CHAPTER TWO

Hogsmead

yayza!! hello children of the world!!! so … who liked it?? hem hem?? ok, those who think it hints some Farida/Jason are WRONG. Jason is just very protective of her. ok? sorry to disappoint (MISS FOUR EYES STUFF YOU!!) no offence to ppl who are offended by a brutal terms (stuffing). Ok, here it is!!! R&R!!!

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, but I own all the OCs and the story.

BUT I own the song since I just made it up on the spot hoho!!! it's sooo weird sorry. JASON AND FARIDA ARE NOT LOVERS THEY ARE SIMPLY VERY CLOSE!!! but as friends, k? hmph. stuff you Viv. you made me rant.

Farida fell out of the fireplace. It had taken a while and she was dizzy and feeling dirty. Brushing herself down, she stared around her new house. She admitted it was a nice home, but she preferred her old one any day. She cursed her clumsiness.

Her old house was in a Muggle neighbourhood, but this one seemed to be in a magic one.

"Welcome to Hogsmead!" her dad declared proudly.

She raised her eyebrows. "Hogsmead?"

"I know it sounds funny dear," her mum said, "but it's a lovely town."

Farida grunted sourly. "Sure."

"Why don't you start unpacking?" her dad suggested. "Pick any room except the master one, kid."

Farida levitated all her things up the stairs. There were four bedrooms. One for her parents, one for her, the others could be extras or a study she guessed.

She looked into the three remaining rooms and chose the one with a view over a bustling street.

Dumping all her stuff there, she took out all the furniture, enlarged them back to their original state, and started to rearrange it.

Taking out her broomstick, she put it on its stand by the window, and its kit in the wardrobe.

Then she grabbed her pranking gear and stored it in a cupboard, then took out her books and set them on her bookshelf.

When she finished unpacking, her room was tidy and neat, all for the useless boxes littered everywhere.

She grabbed them and threw them down the stairs, chuckling to herself when her dad cried out.

She spelled her room to make it soundproof, and then took a piece of paper out.

Farida had been trying to write a song. She couldn't play any instruments except the guitar though, and she could only play it because Jason had forced her to take lessons with him.

She closed eyes and tried to think of singing and nothing else.

When I close my eyes

I can see you

But when I open mine

You're gone

Farida opened her eyes and sighed. That sounded too familiar lately.

Grabbing her guitar, she tried to sing along with it.

And even though you're not here

You're always with me

Forever

And ever

But I will survive

It's my life

I do what I must

But when that's not enough

It's okay to let a few tears fall down.

Farida stopped singing and realised she was crying. "This song is for you, Simba," she whispered.

She put it away and wiping her tears, muttered, "I'll finish this later."

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By night, everything was put away.

"Whew," Farida's dad said, wiping his forehead. "I say we should go and eat dinner now. We deserve it."

They went to a little bar called The Three Broomsticks. Farida automatically approved of it.

They were served by a pretty woman called Rosmerta. Farida didn't really like her clothing style: she had on sparkly heels, a sparkly dress and even glitter lipstick, but she was nice.

"Farida, school starts in a few days," her mum said while they were eating.

"I know."

"We need to buy your things, alright? Your letter already came, and I'm going tomorrow to buy them. Do you want to come?"

Farida shook her head. "I'll just stay here."

Her dad sighed. "It's not that bad. Jason can visit and you can still visit him."

She nodded glumly.

They didn't speak much for the rest of the dinner, and when they went home, Farida took a quick shower and went to bed.

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The days flew by. Farida didn't feel like doing anything at all without her friend. She didn't even feel like transforming into a phoenix without a lion to keep her company.

Mostly she explored the place. She'd found a nice little cave to hide in further along the town, and a Quidditch shop, Honeydukes and a place called the Shrieking Shack.

She'd laughed when she first heard the story. Ghosts and evil creatures? More likely there was some poor animal trapped in there at times.

She practiced flying in a grassy area out of town. She liked it there. It was peaceful and calm, and sometimes little animals would appear.

Farida knew she could always apparate to Jason's house, but she never felt like it. She wanted to be his best friend with him, not across the world. Apparating in another country was also annoying as well.

Her parents had reminded her about the underage magic law, but she didn't care. She lived in a wizarding town, they couldn't find her guilty unless someone saw her and blabbed.

Her mum had presented her with all her school things. She had looked with distaste at the uniform, and her tie was plain for now since it would change colours when she was sorted.

She had read about the houses. Gryffindor for the brave, Hufflepuff for the loyal, Ravenclaw for intelligence and Slytherin for ambition. She was pretty sure it was like this:

Gryffindor: Phoenix House. YAY! hoho

Hufflepuff: cross between Pixie and Unicorn House. Hmph.

Ravenclaw: Sphinx House. NERDS haha ah well most of 'em can't take a joke

Slytherin: Basilisk House. Hiss. slimy gits

She was surprised that Slytherin's mascot was a snake. Evil and snakes went together, she supposed, but some snakes were alright.

She wrote a letter to Jason about Hogsmede and sent it off with the house owl. She reminded herself to send one around twice a week.

She continued to research Hogwarts until she realised that the next day was when she would be attending Hogwarts itself.

She hoped that it would be as good as history made it sound.

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Sorry for the crap ending. Sorry for the short chapter. Sorry for writing such a crappy ending. haha. Okay, next chapter is … YAY!!!!!!!!! ok, not about YAY (I am aware that YAY is some random horse competition thing because a girl in my grade 6 class would tell us about it but anyway moving on to more important stuff), I more merely expressing my happiness that she will finally be meeting Hogwarts itself!!! and I guess people … HAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Review!!!

yeah, it's less than HALF the thingy of the first chapter, but I'm not bothered. yayza