Disclaimer: This is the only disclaimer in the story, So i disclaimer everything in this stroy, except Erika and her mother, Hailey and the plot, and there we go.
The Dark Noir: The first Chapter
Chapter 1 (Erika is given a warning)
Erika Noir and her mother, Hailey Noir walked on to platform 9 ¾. Erika was 13 her birthday was on August 31 and it was her first year at Hogwarts, it was meant to be her second year; Erika didn't go to Hogwarts when she was eleven like most wizards and witches do for some reason her mother wanted to keep her at home for an extra year; Erika didn't know why and this bothered her a lot. Erika's mother was about 6" and medium build she had brown hair and blue eyes, Her hair wasn't really brown it was a night deep red, but her mother said it attracted too much attention.
Erika had her mother's hair and yes, she did get a lot of attention but she got used to it and besides she could always change how she looked using her powers: She is a metamorphosis; Erika's eyes were a light grey, they were soft and kind, she was about 5" 2 right now but was still growing, she had a thin oval shaped face and a cheerful excited smile on it. Erika grinned at the platform around her; many people were looking at her, again because of the red hair. Right now Erika would have done anything to change right then and there, but she promised her mother she would keep it to herself unless she really had to tell someone. She sighed at looked up at her mother.
"Mum, can we please get my trunk on the train?" she said pulling her mum towards the train. Her mum smiled at her.
"Sure sweetie" she said and pulled the shrunk truck out of her pocket, "I'll send Abigail when I get home she'll have her cage with her, it will save so much space and time, then she can stay with you" Erika squealed and threw her arms round her mum.
"Thanks mum, I love you" she said, Hailey looked down at her daughter and saw her husband grinning up at her. She didn't want Erika to find out about him, she didn't want her daughter to go down the same dark road as him.
"I love you to sweetheart, I love you" Hailey said and gave Erika a hug and a kiss on the top of her head. Once she let go of her she smiled at her daughter. "I remember when I first got on the train, I was only a year younger than you I was so excited" she told her.
"I am too, it's brilliant isn't it I can finally go to Hogwarts and be like every other witch or wizard" Erika said practically jumping up and down. Hailey's face darkened slightly.
"Erika, you are not like every other witch or wizard, there are thing I should have told you, things I will still tell you, but now you need to get on the train" she said, looking Erika in the eyes.
"Ok, mum, I'll see you soon, maybe at Christmas" she said as she jumped on the train, she saw a red headed family come through the barrier as the train whistle went. Her mum smiled at her and waved and with a flick of her wand she was gone.
"Hurry Fred, George, Percy help Ginny on the train, Harry Ron, Where are you?" the redheaded woman said. She was quite plump but looked like a very nice and kind woman. Erika however knew that redheads had one hell of a temper so she knew not to get her cross, the three boys and the little girl hurried to the door Erika was standing by, she opened it for them.
Erika put her hand out for them to take and they did just that, the girl was first and grabbed the hand and was pulled on, next was the oldest looking of the boys, he had a prefect badge on. He jumped on and hurried off, Erika shrugged and next came two boys, twins, they were grinning as they ran to the door, they both grabbed Erika's hand and she pulled them in slamming the door shut behind them.
"Well it was lovely helping you and all but I want to go and find a seat" Erika said. She jumped up of the ground having fallen there once she tripped over one of the twins.
"Hey, don't we even get to know your name?" One of them asked standing up. Erika smiled at him.
"Erika Noir" she said "What's your names?" she asked helping the girl up. The girl smiled at her timidly.
"I'm Ginny, thank you for helping me on the train I thought I was going to miss it" she said, Erika smiled down at Ginny.
"It's fine what else are you meant to do when someone needs your help?" he asked, Ginny looked confused. "You help them" Ginny beamed at her. The twins were now looking at Erika, just staring. She raised an eye brow at them. "And you two?" she asked, they both jolted up.
"Oh use, well" one said taking her hand.
"We are" the other one said taking her other hand.
"Gred and Forge" they said together, Ginny laughed at them.
"That not their names, they are Fred and George" she told Erika. Fred and George pouted at their sister.
"You can't let us have any fun can you Gin?" Fred asked. Erika didn't know how she knew he was Fred she just knew.
"Last name?" Erika asked,
"Weasley" George said, Erika grinned at them her mother told her that the Weasleys were nice people. She didn't know why she didn't associate the red hair before then.
"My mum told me about your family" she said, she noticed their faces darken, Why was everyone doing that today? She thought, "She said you're all lovely people and I should try and make friends with them" she finished.
"So We" George said indicating with a finger at himself and Fred.
"Have never seen"
"You before, so…"
"What are you doing here?" they asked together. Erika laughed.
"I was home schooled for a year, for some weird reason my mum didn't want me going to Hogwarts last year" she told them
"You'll be in the same year as out little brother, Ron" Fred said.
"Now if you don't mind we are off to go find our friend"
"Its fine it was nice meeting you" she said, the twins grinned at her before they walked off; Erika turned to Ginny and smiled. "You want to go and find a compartment?" she asked, the younger girl nodded and the two of them walked down the train till they came to a compartment with a boy and two girls inside, one girl was reading the wizarding magazine the Quibbler and the other was reading a book whilst the boys was looking out the window, the girl reading the book looked up when Erika opened the door.
"Oh, Ginny come in and sit down" the girl said, Ginny did as asked and sat down next to the other girl. The bushy-haired girl looked at Erika with her brown eyes, she smiled. "Come in, there is space, I'm Hermione Granger, this is Luna Lovegood" she said pointing to the dirty-blonde girl who had an airy expression on her face, they smiled at each other "and this is Neville Longbottom" she said pocking the boy to make him pay attention.
"I'm Erika Noir, I didn't come last year when I was meant to" she told the girl, the girl looked at her curiously.
"That's un-heard of someone joining Hogwarts late" she said, Erika had a feeling this girl was going to ask a lot of questions, but become one of her best friends.
They arrived at Hogsmead just after five and Erika had to go with the first years; she stood next to Ginny smiled at her. The girl smiled back, the big man, that Ginny told Erika was called Hagrid knock on the door three times, the doors opened and there stood a woman she had a stern look on her face with her hair up in a tight bun, she had a black pointed hat on and dark green robes on.
"First year, Professor" Hagrid said in his gruff voice,
"Thank you Hagrid" Professor McGonagall said, she opened the door more, Erika smiled up at her, and she couldn't wait to start learning. Erika walked towards McGonagall.
"Professor" she said, the woman looked down at her.
"Can I help you?" she asked, looking slightly confused.
"Yes, Yes you can, um my name's Erika Noir, I didn't come to Hogwarts last year, but I'm not a first year, if that makes sense" Erika told the woman, McGonagall nodded.
"Oh, Miss Noir, yes, Albus told me about you, yes you'll be sorted with the first years, but you will be a second year and will stay in the second year dorm, right now back into line" she said, Erika went back into line and stood next to Ginny. McGonagall took them into a room off from the hall.
Erika could hear the noise of hundreds of voices from a doorway to the right — the rest of the school must already be here — but Professor McGonagall showed the first years into a small, empty chamber off the hall. They crowded in, standing rather closer together than they would usually have done, peering about nervously.
"Welcome to Hogwarts," said Professor McGonagall. "The start-of-term banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your houses. The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your house will be something like your family within Hogwarts.
You will have classes with the rest of your house, sleep in your house dormitory, and spend free time in your house common room." Erika smiled at this at least she could draw in her free time.
"The four houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each house has its own noble history and each has produced outstanding witches and wizards. While you are at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn your house points, while any rulebreaking will lose house points.
At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the house cup, a great honor. I hope each of you will be a credit to whichever house becomes yours.
"The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting." She then proceeded to walk out of the room.
"What do we have to do?" Ginny asked her. Erika shrugged. She didn't know and to be honestly she wasn't scared like the rest of them in the room. "I'll be a Gryffindor like the rest of my family" Ginny said, Erika could have sworn she heard sadness in her voice.
"Come on Ginny it'll be fun, I'll be your friend" Erika told her, Ginny beamed at her.
"You will thank you I won't feel as lonely now" she said, Erika couldn't help but smile. McGonagall soon came back.
"Now, form a line," Professor McGonagall told the first years, "and follow me." Everyone got into a line; Ginny was in front of Erika and shaking slightly they then walked out of the chamber, back across the hall, and through a pair of double doors into the Great Hall.
The room was lit by thousands and thousands of candles that were floating in mid-air over four long tables, where the rest of the students were sitting. These tables were laid with glittering golden plates and goblets. At the top of the hall was another long table where the teachers were sitting. Professor McGonagall led the first years and Erika up here, so that they came to a halt in a line facing the other students, with the teachers behind them. The hundreds of faces staring at them looked like pale lanterns in the flickering candlelight. Dotted here and there among the students, the ghosts shone misty silver. It was hard to believe there was a ceiling there at all as it looked as if it had no ceiling, and that the Great Hall didn't simply open on to the heavens.
Harry quickly looked down again as Professor McGonagall silently placed a four-legged stool in front of the first years. On top of the stool she put a pointed wizard's hat. This hat was patched and frayed and extremely dirty — noticing that everyone in the hall was now staring at the hat, Erika looked at it, too. For a few seconds, there was complete silence. Then the hat twitched. A rip near the brim opened wide like a mouth — and the hat began to sing.
Welcome Students one and all
to our wonderful great hall,
in times of trouble
you need not fret,
as everyone here will help their best.
I now give a warning my friends,
that trouble is coming and it shall not end.
It does not seek for anything like a mate;
it goes out searching and kills in greed and hate.
Take this warning I give you in this hour,
the person had come with ultimate power.
They will help the chosen one,
to stop of what has already begun.
They shall try and find the answers they seek,
but everything will come out bleak.
I'm sorry to say I have delayed,
and it was not very well portrayed,
I know what you all seek,
so now if you shall let me take a peek,
Let me sort you and I shall see,
in what house you are meant to be.
You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil;
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
If you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folk use any means
To achieve their ends.
The whole hall burst into applause as the hat finished its song. It bowed to each of the four tables and then became quite still again.
"That was brilliant" Erika whispered to Ginny.
Professor McGonagall read the names of each first year, until they came to the end and Dumbledore stood up.
"I would like to say Welcome one and all, but we have one more person to sort, this is Erika Noir, she did not come to Hogwarts last year, I would like whichever house she is put in to welcome her warmly, thank you" he sat back down, Erika sat down on the stood and McGonagall placed the hat on her head. Erika suddenly heard a voice in her head.
"Noir eh, not sort one of them before…Oh wait I have, ah very cleaver of your mother, cleaver indeed Ravenclaw she was, smart girl, but your father no he was different he didn't want to be like his family, put him in Gryffindor I did, I can see that is also where your heart lies, But before I let you go, you know I know, you have the power to help the one, and of course you must become one" the hat then stopped in her head and shouted out load.
"GRYFFINDOR"
The Gryffindor table clapped and cheered. Erika smiled and went over and sat next to Hermione who smiled.
"You'll be in all of my classes, you can sit with me Harry and Ron" she said, she looked down the table "Speaking of those two, where are they?" Erika was about to answer when a boy over at the Hufflepuff table stood up.
"Potter and Weasley flew a car into the Whomping Willow" he shouted, Hermione gasped.
"Why on earth did they do that?" she thought out loud, Erika just shrugged and put some chicken on her plate, Dumbledore had decided not to do a speech first so the food appeared. Everyone finished and Dumbledore stood up.
"I would like to say, Welcome back to a new year a Hogwarts and for the first year that the forbidden forest is out of bounds, that also goes to some old student" he said with a twinkle in his eye when he looked at Fred and George. "Also Mr Filch, Our Caretaker, asked me, well what he tells me is the four-hundred-and-sixty second time, to remind you all that magic is not permitted in corridors between classes, nor are a number of other things, all of which can be checked on the extensive list now fastened to Mr. Filch's office door.
"We have a change in staffing this year. Mr Gilderoy Lockheart has kindly said he will take up the position as Defence against the dark arts professor" Many girls clapped at this Erika only rolled her eyes. The boys were all glaring at the new professor. "Now off to bed" Dumbledore called, Hermione sighed once more at Lockheart and stood up. Erika shook her head at him and grabbed Hermione's arm and pulled her out of the hall, she stopped when she got into the entrance hall. Hermione then gasped and started running up the stairs, Erika followed, they ran up several flights of stairs and past pictures talking when they saw two boys a head, one was tall and had red hair and the other was medium height with messy black hair, both boys turned to look at them when they heard feet running.
"There you are! Where have you been? The most ridiculous rumours — someone said you'd been expelled for crashing a flying car!" Hermione said, but the two boys were looking at Erika with their mouths open. "Oh, this is Erika Noir, she's new but she's in our year, me and her are friends" Hermione told them, Erika blushed slightly under their stare, when the two boys were hit upside the head by two taller boys.
"Oi, she's ours" one said.
"Yeah, we saw her first" the other said, it was Fred and George. Erika could help it she burst out laughing.
"I'm sorry, my mother said my hair would get me noticed" she said wiping tears of mirth away. "I can change it for tomorrow if you want" she told them, the boys shook their heads, Erika grinned at them then pushed them aside.
"Fortuna Major" she said and the fat lady swung open, she walked inside and called to the common room. "Hey everyone Potter and Weasley are here" Suddenly everyone was cheering and Harry and Ron had been pulled inside the portrait hole, Hermione followed them in and glared good naturedly at Erika. Erika shrugged.
"Glare all you want, now they get the attention for staring at me" she said and walked up the girl's staircase. Hermione soon followed her up.
"I hope they haven't been expelled" she worried brushing her hair; Erika sighed and made her hair untangle using her powers.
"I don't think they have been. I have one of my feelings; Like the feeling I got when we became friends" she told Hermione.
"Oh well I'll find out in the morning" she said and snuggled down into her bed. Erika did the same and fell asleep, think she as finally there.