CHAPTER 2
"Merlin's beard, why are there so many Griffindors?" I still can't seem to find
a compartment to sit in, particularly with someone in it who doesn't stare at me
like I have something gross on my face.. I don't have something gross on my face
do I? I stop and wipe my face, nope nothing. I turn to my right and see Luna
Lovegood and Nevill Longbottom sitting together in a compartment they turn to me
and wave, not like the others who I can still feel staring at the back of my
head. Luna waves for me to come sit with her, so I do so.
"Bella! do come sit
with us." Luna's voice has always sounded a bit dreamy, it adds to her
personality I guess.
"Hello Bella," Nevill stands up for some odd reason.
"How was your summer?" He sits back down and I nearly forget what he asked me,
it takes a few seconds to remember and then, "Not so good, as you've probably
heard, seems like all of the other kids have." Luna seems puzzled and I take the
seat next to her.
"So its true?" Luna takes off a pair of sparkly glasses
that twist and turn in pink shades, i'm not going to even bother to ask her
about them.
"Yes Luna."
"Oh, i'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked." Neville
seems truly upset, he lost his parents when he was young, I probably reminded
him of it and it makes me feel guilty. My mother Farrah and I were never close,
I never really considered her as a nothing more than a mother, she was always in
her shop in diagon alley so I didn't see much of her.
"Its okay Nevill, I
wasn't very close to my mother anyway." I can see that he's in deep thought but
he quickly raises his head and nods.
"So is it true, you know, that Professor
Snape is your father?"
"Luna.." Neville sounds innocent but the expression on
his face says otherwise.
"Neville, honestly its okay. Yes its true, even
though I didn't know about it until the end of the summer." Neville is still
giving Luna a 'shut up!' look. I switch places onto the other side next to
Nevill so I can see out the other side of the window. Luna is talking about the
Quibbler and Neville changed the subject to something about plants, never was
good at Herbology. I look outside some more at the trees and the re-appearing
grass, its getting dark out so we shouldn't be far away from Hogwarts.
I
finally join into the conversation when they were talking about what classes we
were taking this year, Luna is doing Arithmancy and Neville is doing Care Of
Magical Creatures, I hadn't really decided yet, but I said that I would go with
Neville. Neville and I are good friends and we have been since our first year at
Hogwarts, but we hardly spoke this summer.
Fred and George Weasley popped
out of nowhere in-front of me and made me scream.
"Did we scare you?"
"I
think we did George." I hit Fred when I realised what just happened, I laughed
and my checks started to hurt, I hadn't smiled in quite a while.
"Merlin's
Beard! Don't do that!" I chuckle lightly as I pull myself together. I first met
these two clowns in first year, they had done the same thing on the train that
year too.
"Well Bella, you look lovely."
"Yes much better than what our
mother made us wear." They sit on either side of me and Neville moves next to
Luna where they continue on with their conversation. I look down to George's
chest and see a huge 'F' on the front of his sweater and a 'G' on Fred's
sweater. I laugh loudly at the mistake they had made, or had they made it
purposely?
"So Fred," I turn my head to George, "Pranked anyone lately?" I
try and hold back the laughter coming up my throat and they both smirk at the
same time.
"Oh, no-one but you." I pull at their sweaters and let go so it
sinks into their chests. This time I turn to Fred, "Nice try, but I know your
Fred." I smirk at George and hit them both on the back of the head.
They both
said "ow" at the same time.
"So your to cleaver for us aye?"
"No-one is
to cleaver for us, Fred." George says it like an echo in the room and they both
turn to face me.
"I beg to differ." My comment made them turn and face each
other both synced at the same time.
"Well tell us this Bella," George turned
his head towards me, "Is that dim witted teacher your father?" Fred finished for
him, in a joking manner of course, otherwise I might have taken
offense.
"Apparently so, George." Completely cutting of Fred I turned to
George, he caught the drift and stopped looking at Fred and concentrating on
me.
"Well, you two do look quite alike, although you are a lot prettier." We
both chuckled and Continued to ignore Fred, only playing of course. I thought
about what George said, we do look alike now that I think about it, both me and
Snape have dark black eyes and dark hair, mine not as dark as his though. Then
again, I was a lot tanner than him in comparison.
"Oh, how immature of you
two." Just by his tone of voice I can picture his cocky smile and him winking at
me.
"Oh, how can I be mad at you!" I turn to Fred and fling my arms over his
shoulders and hug him tucking my face under his chin so I can see
George.
"See George, I told you I was always better looking." I laugh and try
and let go of Fred to sit in the middle again but Fred pulls me into the hug
again and pulls me up to sit on his lap.
"Oh, i'm truly hurt, by the both of
you."
"You sound like my mother!" Both me and Fred gestured this to George
and all three of us ended up in hysterics. Fred and George had been my best
friends since I first walked onto the Hogwarts Express, and it hasn't changed
one bit. Its nice to know that some people won't judge me by my family. I tried
to pull myself from Fred's lap but he just pulled me back onto his lap.
"Stop
moving, you." He showed the same smirk that I always loved and winked at
me.
"Oh, okay then. I was going to go to sleep but if your happy like this I
think i'll just fall asleep here." I turned hiding my face from Fred and winked
at George, he to showed the slightly evil but cocky smirk.
"Oh well then,
your not going to sit on my for another two hours." Fred tried to move but I
just tighten my grip around his neck so he couldn't.
George laughed at his
brother and stood, "bye Fred." He said it almost girl like and left the
compartment with just Luna, Neville, Fred and I inside it.
