AN: Sorry I didn't do a sufficient introduction to this FF but I just wanted to get it on the internet. Alright, this is my first FF, and I've had this idea in my head for a good year. I'm sorry if the title is deceivng but this isn't actually anyway related to vampires as some people seemed to believe. It was in all honesty the song that I was thinking of when I decided, "To hell with it." And decided to write this.
So, I know that it can get a little confusing with the whole family situation of Davies-Lews and such, but if you have any questions, you can just ask me and I'll do my best to answer them :3. Right, well here's the second chapter and I hope you review it, and like it, and such. Cheers!
Come What May
Addie pushed a stray lock of her hair under her headband. "Ladies and Gentlemen, we will be arriving at Hogwarts in ten minutes' time. Please leave all your belongings on the train." Came a montonous masculine voice from an unknown source near the ceiling.
The girls looked out the window excitedly trying to get a first look at school as the train slowly seemed to be losing steam. Addie pulled her black cloak tighter around her body. It was unusually cold for a summer night. Goosebumps suddenly appeared on her skin and she rubbed the palm of her hand against her forearm hoping to cause friction enough for heat. The train came to a jerking stop and Addie braced herself against the compartment bench.
"For fuck's sake, I never could get used to that." Katherine swore, rubbing the side of her head which had hit the glass door in the small commotion. Addie smirked weakly at her friend, and then stood up holding her small wicker basket in hand.
Just then, her 12 year old step sister Tierney opened the compartment door rather abruptly. "Hiya Addie!" the perky girl said with a glowing grin. She was dressed like Addie down to the same shoes and hairstyle. Addie sighed and politely smiled at her step sister, who seemed to be utterly fascinated by the older girl. At school, Tierney was like Addie's shadow, rarely giving the girl any free time. Addie simply kept up the politemness charade because she didn't want to upset the younger girl's feelings. "Hey Tierney." Addie said trying to get the girl to move so she and her friends could get off the train and into the horse-less drawn carriages.
"Do y'mind if I come with you?" Tierney asked her eyes opening wide in delight. Addie looked to her friends, who were looking around awkwardly not wanting to show their discomfort. 'Bloody hell, thanks a bunch you lot.' She thought with a slight scowl. "Yeah Tier, it's fine with us." Addie replied with a dejected sigh. Tierney, too excited to notice Addie's reluctance, squealed in delight and immediately began yammering away about how eager she was for this year.
"Mother mentioned something exciting happenening this term but she wouldn't tell me what." The younger girl said, her lips pouting slightly in frustration. Addie nodded, remembering Pauline mentioning the same thing that morning.
"I'm sure we'll find out soon enough. Hogwarts isn't know for keeping secrets too well." Addie replied as they waited for a carriage to pull up to their group. Tierney began going on about what it could possibly be and Addie looked around in desparation, looking for a distraction that would make the slight pressure at her temple subside. In the distance, she spotted a familiar face that had always made her blood boil—Gavin. At his side, as always, was Ioan who had teased her as much growing up as Gavin did. But he, unlike his spitfire mate, knew when enough was enough and would back away from a situation before it got too out of hand. She smiled to herself just then, but was brought back to reality by a shout, "For fuck sake Little Miss Smiley, hurry your arse up!" Katherine called from the doorway of the carriage. Addie looked at her dumbfoundly before remembering how to walk again and followed the four other girls intot he enclosed area. She frowned sitting beside Tierney, who was still annoyingly chatty. Addie looked out the window, again now lost in her thoughts, and still now of Ioan, but now with a sense of confusion than of fondness. She had purely thought of him as "Gavin's best mate." And never as a boy she would be interested in. "No!" Addie said, outloud, causing the other girls to fall into silence and look at her questioningly. Her cheeks burned red, giving her a horrible ruddy complexion. The carriage stopped just then and Addie thought, "Thank Merlin", standing up first and greeting the cool night air with her own sigh of relief. She turned to look behind her, and saw Ali and Kat murmuring to themselves and Tierney trying so hard to eavesdrop but to no avail. Instead, she went to stand by Addie's side, fixing her hair with a twirl of her index finger. Tierney grinned cheerfully up at her older step sister, like a wide-eyed puppy waiting for a treat. Addie smiled weakly, trying to show compassion for the 12 year old girl who was just trying to find out who she really was.
They all began to walk towards the massive stone castle, which was illuminated by countelss candles that shone from the Entrance Hall. 'I'm home…' Addie thought, biting her bottom lip gently. She followed the mass of students into the Great Hall, and chose an empty part of the Ravenclas table for her, and her friends. Luckily enough, like the rest of the Davies, Tierney was in Gryffindo so Addie would got time to herself at last. Kat and Ali soon found her once again, and together they sat down. Addie had stealthily chose to sit on the side that faced the wall, rather than the Gryffindor table so she would not make a fool of herself again by the sight of Ioan.
"I'm bloody starving." She complained feeling her stomach grumble in want of food. Her friends nodded silently, observing Addie like some sort of foreign creature. Addie looked up at the ceiling, which depicted the star-lit night sky. "Addie would you please stop bloody avoiding the fact that you abruptly shouted at us in the carriage?!" Ali said, slamming her hand on the table causing Addie to jump in alarm. "It was nothing…" she replied lamely, avoiding eye contact with either girl. "Like hell it is!" Kat said, now furrowing her brow in frustration. Just as she was about to start reprimanding Addie for being so distant with her best friends the Headmaster, Professor Declan Brinwynn stood up at his gold encrusted podium and held up his arms to command silence.
"Welcome back to you all. This will indeed be an exciting term for us all, but before we get into that, let us start with the Sorting." He motioned towards the doors that had since opened silently to reveal the Deputy Headmaster, and the Gryffindor Head of House, Professor Neville Longbottom, leading what looked like a midget parade. "Christ, those first years get smaller every year don't they?" Kat said with a shake of her head. Addie smiled to herself at the fact that this was indeed true. Her hazel eyes browsed each baby face that passed, and finally spotted Gracie and Jack who seemed scared senseless. "C'mon Gracie, you'll be fine." Addie muttered under her breath as she watched her younger sister stand amongst her classmates looking like she was on the verge of tears.
What Addie didn't know was that Gavin had decided to try and convince Jack and Gracie that they had to perform a series of tests in order to sit down and be a student at Hogwarts School. Currently, Gracie was thinking that she would make a complete fool of herself in front of everyone in the Great Hall. 'If only I had asked Addie to show me some spells.' The young girl thought, as she bit her bottom lip nervously and looked to Jack whose skin was an awful shade of green.
Professor Longbottom placed a rickety, three legged stool in front of the raised table where the rest of the teachers sat solemnly. On it, he placed a raggedy looking Sorting Hat to which all the first years looked at curiously. The entire hall full of people seemed to hold their breath in anticipation as the frayed hat popped to life and spoke:
At Hogwarts I was crafted
Many years ago
And through the ages I have seen
Great wizards come and go
Whether gifted with a clever mind
Courage, wit, or virtues
You must stay wary of your talents
And with which purpose they are used
While we glory in these days of peace
We all still must remember
The sacrifices that were made
For our world to continue to prosper
History can repeat itself
Without continued examination
So while you're learning to use magic
Keep justice as your foundation
Witch or wizard, muggle or squib
House-elf or centaur
The responsibility lies in all of us
To treat the lot as brother
And as I have said many times
And will say again
I sometimes do regret sorting
Separating those that might have been friends
Whether Gryffindor or Ravenclaw
Slytherin or Hufflepuff
You must stay united for what is right
This I cannot stress enough
And though I'm just a sorting hat
I have knowledge deep within
But you've all listened enough tonight
Let the sorting now begin!
The Great Hall erupted in a round of applause that seemed to catch the youngest students off guard. They soon caught on and clapped softly still wondering what to make of the message the Sorting Hat had said to them. Addie furrowed her brow as she thought over what the Hat had professed and one line had stuck in her head; 'History can repeat itself/Without continued examination/So while you're learning to use magic/Keep justice as your foundation'
As Professor Longbottom started calling out the first years' names starting with "Adams, Monica!" Addie began to think to herself what the Sorting Hat's message. 'What happened in the past that could possibly be beneficial to figuring out to what's going to happen this year?' she wondered as the call of "Hufflepuff!" rang through the vast hall and the students clapped with great enthusiasm.
Slowly but surely, the younger kids were called up to be sorted. At the call of Jack Davies, Addie held her breath knowing already that he would be in Gryffindor, but was utterly surprised when the Hat called out, "Ravenclaw." Jack beamed down at Gracie who was clapping the loudest of the dwindling group of first years. He headed towards the Ravenclaw table and sat down a little ways from Addie and her two friends, looking up at the front of the hall like the rest of the students, now just waiting to see where Gracie would be placed.
Again, Addie held her breath when Gracie's name was called and she nervously stumbled up to the three legged bench, looking up at Professor Longbottom who smiled at her fondly, before sitting herself down and having the hat placed on her head. There was a few moments of silence, and Addie bit her lip in anticipation, hoping that her sister would follow in her footsteps and be placed into Ravenclaw as well. And so it was as the hat finally exclaimed the word with great enthusiasm. Gracie was beaming from ear to ear as she went to sit next to Jack who gave her a high five.
'Good, she'll have a protector other than myself.' She thought with a fond grin for her young step brother. Jack had always been her favorite Davies sibling, and she was glad that Gracie had been blessed with a better companion her age than the git that was his older brother 's hazel eyes glanced at the Gryffindor table, just for a second and saw Gavin and Ioan laughing at something ridiculous as usual.
"Oi!" Katherine said smacking her friend in the head, and Addie scowled at the blonde haired girl opposite her. "For fuck sake, what was that for huh?" she asked with a sneer.
"What're you looking at at the Gryffindor table for?" Ali asked with a curious glance. She had been in fact been looking over at Gavin because they were secretly together, but when she saw Addie looking over as well, she got worried that her friend might've been catching on to what was going on between her and Gavin. "N-nothing. I was just looking around." Addie replied turning towards her friends again. The Sorting had finally come to an end, and they all sat there expectingly for the piles of food to appear before them. "Yeah right…"Kat mutterred under her breath moodily and Ali kicked her hard causing the former girl to bite her lip in pain.
Ali shot the blonde a 'Watch it' look and then turned to look at Addie who was looking pathetically down at the table for no apparent reason. 'What is wrong with me?' she thought to herself, with a shot of nerves going through her stomach. What was this feeling that had suddenly come to her today, of all day. She had never felt this way about anyone before and she still didn't know how it could come on so abruptly as it did.
After all the students were well fed and groaning in appreciation of all the food that they had just consumed, Professor Brinwynn stood up once more and placed himself in front of the podium as he had done at the beginning of the feast. The hall fell in silence and the elder man began his speech:
"As you may or may not know, there is something special that will happen this year at Hogwarts. 30 year ago, on these very grounds an event, combining two other schools took place; the Triwizard Tournament."
As Declan finished his sentence, the crowd of students before him broke into murmurs of anticipation, as they had all heard the tales of such a tournament taking place in the times of the great Harry Potter.
"There will be a few changes this time, one being that the tournament will be taking place in France, at Beauxbatons Academy. And the other, is that each school will be working in teams of two; an addition to the rules that we think will allow students to work together as a team, and bounce ideas off each other as they prepare for the three most challenging tasks they will ever face in their lives." The Headmaster explained.
"Participants must be 17 years of age, and have the maturity to realize that this isn't a game—the Triwizard Tournament is a challenging feat that is not for the weak of heart."
He smiled warmly at all the animated faces looking up at him, and finished with, "Now, I believe that's enough excitement for one night. You should all return to your dormitories for a good night's rest." And with those words, the scrapping of wood on stone filled the hall at the respective four tables emptied of their occupants and all headed towards the immense double doors that would lead to the prospective dormitories.
"I'll meet you guys later." Ali said nonchalantly, waving goodbye to Kat and Addie. She was a prefect, and it was in her best interest to see if she needed to help out with leading the first years where they needed to be.
At least that's what her friends thought.
In fact, she was going to see Gavin, who had told her to meet her in the abandoned corridor on the second floor. Ali watched her friends head up the stairs towards the Ravenclaw Tower and before they were out of sight, she disappeared into the crowd and up the stairs towards the second floor, her heart astir with butterflies and a small smile on her face.
As she walked silently down the stone hallway, Ali gasped as she felt a cold hand on her wrist, pulling her towards the wall and she let out a big breath when she realized that it was just Gavin.
"A bit jumpy tonight aren't we love?" he asked, pulling her closer into his grasp with a small grin that always made her heart melt. His arms wrapped around her trim waist, holding her close as humanly possible. He leaned close and kissed her soft lips gently before tracing the back of his hand across her smooth complexion.
Ali closed her eyes, feeling like her legs would turn to jelly as she was held perfectly in his arms. She knew that she loved this boy but hadn't told him yet. Everything about him was perfect in her eyes—much to the oppostion of her best friend Addie.
"I missed you." She whispered gently, looking into his bright blue eyes. Everytime she looked into them, it was like he was looking into the depths of her soul. Her stomach filled with butterflies once more, and she bit her bottom lip gently in habit.
Gavin grinned again, in spite of himself and leaned close to kiss her nose gently, causing Ali to giggle. "I missed you too darling." He said looking at Ali for a brief moment before kissing her again, soft at first, but progressively continuing to press against her, their mixed breathing getting shallower by the second.
"Gavin…" Ali whispered gently as Gavin's lips trailed from her lips, to her jawline, and to her neck. He groaned softly in response and led her into slowly led her into the darkened room.
Addie heard the clock toll eleven, and she rubbed her eyes from sleepiness. She and Katherine had decided to stay up and wait for Ali to come back so they could have their annual girl talk before the school year started. "Know where she could be?" Addie asked looking over at her blonde haired friend who was staring into the glowing embers of the fire. "Not a clue."
They sat in silence for a few more minutes and Addie felt her eyes slowly drifting downwards. Her head popped up suddenly, when she heard quick footsteps coming towards them. Ali, looking a little disheveled stood in their midst and she paused, open-mouthed looking at her two friends like they had four heads.
"W-what're you guys still doing up?" she asked, putting her hand up to her neck, hoping that neither girl had already noticed the bright red marks covering her neck. Gavin had been a little rough with her that night, perhaps for not seeing her for a good two weeks.
"You know good and well why we're up, the annual 'talk', or were you too dippy to even remember that?" Kat asked, standing up. She had always been the one with a little attitude problem which gave everyone the perception that she was an incredible badass.
"I—lost track of time." Ali replied lamely looking at the floor. After a few minutes of silence, she looked up and the two were looking at her expectantly. "I'm going to bed…" she said, hoping the two would brush it off and let her go by without any problem.
"Oh no you don't." Addie said grabbing her friend firmly by the wrist and dragging her over to the couch. "Now I want you to tell us the truth."
Ali looked nervously between the two of her friends before sighing and dejectedly looking down into her lap. "Alright, but I'm not sure how much you're going to like it…"
Wow, that took too long for me to write. Please review! ~Megs
