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Disclaimer: I am not J.K. Rowling, nor have I ever been her in any past lives.
Chapter 2: Friends, Candy, and Rainbows
The Malfoys apparated to platform 9 3/4 and Ebony immediately fell to the ground.
"Stop with the theatrics you over-dramatic brat!" Lucius hissed to her as he pulled her up. Ebony pretended it wasn't her fault, but really she had excellent balance and agility, she just loved annoying her family. Lucius dragged Ebony aside from Draco and Narcissa. "Remember what I told you brat, no color-changing funny business and above all, tell no one of your lack of magic. If you do anything to tarnish our family's name, you will be out of that school. Got it?"
Ebony nodded. She didn't intend on keeping any of those promises, but she would be safe as long as she didn't get caught. She was snapped back from her plotting by a sharp smack on her head by her father. The roots of her hair had been turning green, like it always did when she was feeling sneaky. The Malfoys gave each other cold goodbyes, Narcissa told Draco to write and that they'd see him at Christmas. The elder Malfoys said nothing more than a goodbye to Ebony. They knew she wouldn't write, and it was up to her to come home for Christmas or not.
"Sit together on the train!" called Narcissa as Draco and Ebony went to load their trunks. Deep down, Narcissa thought school would be different, in a good way, for her children's relationship.
"Ouch! You set your trunk on my foot!" Draco hissed at his sister.
"Sor-ry" Ebony replied, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Oops" Draco said as he swung the trunk up to the wizard loading the trunks, hitting Ebony in the shoulder as he did so. He only received a glare back as they were still in sight of their parents. "We're going to find Vince, Greg, and Pansy and sit with them." Draco stated.
O dear, Ebony thought, not those two pea brains and that self-centered floozy. Draco was friends with all of them, mostly because Narcissa and Lucius said so. Ebony despised them all because, without her parents' knowledge, Draco had told them about Ebony not having any magic. They all taunted her for it. "Of course my dear brother! Let's go convene with our comrades!" Ebony replied, once again displaying her mastery of the language of sarcasm.
Draco rolled his eyes and pushed his sister aboard the train. They quickly found Draco's friends and sat in the compartment; Ebony sat the closest to the door. Draco and his friends took up an animated conversation and just as the train pulled away, waved to his parents. As soon as the train pulled out of sight of the station, Ebony stood up. "Well I'm bored!" she exclaimed loudly, disrupting the conversation of the group who had been up until now, ignoring her. When she was met with unwelcome stares, she announced,"I'm leaving" and left.
'Those brats' Ebony thought to herself as she set out to find friends. She was so excited she would finally be going to Hogwarts and choose her own friends. Her family never liked her, and she didn't like them very much either...
Her thoughts were interrupted by eager whispering around the corner of the hallway. "What do you suppose we do?" one asked the other.
"I don't know" the other replied, "How about a dungbomb to the Slytherin table?"
Ebony listened in closer, these were definitely her kind of people. "Too predictable. How about we bewitch the owls to poop on them?" the first one suggested. Ebony decided it was her chance to make a move. "If you're having trouble coming up with trouble, I can help" she said stepping around the corner with a smile, "I'm Ebony, I won't tell anyone what I heard as long as I can help." She saw the whisperers were twins, both boys about a year older and with bright red hair. The twins exchanged a glance.
"Well, she's already heard us"
"Suppose she could help"
"What makes you think you can work with us?" they fired back and forth.
"You're asking me for my qualifications? You are looking at the girl who single-handedly, without magic, managed to cover her bratty twin brother's bedroom in syrup", she stated proudly.
"I think she's got"
"a good enough start."
"Well, ok,"
"you're in"
"I'm Forge Wealsey and"
"I'm Gred Weasley."
"Nice to meet you!" They said in unison.
"Nice to meet you too, Fred and George." Ebony replied.
"Wha?"
"How'd you figure us out?"
"Easy, read a book." Ebony said as if she was stating the obvious, "I've read almost all there is to know about twins, including mischief-making habits."
"Neat, although", Fred replied.
"we don't read", George added.
"books very much.", Fred said again, blushing.
"Interesting" Ebony said studying them, "the way you talk. How can you just know what each other is thinking?"
"I dunno, maybe"
"some kind of"
"mind connection. Maybe it's a"
"special power. We could"
"take over"
"the world!" They exclaimed in unison.
"Impressive" Ebony remarked. "So, we were plotting?"
The twins got a sneaky look on their face. "Oh yes" George said "Now, if we... Wait! Woah! Ebony, your hair!"
Ebony grabbed her hair and brought it to her face. Sure enough, it was the emerald green it always turned when she was being sneaky. "Oh, right, that." she started "I'm a metamorphagus." She smiled proudly.
"Wow! That is so cool!" Fred exclaimed.
"Hey! Let's find a compartment and plot some more while you show us all the cool colors you can turn!" George offered.
As they set off to find a compartment, they soon realized there weren't any left. "Here" George said as they neared another compartment. "I guess we're going to have to sit with Ron."
"He's our little brother, a first year, like you, right? I don't remember seeing you around before", Fred explained.
"Yes, I am a first year and if he's anything like you guys, I'm sure I'll like him just as much." Ebony assured them.
They came to the compartment and found another red haired boy that looked like Fred and George, but a bit smaller and had some dirt on his nose. There was also the dark haired boy Ebony had seen in Diagon Alley with him. There was also something that no warm blooded child could resist sitting right between them- a huge pile of candy.
"Hey Ron! All the compartments are full, so it looks like were stuck with you." said George said as he plopped in the seat across form the boys.
"I'm Ebony by the way", Ebony said, waving at Ron and the dark haired boy.
"Just to let you know, this has nothing to do with the obnoxiously large pile of candy between you, but since its here and we're here..." Fred smiled eagerly as he grabbed some candy and sat next to Ebony.
"Hey!" Ron protested. "At least ask Harry if you can have some, he bought it!"
"Of course they can have some, Ron," said the dark haired boy. "You must be Fred and George," he addressed the twins, "Ron told me about you. I'm Harry, Harry Potter."
"Woah! Is it all true, about...?" George asked.
"Yeah" Harry replied.
"Wait," Ebony said. "I'm sitting in a compartment with Harry Potter and three of the Weasley boys?"
"Umm.. yeah?", Ron replied.
Ebony laughed, "My parents are going to have a fit, and we're not even at Hogwarts yet!" The boys looked at her as if she was crazy. She noticed their reactions, "Oh I have nothing against you. It's just that you are the last people my parents, Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy, would want me hanging around. I couldn't care less about them, I like you guys!"
"You're a Malfoy?" Fred asked in disbelief.
"And here I thought you were alright!" George exclaimed.
"Hey! I am nothing like them!" Ebony pleaded.
"What's wrong with the Malfoys?" Harry whispered to Ron.
"Their filthy rich snobs who are practically Death Eaters, and can do whatever the heck they want because of that." Ron answered with a sneer on his face.
"Please!" Ebony begged "They don't want anything to do with me, and I'm here just to cause them grief. I'm not like them, I promise! Can we please be friends?"
"I don't see anything wrong with you. You were nice to me in Diagon Alley. I'll be your friend." Harry said.
"Yeah me too. I'm sorry I was a bit quick to judge. Don't be mad." pleaded Fred.
"I'm sorry mate," replied Ron. "It's just your father is awful mean to our dad at work and always being mean to our family... But you seem different."
"Sorry I jumped to conclusions. I'd like to be you're friend too." George added.
"Oh thank you!" Ebony cried and pulled them all into a big hug. "I've never had friends before, not even my family likes me.."
"But that's okay" Harry said
Fred cut him off, "Because you have us"
"I hereby make you an honorary member of the Weasley family!" George exclaimed faking knighting her. Ebony beamed as she turned her hair red to match the Weasleys.
"Woah!" exclaimed Harry as Ron responded with a 'wicked'.
"Oh yeah, I hadn't told you guys yet, I'm a metamorphagus!" Ebony stated as her hair turned rainbow and eyes to match.
A small gasp came from the compartment door. The occupants turned to see a girl with extremely bushy brown hair and a stunned expression staring straight at Ebony's head. The girl shook her head to gain composure. "Sorry for staring, but I've never seen a metamorphagus before! I'm Hermione Granger by the way." she said.
Ebony stood up to introduce the group, "I'm Ebony Malfoy, and these are Fred, George, and Ron Weasley, and that is"
"Harry Potter!" Hermione gasped again. "I've read all about you! You're so... legendary!" she finished with a blush. "Wait what was I here for again? Right!" she said to herself. "Have any of you seen a toad? A boy named Neville has lost one."
"Nope"
"Can't say we have"
"Sorry"
"Oh well" Hermione replied. "You all best get changed, we're almost there", she said as she turned and left. "Oh and, Ron is it? You've got some dirt on your nose."
Ron gave her an annoyed look and started to rub his nose in a futile attempt to get it off. Everyone else just laughed as the Hogwarts Express glided along the tracks toward the most magical of destinations.
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