca asked.
"Yes, he is so fixated on one bird he is blind to all the other ones that actually like him." Sirius said and James sighed.
"She is the only one for me, ever since she hexed me that fateful day third year." James said with a sigh as he placed a hand over his heart.
"So she doesn't actually like you and you're pining over her?"
"Pretty much, he asks her out every chance he gets which usually results in a hex or two." Remus said blandly.
"But this year is different, she will say yes. I know she secretly likes me."
"So he says, yet she hexes him all the time." Sirius said with a laugh.
"James you might want to consider other options." Rebecca said with a smile.
"I have been telling him that for years." Sirius said with a nod. "There are better fish in the sea."
"But I only want her." James whined."She is beautiful, and smart, and beautiful, and wonderful. Her red hair is so amazing and I love the way her nose scrunches when she is concentrating." He said with a sigh and a smile.
"You better not be talking about me." Someone said from behind James and he turned around and a red head stood before him with her arms crossed over her chest.
"My Lily flower." He said and she looked at him disgusted. "Be still my beating heart." He said as he placed a hand over his heart and she rolled her eyes.
"Don't call me that and you are supposed to be in the prefect carriage." She said and paused as she looked at Remus.
"Hello Remus, how was your summer?" She asked and Remus smiled.
"It was fine Lily, how about yours?"
"It was pretty good, my family went to Spain for a week, it was wonderful."
"I had a pretty good summer too." James said to her and she looked at him dully.
"I didn't ask you Potter." She said and he smiled at her.
"What?" She asked as she looked at him weird.
"I love when you make that annoyed face." He said and she took a deep breath as she glared at James.
"Shove off Potter; I'm glad you had a nice summer Remus. I'll see you later." She said with a smile at Remus and then looked back at James as her smile disappeared. "Get back to the carriage; we will be at school soon." She said and walked away and James held his heart as he slid down the doorway with a blissful smile on his face.
"She is my one true love." He said and Rebecca started to laugh.
"I don't know if I would call that true love Prongs, she really doesn't seem to like you." Sirius said as James sighed and stared after her.
"James I can see your problem." Rebecca said as she fiddled with her nails. "You're going about wooing her all wrong."
"I don't have any problems, I am perfect." James said with a grin and Rebecca rolled her eyes.
"Alright James." Rebecca said with a small laugh under her breath as she looked over at Andrew who smiled.
"Well I should probably get back to the carriage; I'll see you guys at the feast." James said and left the compartment and Sirius sighed.
"I can't believe he is still so hung up on Evans." Sirius said. "And I am still confused as to why Dumbledore made him Head boy and not you Moony."
"I still think that Dumbledore is losing it." Peter said and Remus shrugged.
"I guess he knows what he is doing."
"He opened up the gates of hell by making Prongs Head Boy and you know it."
"Maybe it will change him."
"Better not." Sirius said with a frown.
They arrived at the school and headed off the train and walked up to the carriages.
"What interesting horses." Rebecca said as they walked up to the carriage.
"You can see them?" Sirius asked and Rebecca looked at him oddly.
"Yeah, cant you?" She asked.
"You can only see them if you have seen someone die." Remus said as he walked up.
"Oh." She said and pursed her lips and looked back at the black skeleton horse before looking at Andrew before getting in to the carriage and he followed and sat next to her.
"Who did you see die?" Sirius asked as he got inside and sat across from Rebecca.
"I'd rather not talk about it if you don't mind." She said to him and he shrugged and Remus got in, followed by Peter and James before the carriage started to move.
"James you have tryouts for the team right?" She asked and he nodded.
"When are they?"
"I haven't set a date yet, the season starts after Halloween though so probably at the end of September." He said and then looked at Sirius. "Are you going to try out this year?" He asked and Sirius shrugged.
"Come on, you'll do great if you play anything like you did this summer."
"Probably." Sirius said and James smiled.
"Great." He said and the castle came in to view and Rebecca stared at it amazed.
"Wow, that's really something." She said with a smile and Andrew took her hand lightly and she looked at him with a smile.
They got to the Great Hall and Rebecca and Andrew went their separate ways as Rebecca went to sit with the boys.
"I wish we were in the same house, I feel bad leaving him by himself." She said as she looked across the Hall at Andrew who had sat down with a boy and two girls and started to talk to them.
"I think he is doing just fine." Sirius said and sipped from his goblet.
"You guys actually drink from these things?" She asked as she picked up the goblet and looked at it with a smile.
"Yeah."
"What is there to drink?" She asked as she looked at the pitcher.
"Pumpkin juice." James said as he poured himself a glass.
"What?" She asked as her eyebrows rose. "Are you serious?"
"No, I am." Sirius said with a grin and she paused and gave him a dry sarcastic laugh.
"Come on it's a good pun." Sirius said and smiled.
"Right." She said and looked down the table.
"Don't you have anything normal to drink? Like water?"
"Not usually, we usually have pumpkin juice at meals." Remus said and poured himself a glass.
"I am not going to survive more than a week here." She said with a groan.
"You'll be fine; the food here at Hogwarts is great." Remus said and held the jug to her and she shrugged and he poured her a glass. She bought it up to her nose and smelled it and gave Remus a doubtful look.
"It smells funny." She said and he sighed and rolled his eyes.
"You'll like it. Try it." He said and she let out a sigh and took a sip. She paused for a moment as she swallowed it and set the glass down.
"I can't drink that for the next year." She said and grabbed the goblet from the boy sitting next to her who had his back to her and she pulled out her wand and filled the goblet with water.
"Much better." She said with a smile. She looked around the giant hall and glanced up at the table in the front where the staff was sitting and she saw Professor Dumbledore sitting in the middle and he looked up at her with a smile and gave her a nod and she returned it with a small smile before she felt a tap on her shoulder and she turned and looked at the boy next to her.
"I think you have my goblet." He said and she looked at the goblet in her hand.
"I'm pretty sure I do." She said with a nod and took another drink. "Would you like it back? I've sort of already drank off it." She said and he bit his lip.
"Uh-."
"Steal his." She said as she motioned to the guy across from him.
"Then he won't have one."
"That's alright, survival of the fittest." She said and he looked at her confused.
"Just quickly take it and act oblivious." She said and looked at Remus who looked at her amused.
"Survival of the fittest?" He asked and she shrugged. The large doors opened and a woman came through with a bunch of scared looking kids following behind her.
"Who is that?" She asked as she looked at the strict looking woman.
"That's Professor McGonagall; she is the head of our house."
"She looks scary."
"You don't ever want to cross her, its scary then." James said with a smile.
"I take it you have crossed her before." She said simply.
"You know once or twice." James said with a smile.
"I think that's an understatement." The boy next to her said.
"Oh I'm Michael Baley by the way." He said and held out his hand to her. "You're from America right?" He asked and she nodded. "You're in trouble if you hang around these four for very long." He said as he motioned to the boys.
"Why is that?"
"They're the biggest troublemakers Hogwarts has ever seen." The boy across from him said. "Tim Allen." He said and held out his hand to her.
"Rebecca Walcott." She said with a smile.
"Troublemakers huh?" She asked as she looked at the boys. "Maybe those three but I don't see you getting in to trouble Remus." She said and he shrugged and picked up his goblet.
"I'm full of surprises."
"Anything else I should be aware of about these four?" She asked Tim and Michael.
"I think we'll let you find out for yourself." Tim said with a grin and looked for his goblet.
"I seem to be missing a goblet." Tim said and Rebecca looked at Michael with a smile and she saw Tim grab the goblet of the boy next to him.
"I think its going to spread throughout the rest of the table. Look what I've caused." She said to Remus and he laughed. She looked up at the front of the room and saw Professor McGonagall setting the sorting hat on each of the student's heads.
"Wow I am sure glad I got sorted before coming here. I would be a nervous wreck if I had to be sorted in front of the whole school." She said and sipped her water.
She watched the sorting until the end and then Professor Dumbledore stood up and held up a hand and the entire hall went silent.
"Wow that was cool." She said with a smile.
"Welcome back to Hogwarts for those of you returning and welcome to Hogwarts for those of you who have just arrived. I do hope your trip was pleasant." He said and sent a warm smile to everyone. "I am sure you are hungry so tuck in." He said and waved his arms and fool appeared on the table and Rebecca stared at the food and looked up at Remus who looked at her amused.
"I don't think I have ever seen this much food before. I don't even know where to start." She said as she looked at the food bewildered.
"Start with the haggis, its wonderful." Sirius said as he pushed a bowl of brown looking mulch towards her and she covered her mouth and pushed it away.
"Oh lord help me." She said with a sigh as she looked at all the food.
"Just try something, you'll probably like it." Remus said.
"I think I will just stick to normal looking things." She said and she got some potatoes and asparagus and some roast beef and nibbled on it as she looked around the hall and stared up at the sky.
"So Rebecca, what year are you?" Michael asked.
"7th year."
"So am I, Tim is a 6th year, what NEWT classes are you taking."
"I'm not actually sure, crap Andrew has my schedule. I'll have to get those from him."
"Who is Andrew?"
"My friend, he is the other foreign exchange student, he is over in Ravenclaw."
"Ah two Americans, where is he?"
"The one sitting with all the girls." She said blandly as she saw a bunch of girls sitting with him leaning in as he spoke. He looked up at Rebecca and smiled at her and gave her a wave and she waved back with a smile and he gave a strangled face and she laughed as the girls narrowed their eyes at Rebecca and her eyebrows rose.
"Wow the girls are sure…" She said and paused looking for the right word.
"Hot." Sirius said with a smile and she frowned at him.
"That's not the word I was looking for; I was going to say they seem, possessive of my dear friend Andrew. If looks could kill." She said with a laugh and went back to her food.
After dinner the food disappeared and Professor Dumbledore stood up and looked at all the students and they all went quiet.
"Welcome to another year of school, I hope you have all had your fill." He said and looked around. "As usual there is no magic permitted in the halls, the forbidden forest is off limits to all students, Mr. Filch our caretaker has posted the new list of items banned from Hogwarts so when you have the time please take a look at the list." He said and his eyes glanced over to the four boys sitting next to her and they just smiled innocently. "Also." He said and his expression darkened. "I am sure all of you are aware of the happenings outside of the castle in these dark times, I urge to you take caution and do not take these times lightly. Remember who your friends are." He said and the whole hall went silent as he looked at everyone and they looked around at each other and then Professor Dumbledore smiled. "Now, off to bed with you, your prefects and Head Boy and Girl will take you up to your dormitories, have a good night and remember, a wise man does not play leap frog with a unicorn." He said and Rebecca burst out laughing.
"Did he really just say that?" She asked with a smile as she got up.
"First years please follow me." James called over his shoulder as he rushed to catch up with Lily who had already made her way to the front of the hall.
"So now we go to bed?" Rebecca asked and Remus nodded as they all headed out of the Great Hall.
"Becca." Andrew said as he hurried over to her.
"Already made friends with the ladies huh?" She asked with a smile and he shrugged with a smile.
"Me, look at you, you have all the guys hanging on your every word." He said and she laughed.
"I do not."
"Well whatever it looked like to you, it looked the same for me." He said and they walked out of the hall together.
"Ravenclaw please follow me." One of the head boys yelled from the top of the stairs.
"I need my schedule; can you bring it tomorrow to breakfast?" She asked him quickly.
"Of course. I'll see you tomorrow." He said and smiled before running up the stairs.
"Gryffindor follow me." She heard Lily say from the other staircase and Rebecca followed her and caught up with Remus, Sirius and Peter and they walked up to the Gryffindor tower together.
They stepped into the common room and Rebecca immediately felt a sense of ease as she looked at the dark red and gold colors that littered the room and she ran over to one of the big plushy chairs and sat down with a smile.
"Wow this is comfortable." She said as Remus appeared over her.
"Yes they are." He said and took his seat in the chair next to her.
"So where is my room? Screw the room, I could sleep here." She said as she smiled and closed her eyes.
"Your room is up the left staircase. Your room will probably be the last room because you're a 7th year." He said and she jumped up and ran towards the staircase and went to the last room and looked around at the 6 beds that surrounded a coal heater. She saw her trunk at the foot of one of the beds and Kimba was laying on her bed and he sat up as she walked over.
"Oh you must be the new girl." Someone said as she picked up Kimba and turned around and saw two blonde girls sitting on one of the beds looking at magazines.
"Yes I suppose I am."
"Oh you must be the American girl all the guys are talking about." One of the girls said.
"I'm Tessa Bayliss." One of the girls said. She was rather tiny with short hair to her shoulders. "This is Jenny Mills." She said and Rebecca put Kimba down and walked over.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Rebecca Walcott."
"Do you by any chance know that American boy in Ravenclaw?" Jenny asked with a smile.
"Yeah he is my friend."
"What's his name?"
"Andrew."
"Are you guys dating?"
"No, we're just friends." Rebecca said and the two girls looked at each other and giggled.
"He is so cute." Jenny gushed and Rebecca rolled her eyes.
"I suppose."
"And he has that cute little accent too." Tessa said with a grin.
"Do you think you could introduce us?" Jenny asked.
"Yes could you introduce us?" Tessa asked and Rebecca went to open her mouth when Lily walked inside looking slightly frazzled and looked at Tessa and Jenny on the bed before looking at Rebecca.
"You must be Rebecca, I'm Lily Evans." Lily said as she walked over and held out her hand to Rebecca and she shook it.
"I know, James talked about you the entire feast, I feel like I already know you." Rebecca said with a small smile and Lily rolled her eyes and scoffed.
"Git, I can't believe that Dumbledore made him Head boy, it should have been Remus. Remus was prefect for two years." Lily said and went to her bed.
"Where is Melanie?" Lily asked as she took off her robes and threw them over the foot of her bed as she dug through her trunk to find something.
"She might be with Trent; I saw them disappear after the feast together." Tessa said with a roll of her eyes.
"Uh Rebecca, you know you're not supposed to alter your uniform." Lily said as she glanced up at Rebecca.
"I am not wearing my skirt all the way to my knees, I find it incredibly unflattering to my figure, a few inches won't make a difference." She said with a shrug.
"Says you, guys stare." Tessa said and Jenny nodded.
"Let them stare."
"The reason we have uniforms is to try to discourage distractions." Lily said and Rebecca rolled her eyes.
"I think this uniform needs a little distraction, it's so bland, I feel like a concrete wall with this on. It needs more color and flavor. Our uniforms in Salem were fitted robes the color of our group we were put in to. They were nice and fitting and comfortable with shorts and shirt underneath that we wore for our Gym class."
"Are your groups kind of like the houses here?"
"Kind of, there were 3 different groups and then there are two sub groups under that, the three major categories are hawk, bear and fox. Under those were the Alphas and the betas, Alphas were the older kids, 15 to 19 and the betas were 11 to 15."
"What group were you in?"
"Hawk, they say there is no qualifying traits for each house but we all came to the conclusion that the hawks are for the quick, bear is for the strong and fox is just cunning and sly. I never much like the foxes."
The door opened and a dark brown haired girl came in and looked at each of the girls before her eyes landed on Rebecca.
"Who are you?" She asked sharply.
"Mel, this is Rebecca, she is one of the foreign exchange students this year." Lily said and Melanie looked Rebecca up and down before nodding and walking in to the bathroom.
"Who stuck a stick up her ass?" Rebecca asked as she looked at the other girls.
"She isn't the most friendly of roommates." Tessa said with a shrug and picked up a magazine and flipped through it.
"We usually try to avoid her and she avoids us." Jenny said and Rebecca nodded.
"You have a very pretty cat." Tessa said as she looked at Kimba sitting on the bed looking at each of them with his big green eyes.
"His name is Kimba." She said as she walked over to Kimba and picked him up and kissed the top of his head. She saw Melanie walk out of the bathroom and she went to her bed and drew the drapes around and Rebecca exchanged looks with the other girls before putting Kimba on her bed and opening her trunk and grabbing her pajamas which consisted of a pair of Andrew's pajama bottoms and one of his t-shirts. She went to the bathroom and changed and threw her uniform on top of her trunk.
"I'm going to go downstairs I'll be back later." She said and headed downstairs and saw a few people still sitting around. She saw Remus where she had left him with a book in his lap, his hair falling over his eyes which he didn't seem to mind. She walked up and felt Kimba squirm and he looked up at her as Kimba extended his claws into her arms and she gasped as she dropped him and he hissed at Remus as he backed up before running back up the stairs. Remus looked at her wide eyed as she turned back to him.
"He really just doesn't seem to like you Remus, I don't know why; he honestly is a nice cat." She said and sat down next to him.
"What are you reading?" She asked and he blinked quickly and shook his head and looked down at his book.
"It's called Great Expectations by Charles Dickens." He said and showed her the worn cover.
"I read that last year, I like that book."
"You read muggle literature?"
"Yes, my grandfather introduced me to muggle literature."
"Are you muggle born?" He asked. "Just out of curiosity."
"No, halfblood. What about you?"
"Halfblood as well." He said and she nodded.
"What time is breakfast at tomorrow?"
"It starts at 8 and classes start at 9."
"Do you have any plans after Hogwarts?" She as she curled up on the chair and fiddled with the locket around her neck.
"I would like to teach."
"What would you like to teach?"
"I don't know, I like teaching, it's kind of like my calling." He said and she smiled.
'What about you?"
"I want to be a healer." She said and looked down at her hands. "I've been studying healing techniques for the past two years."
"What made you want to be a healer?" He asked and she bit her lip.
"I'll tell you about it another time." She said and he nodded as she turned and looked at the fire. "You know I keep trying to wrap my head around the fact that I am here in Scotland at Hogwarts and I can't seem to do that. I feel like I have started a new life."
"That's how I felt when I came here too. I know how you feel."
"I wonder what Andy is doing right now, I don't know if we have ever been separated like this before."
"How do you and Andrew know each other?"
"Yeah, we have been neighbors since we were kids." She said as she shrugged and got up. "Well I am going to go to bed, I'll see you tomorrow, enjoy your book." She said with a smile and he nodded.
"Good night Rebecca."
"You can call me Becky, people back home used to." She said and he smiled.
"Alright, Becky it is."
"Night Remus." She said and walked up the stairs to her room and saw her room mates getting ready for bed and she walked over to her bed and saw Kimba already sprawled out.
"What has gotten in to you mister?" She asked as she looked at him and he blinked his big green eyes at her and licked his paw and she picked him up and cradled him in her arms and laid down on the bed and placed him on her chest as she stroked him.
"Tomorrow we start our new life Kimba, how does that sound?" She asked and he licked her hand and she smiled and kissed his face and he squirmed out of her hands and she smiled and rolled her eyes as he walked to the window and perched himself on the bay window and looked at her before looking out.
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