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Capter One - Platform 9 and ¾, Aboard the Hogwarts Express
Haley and her mother had gotten up early the day before and took a plane to London then apparted to her mother's new flat. They then had gone to Diagon Alley to get all the school supplies that were listed on the letter she had received over the summer. Haley and her mother were now there at Kings Cross station, walking towards the platform or what they assumed would be the general direction. Lauren had forgotten since she had last visited the station.
"Honey I am so sorry but the ministry needs me I am sure you can find the train yourself. I love you and will see you soon. Don't forget to owl me." Lauren said to her daughter with a sad face.
"But…whatever love you mom." Haley said and hugged her mother tightly who hugged her back. "Bye, see you soon."
"Right back at ya sweetie." Lauren said and then walked away from where she had been with her daughter to find a place where she could safely apart to the ministry.
"Great now how the hell am I suppose to find the bloody train." Haley mumbled to herself then looked at her trunk on her t on trolley. On of her trunk was a small cage, a cat carrier to be specific. "Hey there don't worry we'll figure out what to do." She said to the small black cat that just looked around then back at Haley and meowed Haley smiled and continued walking the way she had been heading in previously.
She looked around and was suddenly grateful she had decided to go to the station an hour early. She'd seen a man in a uniform that had the name of the station on his shirt so she went up and asked him where platform 9 and ¾ was. He just laughed in her face so here she was standing around platform 9 and 10 like an idiot.
She looked around and saw a group of people walking in her direction she moved out of the way. "Ugh look at all these muggles here today, come along now. Fred, George, Ginny hurry up. Ron! You to Harry! For goodness sake keep up we don't want another incident like we had back in your second year at Hogwarts do we?" A short plump woman with red curly hair said as 4 other people with red hair followed her, 3 boys all taller than her and the female just almost as tall as her. Along with the group of red heads was a boy a little bit taller than her and he had black hair. He stood out compared to the rest. When she heard the woman say the name Hogwarts and the word muggles she figured this was her chance she stepped back in front of the woman.
"Um excuse me. Hi I'm Haley I overheard you and I was wondering if you knew how to find or get to platform 9 and ¾." Haley said hoping she didn't seem rude.
"Oh yes dear how to get to the platform. Simply run towards the oh … here just watch Fred and George. I'm Molly Weasley. Those are my sons' Fred and George, my daughter Ginny and one of my others sons Ron with his friend Harry." The woman said brightly and with a friendly smile. Haley smiled kindly at the woman and at the others.
"Hi I'm Haley." Haley said the twins; Fred and George nodded at her then continued to talk about a prank they were planning and Ginny smiled.
"Hi nice to meet you." Ron said. "What year are you in?"
"You too… oh and I'm in my 5th year." Haley said.
"Us too." Harry said and smiled at her. Haley smiled back.
"Come along boys go on." The woman said. The twins looked at each other nodded and both ran towards the pillar. 'What on earth are they doing are they insane.' Haley thought to herself but the twins just vanished.
"What the…" Haley started.
"Yea that's what I thought the first time I saw them do that to. Just follow them you might want to run if you're nervous. Go on I will go after you." Harry said kindly to her after Mrs. Weasley and Ginny went.
"Come on Harry." Ron said as he went through the pillar as well.
"Thanks." Haley said to Harry and followed Ron feeling like an idiot. She closed her eyes as she ran expecting to run into the wall but didn't, she suddenly heard a loud train whistle and she opened her eyes and saw a scarlet colored train with the words 'Hogwarts Express' on it.
"Wow!" as all Haley said as she saw the train. Harry chuckled a little.
"Harry hurry up the train is going to be leaving soon and all the compartments are filling up." Ron said sticking his head out of one of the windows on the train.
"Coming." Harry said to Ron and looked at Haley. "Um…"
"Hey it's ok thanks…" Haley said thinking Harry would now be leaving her to fend for herself.
"You're welcome but… uh I was wondering if you wanted to join me and Ron on the train ride." Harry asked nervously and lifted a hand of his trolley to scratch the back of his neck.
Haley smiled warmly at him "I would like that thanks."
"Ok then come on." Harry said and sighing in relief letting out a breath he didn't know he had been holding in and they both boarded the train and began looking for the compartment Ron was in. When they found it a girl with bushy brown hair was in there as well and was bickering with Ron but they stopped when Harry and Haley arrived.
"Hey guys you mind if Haley joins us?" Harry said.
The bushy haired girl looked up from talking with Ron and smiled at Haley excitedly. "Not at all, it'll be nice to have another girl around." She said and stood up and shook Haley's hand. "I'm Hermione Granger and you are?" she said with a smile.
Haley shook Hermione's hand back and smiled as well. "Haley Marsters nice to meet you."
"You too. Well come on in and have a seat." Hermione said and both Harry and Haley completely walked into the compartment and with the help of Ron put their trunks on the luggage rack above them and Haley saw a cat carrier next to the girl Hermione so she put her own down next to herself. They were all settled now. Hermione and Haley sitting on one side while Harry and Ron on the other.
"So is this your first year here at Hogwarts?" Hermione asked after a little bit of awkward silence. Both Ron and Harry stopped talking about quidditch and listened.
"Um yeah it is I'm a bit nervous." Haley told them.
"Oh there is no need. What year are you going to be in? You look to old to be a first year." Hermione asked.
"5th year."
"I hope you get into our house." Hermione said.
"House?" Haley asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh there are four different houses and each student is placed into on in their first year, it's so you will be around people who will suite you I guess." Hermione explained.
"What are the houses?" Haley asked interested.
"Well there is Gryffindor which we three are in, its colors are scarlet and gold it values bravery, courage and chivalry. And has a loin for its symbol."
"You forget mischievous." Harry added and Hermione rolled her eyes at him and continued. "There's Hufflepuff it has a badger, its colors are canary yellow and black they value hard work, loyalty, tolerance, and fair play." Hermione explained.
"I personally believe it's where the kids who don't fit in anywhere else go and the ones who are all shy and bubbly and all that." Ron added in.
"Ron that is very rude!!!" Hermione said in an authorative tone and both Harry and Haley looked amused. "Anyway then there is Ravenclaw its colors are blue and bronze and its symbol is an eagle, it values intelligence, creativity, wit, and wisdom."
"I am surprised that Hermione isn't in that house. She's so freaking smart!" Ron commented and Harry laughed.
Hermione blushed a little and then rolled her eyes. "I'm not that smart." She said modestly. "And then finally our rivals Slytherin. Its house colors are green and silver, a serpent is it symbol and it values ambition, cunning, resourcefulness, and pure blood heritage." Hermione finished off.
"In other words the house for all the evil people and future followers and death eaters of the you-know-who." Ron said.
"They didn't have houses back at your old school?" Harry asked her hoping to stop the subject of Voldemort from coming up. Now thinking about it Haley didn't know Harry's last name.
"Oh no they didn't."
"What school did you go to?" Ron asked.
Haley laughed a little. "Well I've been to quite a few. Let's see there was Madam Monroe's school I stayed for about 7 months it was an all year round school, and then St. Victor's for about half a term, oh then Beauxbatons…" Haley started and gave a shudder at the thought of the last school she named and made a face. "Hated that school purposely got into trouble to get out of that one so I was only there for about three and a half months, and then there was my last school Salem's where I stayed for 2 years." Haley told them with a smile on her face.
"So you got kicked out from all of those school's?" Hermione asked with shock while Ron was smiling at the idea.
"Oh no! Of course not. My family… well because of my father we use to move around a lot. The only one I got kicked out of was Beauxbatons. Although I highly doubt they miss me." Haley told them with a mischievous grin on her face while remembering something.
"So what'd you do?" Ron asked and Haley began retelling tales from her previous schools.
"Fred and George are going to love you." Ron said just as the compartment door opened.
"Did you just hear our names Gred?" one of the Weasley twins said.
"Why I did indeed Forge. So what makes us special that you young 5th years feel the need to talk about us and our brilliance?" Fred asked them as he and George entered the compartment and sat down next to Ron and Harry after shutting the door.
"What are you two doing here?" Ron asked his older brothers with a raised eyebrow.
"Have nothing better to do, we can't find Lee and we are hiding from a group of Slytherins we just pranked." Fred said offhandedly.
"Haley here was just telling us how she got herself kicked out of Beauxbatons." Ron told them.
Both twins looked at each other and grinned and then looked at Haley and then back at each other again and they moved from their seats to sit next to Haley causing Hermione to get pushed off the seat and sent to the other side of the compartment by Ron and Harry.
"How rude." Hermione said to them then pulled out a book and began to read, while the others laughed.
"Hello love I don't think we've been properly introduced. I'm Fred Weasley and this here is my brother George." Fred said wrapping an arm around Haley's shoulders in a friendly way.
Haley stiffened a little but chuckled as well. Harry noticed her sudden change.
"Hey guys back up let her breath a little." Harry said.
Fred removed his arm and Haley relaxed a little more and Harry smiled a comforting smile. "Hey I'm Haley Marsters." Haley said to Fred and shook his hand and did the same with George.
"So why would our dear widdle Ronnikins say we would adore you?" George asked while saying it in a baby voice and attempting to pinch Ron's cheeks, Ron shoved him off.
"Besides your beautiful looks that is. What year are you in?" Fred said in a grin.
"5th," was all Haley said looking at him strangely, a blush starting to rise from her neck.
"Pity." Fred mumbled to himself while shaking his head.
"You'll like her because of how she got herself kicked out of Beauxbatons. It was genius. Tell them Haley." Ron said.
"Yes Haley dear do tell." Fred said looking interested as he and George made themselves comfortable.
"Well at first it started with not standing up when the teachers entered a room. A mandatory thing at Beauxbatons, But I only ended up getting yelled at every time so I moved it up a little to messing around in class and everywhere else by enchanting the statues made of ice to go and dance and sing around the whole school, and whenever someone tried to undo the enchantment or get rid of the statues the statue would melt around there feet and make them slip then it would go back to singing and dancing. Everyone… well the guys there at least found it funny. The girls didn't like getting their hair wet all the time." Haley said with a smile and then made a face as if wincing. "The headmistress didn't find it funny at all. Of course her slipping multiple times might have had something to do with it."
Hermione looked Haley in shock. "You injured the headmistress?"
"No! I didn't… purposely at least…and it wasn't my fault I told them that a reliable source said to not try and remove them she didn't listen and she didn't get hurt that bad and I never intended for her to get hurt. She just sprained her ankle… and fell down a flight of stairs." Haley said seriously and then mumbled the last part doing the wincing thing again as if remembering the memory.
Hermione gasped while the others opened their mouths in shock. Haley hadn't told Harry and Ron about that part earlier. "Don't worry I saw her falling and I made a feather bed appear at the bottom of the staircase she wasn't hurt at all, just had a sore bum for a week is all. It wasn't one of my better ideas I must admit. Now at St. Victors oh those teachers probably still hate me." Haley said. Both Fred and George busted out laughing. "They never where fond of the color orange and pink, and man did they look awful in those ballerina outfits." Haley said with a smile.
Harry, Ron, Fred, and George all started laughing, "You have to tell us about that sometime." Harry said.
"I will." Haley said with a smile, 'I am going to like it here at Hogwarts.' Haley thought with a smile.
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