I know you ll get in, she said simply when I asked her why we were getting everything so early. You are already such a great young witch, Vi. She gave me one of her smiles that made people stop what they were doing and just stare at her. Everyone says Mum and I are twins, except that her eyes are blue. I never believe them, of course. She is so much prettier than I am.
Now the time had come, I opened the door of the muggle taxi and slammed it rather excitedly. I couldn t wait to get to school! The only thing that had me slightly worried was how I would ever make any friends as I had always been rather shy.
What do they look like again, Mum? I asked smiling at myself. I just wanted to hear her say it again. I knew the answer by heart.
Well, there will be four of them, and they all have red hair. From what Molly has written to me, the two younger boys, the twins, may be pulling some sort of prank. She looked down at me and smiled, because I was mouthing what she was saying as I had heard it so many times
As soon as we walked into the station, I started looking for them. I knew that she was excited to see the Weasley s mother. They had known each other since they were my age, but hadn t seen each other since about a month before I was born.
We had been inside the building for about two minutes when I spotted four gingers in a sea of brown, black, gray, and a few blonde-haired people. I turned to tell Mum that I thought I had spotted them, but when I looked where she had been at a second ago, she was gone. I looked back in the direction of the gingers and saw Mum running at a rather plump woman, who had to be Mrs. Weasley, full force. She nearly knocked her over as they collided and screamed like teenagers. I laughed as I slowly made my way in their direction. As I got closer, I heard bother of them saying things like, It s so great to see you! and How are you!
My hands behind my back and biting my bottom lip, I walked up slowly to Mum and Mrs. Weasley, trying my best to stifle a laugh. I have never even acted like that! Then again, I had never had a best friend either.
Both Mum and Mrs. Weasley turned to me, just beaming. Molly, this is my daughter, Violet, Mum said still smiling.
Mrs. Weasley opened up her arms and said, May I? I nodded shyly. I was quite nervous when it came to meeting new people. Just as I was thinking this, I was pulled into a bone crushing, yet surprisingly friendly, hug. Hello Violet, she said kindly as she stood back to get a better look at me. It made me feel a little bit awkward.
Vi, p-please call me Vi, I stuttered a whisper staring at my feet.
Of course, she smiled at me reassuringly. Well, Vi, Aundrea, she addressed Mum. These are my sons. This is Percy. He is a fourth year and in Gryffindor. A tall boy with short red and curly hair waved at me.
How are you? he asked me, smiling politely.
Fine, I said looking up from my feet and giving him a small smile in return.
Mrs. Weasley also smiled and continued introducing her family. These are the twins Fred and George. She pointed at them as she said their names. They are only a year above you and also in Gryffindor.
The one that Mrs. Weasley called George was really cute! I m not really sure how I could tell them apart, but I could. Maybe it was the amazing smile he gave me when he walked up to me and said, Hi! I m Fred. What?
I-I thought that you w-were George, I stuttered completely humiliating myself. He laughed at the look on my face and I blushed as I shook his hand. I gave a small shy smile as I looked up at him. He was really tall for only being twelve!
No, I m George, the other twin said as he pushed his brother out of the way and took my hand. It s been twelve years and Mum still can t tell us apart. The twins gave their mum a fake glare, which made me giggle.
Sorry boys, Mrs. Weasley said, rolling her eyes at her sons. This made me laugh even harder. I felt someone staring at me from behind and gave a small smile when I saw Fred s eyes on me. He noticed that I caught him, which made him turn more red than his hair. I broke into a grin and turned around. No one had ever starred at me before.
Shall we? Mrs. Weasley asked. We all nodded and followed her and Mum. I tried to search out Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, but stopped when we came to a halt near a wall in between Platforms Nine and Ten.
I looked around extremely confused. What are we doing? I asked no one in particular.
Fred must have heard me, because he leaned down toward me and whispered right in my ear, Watch . HOW DID I KNOW IT WAS FRED?
I did as I was told. Just as I looked up, Percy ran at the wall. I flinched when he was a few inches away. My mouth fell open as he went through the wall. How was this even possible?
Fred leaned against another wall, as did George, and laughed at my reaction. Surprised? they asked in unison sounding amused. I nodded quickly in answer.
That is how you get onto Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, Fred said simply as he smirked at me. I started to feel my whole body shake. There was no way that I was doing that!
Vi? Mum asked turning around and looking back at me. You ready to try it? I shook my head so violently that I thought it might fall off of my neck.
Okay, Mrs. Weasley and I will do it and show you how it s done, but then it s your turn! she said while she pointed her finger at me, but couldn t help but smile as she did it. I nodded, smiling as well.
Mum linked arms with Mrs. Weasley, looked back at me once more, and made sure that no one was looking at us. They then ran (and sort of skipped) straight at the wall. I was amazed when they too, went through it. I gulped. I knew that this meant that it was my turn and briefly contemplated making a run for it. I decided against it, but I was still shaking pretty badly.
Ready? The twins asked in unison each of them on one side of my face. I jumped about five feet in the air and looked down at my feet again. They laughed as if they knew something that I didn t. I looked up at them and caught both of them looking at me. They turned to each other and nodded, grinning.
We didn t want to have to do this, George said grabbing my left arm.
I guess we have no choice though, Fred finished grabbing my right.
I only managed to say, What the- before we were running at the wall.
My feet weren t on the ground and I somehow managed to hang onto the trolley that was holding my luggage. I closed my eyes when my face came about five inches from the wall. I was sure that we were about to crash- Five seconds later, I opened my eyes. Amazingly, I felt no pain and now saw a huge scarlet train in front of me with the word Hogwarts Express written in gold writing on the side.
I stood there open mouthed and could hear George laughing slightly. Here we go again. Another wonderful year at Hogwarts! Right Fred? I couldn t tell if he was being sarcastic, or if he was really excited.
Yeah, was all Fred said in reply. I could feel him staring at me and felt something warm on my right hand. I looked down at it, and saw that his hand had slid into mine. He let go quickly when he noticed that I was staring at our entwined hands. He blushed and I smiled at him.
Thanks, I whispered a little breathily from just having run at a brick wall!
Any time, Fred said still blushing, but smiling.
Maybe making friends at Hogwarts wouldn t be so hard.
A/N: Hey! I'd like to thank my new beta ( .net/u/2701157/ ) for helping me with the editing. We are currently working on this, and this is the first edited chapter. So, yay! Thanks guys :)
