Authors Note: So, if you haven't guessed already, Omnivera is taking the place of Hermione. Hermione is still in the story, but she isn't directly involved with Ron or Harry, or with the events in the first movie.
Chapter 3:
I Owe You One, Hagrid
Shortly after arriving on the train with nothing but a t-shirt and boxers on, Omni started searching the compartments for the red headed boy. 'He musn't be far,' she thought definitely. 'I should look for that timid boy.' She searched through compartment to compartment and noticed that the people here wore long gowns with crests stitched onto the front. She immediately felt self-conscious when a fair sized young man with bleach blonde hair knocked into her as she checked his compartment. She put her hands around her legs and tried to hide their bareness. He looked at her and gave a devilish smile. 'I'm guessing you didn't get the note, right?' He raised his eyebrows lightly, waiting for a response. Omni tried to backpeddle. 'I... uh, I...' He chuckled lightly and pointed to his comparement. 'Not to worry then, I'm sure Pansy has an extra set than you can borrow.' He assured her of this fact by sticking out his hand for an introduction. 'I'm Malfoy. Draco Malfoy.' Omni smiled at his forewardness. She had never met someone so friendly and upfront before. She grasped his hand and shook it lightly. 'Placethe. Omnivera Placethe.' Draco opened the door to his comparement and gestured for her to come in. She stepped back lightly and pointed to the comparements she hadn't checked yet. 'Oh, thanks, but actually, I'm looking for someone. A red headed boy with a... uh.... oh, what is it?' Draco's friendly smile quickly turned into a cynical sneer. 'With a filthy rat?' Omni was surprised at his outburst and gave him a questioning look. 'The little snot nosed Weasley boy and his hand-me-down robes? You really don't want to be associated with -those- kind of people, do you?' Sensing that there was a long time fued between these two boys, Omni played it off. 'Yeah, okay, hang out with someone who has hand-me-down robes? I think not. I was just told to send him a message from his mother. You know Mama's boys, can't ever leave without wondering.' Malfoy chuckled and pointed to the last compartment on the right. 'They're in there... don't stay too long. You'll never know what you might catch.' She gave him a severly fake smile and made her way to the last compartment on the right.
She was just about to open the door when the red headed boy came crashing down the hallway. He slid in right beside her and looked her straight in the face. 'Well, are you going to go in, or what?' Omni opened the door and the boy slid in front of her. They both entered the compartment when they saw the shy, black shaggy haired boy they met before boarding the train. The red headed boy stood back a little. 'Oh, you don't mind if we sit, do you?' The shy boy smiled and gestured for us to sit down. 'No, no, not at all!' The red headed boy took his place directly in front of the shy one and Omni sat beside him. He put all his things down and poked out his hand. 'I'm Ron, Ron Weasley.' The boy took Ron's hand and shook it lively. 'I'm Harry, Harry Potter.' Ron's eyes widened in surprise. 'So... so it's true! I mean.. do you have the... the...?' Harry's brows furrowed and he gave Ron a questioning look. 'The what?' Ron's face automatically turned apologetic and his face looked like he felt sorry for asking. 'The scar..' Harry brushed it off, gave Ron a lop-sided smile and lifted his bangs to reveal a lightning bolt shaped scar that rested over his right eyebrow. Ron looked at it like it was the most impressive thing ever. 'Wowww, wicked.' Omni and Harry both laughed and giggled at the same time. Harry looked over at Omni as she put her head down and hid in behind her curtains of jet black hair. A pleasant faced elderly woman came peddling down the aisle with her trolley. Omni thought that her red shirt with pink flowers reminded her of the wood on the frame of the door. She giggled inwardly. 'Anything of the trolley dears?' Harry and Omni looked at each other as Ron held up something that looked like food in a small baggie. 'No thanks,' he gaved a nauseuated look at his baggie. 'I'm all set.' Harry's voice beamed as Omni looked over to see Harry pulling a handfull of coins out of his pocket. 'We'll take the lot!' Ron gazed at the pile of coins in Harry's hand like he was in the desert and the coins were water. 'Woah!' Omni pushed her hair behind her ears and leaned forward. 'Wow!' Both Ron and Harry looked at her, apparently startled by her sudden burst of speach. She smiled lightly at them and shifted back to her previous sitting position.
There was an assortment of things that came off the trolley. Omni picked up a long rectangular box with a pointed top and looked it over. She saw the name of the box and looked at Ron. 'Berties Bott's Every Flavoured Beans?' Omni picked at the box. 'They mean every flavour!' Ron went through the different flavours as she plucked out a bean from the box. 'There's chocolate and pepperment. There's also spinach, liver and tripe. My brother George swears that he got a bogey flavoured one once!' Omni chewed lightly on the bean and had the most disgusting taste she'd ever encountered attack her taste buds. She was sure she got the bogey flavoured one. 'These aren't real frogs, are they?' Ron and Omni looked at Harry who was holding a Octogon shaped box with a string that almost looked like a handle at the top. Ron fiddled with the gummy worm he was eating. 'It's just a spell. Besides, it's the card you want. Each pack got's a famous witch or wizard.' Harry liked the idea of the card, and started tearing open the box. Harry opened the box to a sound of ribbiting and a small chocolate frog sitting ontop of the card. Before Harry could reacte, the frog jumped up and latched itself to the window to his left. Ron looked over, took the gummy from his mouth, and warned, 'watch it!' The frog crawled up to the ledge of the open window, got caught on a gust of air and went sailing out. Ron shook his head slightly. 'Awww, that's rotten luck.' Harry looked out the window, almost as if he was looking to see if it was hanging onto the side of the train. 'They've only got about one or two good jumps in them to begin with.' Harry fumbled in the box and pulled out the card. Omni scooted over and peered over Harry's shoulder. It was a blue card, with slanted edges on the top. In the middle was a picture of an elderly man with long white hair and a beard to match. The golden border around him accented the jacket he was wearing. Scrolled across the bottom was the name, Albus Dumbledore. 'I've got Dumbledore!' Harry exclaimed happily as he turned the card over to see if there was anything on the other side. Ron answered with a mouth full of food. 'I've got about six of him.' Harry turned the card to it's proper side and breathed in air from surprise. Omni looked over and looked at Ron. 'He's gone!' Ron handed the box to her and said, 'Well, you can't expect him to run around all day, can you?' Omni looked down and squealed. There was a rat inside of box and sweets sitting on Ron's lap. He looked at her like she was crazy. 'Don't go loony, it's only Scabbers. Pathetic, isn't he?' Both Harry and Omni nodded. She giggled, 'Only a little bit.' Scabbers pulled his head out of the box and thrusted his head towards Ron's face. 'Fred gave me a spell to turn him yellow... want to see?' The two of them scooted towards Ron as he took this long wooden stick out of his pocket. Omni frowned. 'Turn him yellow?' She thought. 'They're doing magic?!' Ron cleared his throat as he raised his wand face level and said a odd sounding spell. 'Sunshine daises, butter mellow, turn this stupid fat rat yellow!' Scabbers, who had went back to sticking his face in a box of sweets, had the box ripped of his head with a slight force. He squeaked in protest. Omni looked at Ron and said quietly, 'you guys are doing magic?' Both Ron and Harry looked at each other in surprise. 'Are you daft?' Ron raised his eyebrows and pointed out the window. 'We're arriving at Hogwarts School and Witchcraft and Wizardry.' Omni stood up and bumped her head on the compartment above. 'What?!' She exclaimed loudly as she rubbed the goose egg that was forming on the back of her head. 'Your mother mentioned none of this when she told me to come and find you!' For the first time, Harry and Ron both got a look at Omnivera. Ron glanced at her bare feet, which were covered in dirt and grass. Harry didn't notice this. He noticed her lack of school clothing. Actually, she didn't have anything. Omni sat down and put her head in her hands. 'What am I going to do? I can't be seen like this in front of a Magic school, are you kidding? I'll be the laughing stock! I can almost feel the stones being thrown!' Ron waved his hands around and protested, 'just be quiet!' Her lip quivered as he told her his solution. 'When we arrive, I can just get my brother Percy to take you to the Headmaster before we get Sorted. You can get some robes, and we can get rid of Percy for a bit.' Omni sat down quite fast and let out a dramatic sight of relief. Ron cocked his head and crunched his face up in confusion. 'Wait, my mother told you to find me?' Omni, not listening, was still rubbing the goose egg on the back of her head. Ron poked her knee slightly as he looked through her hair. 'What?' He sighed in annoyance, 'my mother told you to come and find me?' Omni sat her hands in her lap and nodded. 'Yeah. I was behind you guys when you were arriving at King's Cross Station. Harry wasn't there, mind you, but yeah... your mother helped me get onto the platform. She told me to find you and that you'd help me.' Ron threw down the sweets and put his hand around Scabbers stomach. He about to say something when the train began to slow down. Omni's stomach exploded with little butterflies. She took a deep breath and looked out the window. Ron stood up and put Scabbers in his pocket. 'Alright, I'll be back soon. I've got to find Percy.'
Omnivera sat in silence as Harry gathered up he sweets and everything else he had dropped on the seat. He sat down to experience the awkward silence aswell as the door opened. Omni swung around hoping it was Ron, but it was not. There was a girl with short brown hair and neat tidy bangs in the front standing in the open doorway. Her dimpled chin gave her the illusion of a shallow and hollowed out face. She threw a jacket, socks, shoes, and a skirt at Omnivera. 'Don't take it the wrong way. I wouldn't have done it if Draco hadn't asked me to.' Completely ignoring the snide girls comment, she looked down at the robes and felt instantly relieved. At least she wouldn't be stared at. She had the worst stage fright. The door opened again and Omni half expected to see Draco starting in the room but to her pleasure it was Ron. He came in, sat down, and pointed at the robes on her lap. 'Where'd you get those?' Omni moitioned her head towards the door. 'Draco Malfoy told some Pansy girl to lend me some robes. She was just here.' Ron fell silent and looked at his hands. Omni broke the gap. 'So, what's the word from your brother? Can he take me to see the Headmaster?' The train came to a slow stop as Ron and Harry stood up. 'When we get there, sure. That's if we don't drown on the way there.' Omni widened her eyes as Harry shuffled past her with his things, chuckling nervously. When Harry and Ron vanished from view, Omni closed the door tightly and locked it. She looked out the window and saw nobody walking by. She stripped off her t-shirt and boxers and put on the skirt, the white shirt, the socks, shoes, and the blazer. She stood up, smoothed out all the wrinkles, unlocked the door and was about to go out when she caught her reflection in the glass. She saw how the uniform looked on her and it gave her a new insight to the prospect of a new life here at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Hopefully the Headmaster will accept her. She opened the door and jogged out after her new companions.
Omni felt the cool night air as she stepped onto the concrete pad. She could see kids streaming from the other exits as a loud voice beamed, 'first years, this way! Come on, first years! Don't be shy!' Omni could see Harry and Ron staggering along ahead of her like two deer caught in a pair of headlights. She jogged up to them. 'Where do we go?' She wedged herself between Harry and Ron. They walked a few steps when Omni saw the biggest man she'd ever seen in her life. Harry recognized the man and hurried forward. 'Hagrid!' The enormous man shined his flashlight towards Harry's face as Omni and Ron came to stand beside him. Both of them looked up at Hagrid and exclaimed at the same time, 'woah!' Omni thought he had to be at least eight feet stall, but she was sure that was exaggerated. She thought he looked like the mountain men from Television. He had wild brown bushy hair that was down past his shoulders and a rugged, tangled, unmanicured beard. His moustache gave him the illusion of a small mouth and his bushy arched eyebrows gave him the look of tired eyes. His voice beamed over all the kids gaping their mouths behind them. 'Right then! This way to the boats! C'mon then, follow me!'
They arrived to the boats that would take them to Hogwarts. Omni thanked everything she had that the boats only seated three people, for Draco was standing really close to her and she was sure that he would have asked her to join him in his boat. Hagrid ushered Harry, Ron, and Omni into one boat. It was wobbly but fairly stable. There was a square seat in the middle, and a lantern sticking out of the front. It's beams shined off the ripples in the water as Hagrid and his latern descended into the boat. Omni was frightened when the boats took off without anyone paddling the water beside it. Harry and Ron smiled and looked over the edge of the boat, but Omni was concentrated on bigger things. Ahead of her was an array of lights, and as they neared closer, she realized that she was approaching a huge castle like building. With large brick pillars and archways everywhere. She couldn't see it that well, but she was excited for the day light. She had dreamed of castles and magic ever since she was little. This was a dream, she was sure, and it was too good to be true.
They entered the building, and even before they had, Omni was amazed. As they started ascending up large old stone staircases, Omni's body was filled with glee. As they reached the staircase, a woman with a pointed black hat and dress addressed all of them. Omni giggled soundlessly at her attire. She looked like the typical witch. 'Welcome to Hogwarts. Now, in a few moments you will pass through these doors and join your classmates. Before you take your seats you will be sorted into your houses. They are, Griffendor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and... Slytherin.' The woman cast a look that Omni couldn't recognize at Draco Malfoy. He looked at his friends with a face of triumph. 'Now, while you're here, your house will be like your family. Your triumphs will earn you points. Any rule breaking occurs, you will lose points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points wins the House Cup.' A short, pudgy boy with wispy brown hair exclaimed, 'Trevor!' and dived to the small toast seated before the woman. He looked up at her apologetically as the crowd behind him smiled and giggled. 'Sorry.' He took his place back with his classmates and the woman continued on. 'The Sorting ceremony will begin momentarily.' She vanished as the crowd of students sat in a short silence. Draco's voice sliced through the air liked a knife. 'So, it's true then? What they are saying on the train? Harry Potter has some to Hogwarts.' Harry stood there at a loss of what to say when Draco addressed the two boys beside him. The two boys almost looked indentical except for, the boy on the left had a slightly pudiger face and a rounder head. 'This is Crabbe and Goyle,' he stepped forward for an introduction. 'And I'm Malfoy. Draco Malfoy.' Omni heard a snort as she looked at Ron, who was either snickering at Draco's introduction or just Draco's name in itself. 'Think there's something about my name, do you? Let me to ask yours?' Ron glared at Draco as he continued. 'Red hair, and a hand-me-down robe. You must be a Weasley.' Ron averted his eyes down and gave a shamed and defeated look. Omni stood out in front of Ron and looked Draco square in the face. 'Just leave him alone.' Draco narrowed his eyes and stepped closer to her. 'I told you what would happen if you get mixed up with this lot.' She looked straight into his eyes as well. He grabbed her arm roughly and tried to pull her towards the two boys that were just recently introduced. 'You shouldn't get mixed up with these people.' Omni fought against him. 'Let me go, Draco!' Harry and Ron were about to intervene when the big wooden doors behind them slammed open and the looming figure of Hagrid was visible. He took a few steps forward and was already in front of Draco. He let go of Omni's arm and took his place with his goon's. Hagrid looked down at Omni and winked. She smiled up at him and said, 'I owe you one, Hagrid.'
