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Chapter 3
August 15, 2010
Rowan, Harri, Hermione, and Luna were incredibly bored. They were in Harri's new room that Vernon had given her after the letter came. And they had nothing to do! They finished planning the Opening Prank on the Hogwartians, pulled a few pranks on Vernon and Hermione's new babysitter (come on she's 11! She's old enough to be alone! Plus Aunt Petunia was there too), went shopping for new clothes that would be considered punk (it is), been to Diagon Ally to pick up some of their prank supplies, read their textbooks, and made some adjustments to their school uniforms so they are cooler. What to do now? They sighed. Suddenly, Luna broke the silence.
"Hey, did we ever name our owls?" Luna asked.
The other three thought for a moment. "No, I don't think we did. Maybe we should do that now?" Harri suggested.
Rowan, Luna and Hermione nodded; glad to have something to do. They thought about names that would fit their owls while looking at said owls. So many names were offered and turned down. Finally, they named them after jewels to match their feathers. Harri's owl was Onyx, Luna's was Diamond, Rowan's was Ruby, and Hermione's was Garnet. Yes, they were bored enough to choose those names and besides, the owls liked them.
"Winter is the best season." Harri said randomly and all of a sudden. The other three didn't bat an eyelash, used to her saying something randomly out of know where.
"No way! Summer is the best season." Hermione argued.
"Nope! You're both wrong. Spring is." Luna put in.
"I'm sorry but all three of you are wrong! Fall is the best season." Rowan threw in. This started a debate between the four, arguing about which season was the best. They kept going on with it until Onyx hooted at them.
"That's enough you four. Just agree to disagree. Okay?"
Oh yeah and they figured out that they could understand animals. Though, they can't speak in animal tongue, only Harri can and that's because it's her gift/ability. They nodded and stopped arguing and went back to being bored. Garnet suggested they go to the park and play a song that Hermione found on the Internet (more specifically, YouTube). The girls thought for a second then nodded and got up to get dressed because they were still wearing their PJs though it was already noon (they had slept over).
Hermione put on a pair of dark blue jeans with tears and patches of red plaid on them. Her shirt was black and short sleeved with a red heart above her own. On top of that she wore a dark red vest with a black hood and suspenders. She put on a choker with a little red heart hanging from it and two chains connecting from where the choker and heart are connected to two small rings on either side of the choker. She put on red fishnet gloves and a red chain bracelet that had a red heart and two mini-guns. For the hell of it, she put a streak of red in her dark brown hair. She completed the outfit with dark red high top converse.
Rowan, Harri, and Luna wore the same thing and added a streak to their own hair but whatever was red for Hermione was yellow for Rowan (though it clashed a bit with her hair, she didn't give a damn), green for Harri, and blue for Luna. The hearts for Hermione was diamonds for Rowan, clovers for Harri, and spades for Luna. Harri's chain bracelet had two scythes instead of guns, Rowan's had two katanas, and Luna had an arrow in a bow and a dagger. They looked at each, smirked, and said, "Damn, we look good," at the exact same time. They laughed and grabbed their owls and went out to the park.
When they got to the park they immediately went into the forest and to an old shack where they stashed their instruments. They had learned how to play the instruments after gaining an interest in them. They had found out that they had a knack for music and their music teacher didn't let it go to waste. She taught them how to play their respective instruments and in turn, they played for her. Rowan grabbed hers and Harri's guitars and brought them out to a place where there's a raised stage of cement for acts if people wanted to perform. Hermione followed with her keyboard while Harri helped Luna bring her drum set. They set up their stuff and got ready to start playing. Hermione's keyboard was a dark ruby red, Luna's drums were a dark sapphire blue, and Rowan's bass was a dark topaz yellow. Harri played the guitar and it was a dark emerald green. They haven't thought up a name for their band yet but they were thinking.
They decided to play Fences and got ready to play for the crowd that was forming. Harri was going to sing it as she had the best voice of the four. They started playing and Harri got ready to sing.
I'm sitting in a room
Made up of only big white walls
And in the halls
There're people looking through
The window in the door
They know exactly what we're here for
Don't look up just let them think
There's no place else you'd rather be
You're always on display
For everyone to watch and learn from
Don't you know by now?
You can't turn back
Because this road is all you'll ever have!
And it's obvious that you're dying, dying
Just living proof that the camera's lying
And o-o-open wide
'Cause this is your night so smile
'Cause you'll go out in style
You'll go out in style
People started cheering on the girls and some kids even started to dance to the upbeat music.
If you'll let me I could
I'd show you how to build your fences, set restrictions
Separate from the world
The constant battle that you hate to fight
Just blame the limelight
Don't look up just let them think
There's no place else you'd rather be
And now you can't turn back
Because this road is all you'll ever have
And it's obvious that you're dying, dying
Just living proof that the camera's lying
And o-o-open wide
'Cause this is your night so smile
Yeah, yeah you're asking for it
With every breath that you breathe in
Just breathe it in
Yeah, yeah well you're just a mess
You do all this big talking
So now let's see you walk it
I said let's see you walk it
She stopped singing and just played her guitar with Rowan, Hermione and Luna. More kids and teens were dancing to the music and a few girls were trying to sing along and failing hilariously at it. Then Harri began to sing again.
And it's obvious that you're dying, dying
Just living proof that the camera's lying
And o-o-open wide
Yeah o-o-open wide
Yeah o-o-open wide
'Cause you'll go out in style
You'll go out in style
You'll go out in style
The girls and some people in the crowd were clapping in tune with the beat of the music. When the song finished the girls got a standing ovation and people asked for another song.
"Another song? Alright, but only one more agreed?" Harri said to the crowd. The crowd agreed, a bit disappointed at only getting one more song, but glad to take what they could get. Harri convened with Rowan, Hermione and Luna about which song to do next. They agreed to do I'm Alive by a great singer, BECCA. They started to play the song and Harri began to sing.
Nothing I say comes out right
I can't love without a fight
No one ever knows my name
When I pray for sun, it rains
I'm so sick of wasting time
But nothing's moving in my mind
Inspiration can't be found
I get up and fall but…
I'M ALIVE! I'M ALIVE! Oh, yeah
Between the good and bad is where you'll find me
Reaching for Heaven!
I will fight!
And I'll sleep when I die
I live, my life, I'm Alive!
Every lover breaks my heart
And I know it from the start
Still I end up in a mess
Every time I second guess
All my friends just run away
When I'm having a bad day
I would rather stay in bed
But I know they're the reasons…
I'M ALIVE! I'M ALIVE! Oh, yeah
Between the good and bad is where you'll find me
Reaching for Heaven!
I will fight!
And I'll sleep when I die
I live, my life, I'm Alive!
Harri paused in singing and smiled softly. She looked at Rowan, Hermione and Luna and saw them smiling with their eyes closed and just enjoying themselves. She looked to the crowd and saw the younger kids and teens laughing, cheering, dancing, and singing. The adults and older teens were smiling and laughing while watching the younger ones. Harri's smile widened, she was glad they could bring happiness to people through her and her sisters in all but blood playing.
When I'm bored to death at home
When he won't pick up the phone
When I'm stuck in second place
Those regrets I can't erase
Only I can change the end
Of the movie in my head
There's no time for misery
I won't feel sorry for me!
I'M ALIVE! I'M ALIVE! Oh, yeah
Between the good and bad is where you'll find me
Reaching for Heaven!
I will fight!
And I'll sleep when I die
I live, my life, ooh
I'M ALIVE! I'M ALIVE! Oh, yeah
Between the good and bad is where you'll find me
Reaching for Heaven!
I will fight!
And I'll sleep when I die
I live, my hard life
I live, my life, I'm ALIVE!
She stopped singing and playing guitar and listened to Luna play the last few notes before she stopped and the three turned to the crowd. The crowd was cheering for them and seemed to have gotten a bit bigger. They looked and saw Aunt Petunia, Dylan, Hermione's father, Dan, and Luna's father, Xenophilius. The four were smiling up at the girls, awe in Dylan's eyes and pride in the adults'.
"That's it folks! Thanks for listening to us. We appreciate it!" Harri yelled over the cheering crowd. The crowd all awed and started to break up, but not before the girls bowed to the crowd.
They then took all their stuff and placed it in the shack and went out for a walk with their family.
~*(Time Skip)*~
It was now September 1st and all the 11-year old girls were excited. They packed up their stuff and put their trunks in the cars. Dan and Xenophilius were taking Rowan, Hermione and Luna, while Vernon and Aunt Petunia were taking Harri, Dylan tagging along.
A few days ago Harri told Vernon the name of the platform the train was leaving on and he got a glint in his eye and dismissed her after making fun of Wizard transportation. At Kings' Cross Station, Vernon was being suspiciously nice. He unloaded her trunk and put on a trolley and even rolled it into the station. Once they were in, he looked around and smiled nastily.
"Hmmm, Platform 9 ¾ eh? Well there's Platform 9 and Platform 10, but no Platform 9 ¾ they don't seem to have built it yet!" He laughed nastily and herded Aunt Petunia and Dylan back into the car, the latter two staring in horror at Vernon, understanding what he was doing. They looked at her apologetically as they were dragged away. She told them with her eyes that she understood.
She grabbed her stuff and went to find the Platform. 20 minutes before the train was to leave, Rowan, Hermione and Luna joined her. Luna saw past the illusion on the platform and they were about to go through when they heard a women say loudly, "-packed with Muggles of course-"
The three whipped around and saw the speaker. She was a plump woman with flaming red hair. She was surrounded by four boys, all tall with red hair and was holding the hand of a red-haired little girl who looked 10. They looked at the woman incredulously, why the hell was she practically shouting the word muggle?! It could get her thrown into a loony bin!
"Now what's the platform number?" she asked.
"Nine and three-quarters!" the girl piped. "Mum, can't I go…"
"You're not old enough, Ginny, now be quiet. Alright, Percy, you go first."
They saw the oldest looking boy run towards the wall between Platforms 9 and 10. They watched silently but then a crowd of people passed in front of them and when the people finished passing, the boy was gone. Each of the silently cursed their luck.
"Fred, you next," the plump woman said to one of the two tall boys, who looked to be 13 and twins.
"I'm not Fred, I'm George," said the boy. "Honestly, woman, and you call yourself our mother? Can't you tell I'm George?"
"Sorry, George, dear," She replied. Harri and Hermione narrowed their eyes, noticing that the woman didn't really look all that apologetic. Rowan and Luna noticed this too and narrowed their eyes.
"Only joking, I am Fred," he said stiffly but doing his best to mask it, and off he went, looking slightly angry and sad but not the least surprised. His twin looked after him sadly before masking it.
His twin called after him to hurry up. Harri looked at him closer and saw he was inching away from the mother and looking like he wanted to be far away from her. He must have also noticed that she didn't look apologetic. His twin disappeared and he followed soon after.
The girls saw the two younger siblings notice their mother's reactions and feelings toward the twins. The two siblings looked smug and mean. The girls ignored them after throwing them extremely scary death glares. They went up to the barrier and Hermione and Luna pushed through first with Rowan going right after them. Harri sucked in a breath and went trough last, not noticing that her scar was showing or that the red-haired woman and her children were staring at her with an unknown glint in each of their eyes.
