Jamie looked at the building in front of her, then turned to little Mike who was gazing up at the building too. She looked over at the sign next to them it read: Higley Elementary School. It was the school she went to before going to Hogwarts. Jamie knew Mike didn't want to go to school. She knew how much he was picked on, and how he was always alone; she knew he didn't want to go. Jamie couldn't blame him, she was the same.
During her years at this school her sisters would make sure that she did not have any friends. She was the smartest kid in school, and everyone but the teacher hated her. They used to call her the teachers pet, but she didn't mind, she knew that one day she would be better than all those children who tormented her grade school life. She was now a witch and one of the smartest and most popular girl at her school.
Jamie signed, she had to get to King Cross soon, her train would be leaving in a few hours and she still had to get the Knight Bus. Putting a hand on Mike's shoulder she pushed him closer to the school, "Go on Mike, I have to get going."
Mike moved forward a little than turn back to Jamie, "But I don't want to go, they hate me. I can't go in there."
Jamie frowned and lowered herself to his eye level, "Miky, don't worry about them, one day you'll be going to Hogwarts and you will be better than all of them put together, but for now just go in there, do your work, and get good grades."
He nodded his head before jumping onto Jamie and giving her a big hug, "I'll miss you ... promise you'll write."
Jamie smiled, closing her eyes and held him with a motherly grip, she didn't want to let go, "I promise." Mike hugged her tighter than pulled away and started walking to the building's doors.
Jamie waved to him and watched him walk into the building, "Promise you'll send your grades to me every semester!"
Mike turned around giving her a smile, "I promise!"
Jamie stayed in her spot until she could not see Mike anymore. She turned around, walking down the road with her trunk and cage into an alley where she called for the Knight Bus.
"Hey Jamie!" the shrunken head next to the driver shouted cheerfully, "Hey Ernie!" Jamie greeted stepping into the bus and taking a seat on one of the beds. The ride was short after riding in this bus for six years Jamie still hadn't gotten used to being thrown around it like a bird in a cage.
At King Cross she paid for the ride and said goodbye for the year. She took her luggage into the building and found a trolley for her things. She decided to make her way to the cafeteria. Jamie hadn't had anything to eat this morning. Between getting Mike ready for his first day of fourth grade and getting her chores done she didn't have a chance for breakfast, not like her father would let her.
She checked her wallet to see if she had enough to buy a muffin and a coffee. She had to give Mike the money she made from working all summer to make sure the poor boy had money for food and anything he might need for school for the year. She had enough, but would have to go to Gringotts once she got to Hogwarts. She knew her real mother cared for her, because when she was eleven she was taken to Gringotts and found out her mother had left her money for her years at Hogwarts. That was what she used that money for; books, supplies and uniforms were not cheap nowadays. She wished she could use that money to get her and Mike out of that house, but she need an education before she tried anything extreme.
After getting her muffin and coffee she made her way to Platform 9 ¾, once getting on, she found that she was still half an hour early. So she found a compartment in the back of the train and chewed on her muffin.
She gazed down at her watch. She knew that she would have to change into her uniform and start helping all the first year onto the train soon. She drank the rest of her coffee, changed into her robes, (Clipping the Prefect badge on her robes), and went outside to find that most of the students were already making their way onto the train.
Jamie walked around, looking for the Potter family, they should be here soon and since she had promised them she would watch over Lily, she had to wait for them to come.
Just as she was starting to get ready to give up she heard a little voice scream, "Jamie!" she turned around seeing Hailie running toward her, Jamie lowered herself so that Hailie was able to jump into her waiting arms.
"Jamie I'm so happy to see you again!" Hailie squealed, giving Jamie a tight hug.
"Hailie I just met you yesterday."
The little girl pulled back "I know!" she said in a tone that meant duh. Jamie had to laugh at that, "I just missed you, that's all. I won't see you for a long time!"
Jamie smiled, "Aww, maybe for Christmas break I'll see you?" Out of the corner of her eye she saw Hermione, Harry, Lily and Sirius running toward them, all of them had panic written all over their faces.
Hermione rushed over to them first "HAILIE ROSE POTTER!"
The little girl winced at the tone her mother was using, "What-haven't I told you about running off like that?!"
The little girl turned her head toward her mother, "I'm sorry mummy! I saw Jamie so I thought it would be okay to run over here."
Hermione signed in frustration, putting her hand on her hips, "That does not mean you can go running off like that." She rubbed her temples, "Somedays I'm going to have a heart attack." she mumbled so that only Jamie heard. She chuckled.
Harry, Lily, and Sirius came out from behind Hermione, "Hi Jamie," they all greeted. She waved and smiled, "So Lily are you ready for your first year?"
Lily nodded, seemed to be a little nervous about going. Jamie remembering feeling the same way when she first went to Hogwarts, "Its okay to be nervous, I was too; but don't worry Hogwarts is a cool place to learn magic."
Lily nodded turning back to her parents as they said bye to her, Jamie turned around, giving the family a little time to themselves. She looked around the Platform, seeing some of the other first years being hugged by their parents. Jamie's heart fell, she never had a family that would come to say goodbye to her when she first went to Hogwarts or any other year for that matter. It always hurt to see everyone with their family while she had no one to say bye to.
"Hey Jamie!" a voice called her name, she looked were the voice was coming from. A huge grin popped up on her face, it was the people she had been waiting for. She waved as she saw Chris with his short brown hair and dark brown eyes and Ashley with light blue eyes and long dirty blonde hair walking toward her "Hey guys!" she yelled.
The two made their way over to her. Chris had his hand in Ashley's and she had to smile at the two, they had just gotten together this summer and she couldn't be happier for them. They stood in front of her and Ashley pulled her into a hug. "Hey J, how's your brother doing?" Chris asked.
"He's doing fine I just dropped him off at school before coming down here" Jamie said with the stupid smile still plastered on her face, "Hey Jamie who's your friends?" Hailie asked walking in front of her "Oh Hailie these are my two best friends Chris and Ashley, guys this is Hailie."
Ashley was the first to speak, "Oh she so cute!" she squealed, Hailie back up leaning on Jamie's legs. "Easy Ashley I think your scaring the poor girl." Chris started laughing. Ashley stuck her tongue out at them both.
Jamie turned back to the Potter family, seeing if they were done saying goodbye to Lily. Hermione was last to say goodbye, "Bye Lily I'll see at school when you get there."
Jamie was confused now what did Hermione mean, Harry must have say Jamie's confused look because he spoke up, "Oh Hermione's the new Transfiguration Professor, but we wanted Lily to have someone to show her around on the train and at school."
"Oh, no problem like I said it's my job to make sure the first years know were their suppose to go," Jamie explained. "Hey Jamie!" A few students from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw shouted out before going onto the train.
"Hey!" she waved back, but her smile fell from her face when she saw somebody else. A boy about her age with blue hair was walking toward her, a girl with blue eyes and strawberry hair at his heels.
Jamie turned around quickly hoping that the boy didn't see her or would get the message, "Jamie!' the boy shouted. She groaned, turning around and putting on a fake smile, "Daniel hi! How are you?"
The boy named Daniel stood in front of her, his golden eyes gleaming brightly, "I'm good Jamie; I haven't talk to you in awhile, how are you?"
"I'm good Daniel, how are you and Ariel doing?" she said asked. "Ariel" she mumbled. "Jamie" the girl mumbled back.
"We're good! Hey Harry, Hey Hermione!" he greeted waving to them, the two waved back "Hey Daniel" Hermione said.
"Excited for your first year Lily?" but he never got to hear Lily's answer because Ariel started tugging on his sleeve, "Come on Danny, we need to find my friends" she whined.
He signed, turning back to Jamie, "I guess I'll see you at Hogwarts." He muttered before Ariel started pulling him away "Bye Harry, Hermione, Sirius, Lily, Hailie!" he shouted before climbing onto the train.
Jamie signed sadly and turned back to everyone, "How do you know Daniel?" She asked.
"He's our godson," Harry explained, smiling at her. Jamie just nodded and looked away towards Lily, "Come on, we better get on the train, it's almost time to leave."
Lily nodded turning to her dad and gave him one more hug, "Bye daddy, I'll write you later." Harry hugged her back, "Bye Lily, be good."
Lily hugged her brother and sister and walked over to Jamie, Hailie walked over to Jamie timidly. Jamie lowered to her level, "Bye Jamie," Hailie said in a sad tone.
Jamie smiled and pulled her into a hug, "Bye Hailie I'll see you soon, okay?" once she felt the little girl nod she pulled away and stood up to give Harry and Hermione a small smile, "Bye, it was nice seeing you again."
"Bye Jamie, it was nice meeting you too," Harry said. Hermione smiled at her, "I'll see you and Lily at school."
They nodded and made their way to the train, Jamie check around for other first years and saw two red-heads running toward the train. She told Lily and her friends to go to the last compartment and that she would meet them there. She looked over at Tom, the man who was in charge of letting the children onto the train, "Hey Tom could you wait a minute? There's some first years coming in late" Tom nodded and Jamie jumped off the train to help them with their trunks.
The two red head stopped, their trolleys in front of her, "You two are lucky we haven't left yet" Jamie told them. She helped the two put their thinks on the train.
The little girl of the red heads shouted to her parents, "Bye mum! Bye dad!" before going onto the train. The doors closed behind them.
Jamie walked down the hall to her compartment while the two children followed her. Once at her room she sat across from Chris and Ashley while Lily squealed with joy, "Molly, Author, I thought you guys missed the train!" she said giving the two twins a hug.
"It was dad's fault, he had to have thirds of breakfast." The boy said, taking a seat next to Chris and Ashley while the girl sat next to Jamie.
"So you two names are Author and Molly?" Jamie asked. The two nodded "Are you friends with Lily?"
"Yes," Lily said, "they're my best friends. My parents are friends with their parents Ron and Luna Weasley."
Jamie eyes widened, "You two are Weasleys?" They nodded, "Are you related to Ariel Weasley?"
"Yes, she's our cousin," Molly spoke. Jamie nodded, "Oh, great now Jamie has someone that can tell the dark secrets she knows about Ariel!" Chris whined.
Jamie glared at him and kicked his knee, "Oww! That hurt!"
She smirked, "Good."
"Why don't you like Ariel?" Lily asked.
"Its not that I don't like her, it's just she could be a brat sometimes.
Lily nodded.
"Don't listen to her, she doesn't like Ariel because she stole Daniel away from her," Ashley explained.
"ASHLEY!" Jamie snapped. Ashley couldn't help but smile.
Jamie's eyes darkened, "You know that's not true!"
"Then what happened?" Molly asked.
"Me, Daniel and Ariel used to be best friends, but when Daniel and Ariel started dating in our fourth year we just stopped talking to each other. Ariel is in Ravenclaw and Daniel is in Gryffindor when they started dating. Ariel only wanted to be with her friends and she would drag Daniel along. Now he doesn't hang out with me anymore, only with her and her stupid, snobby friends." She kicked at the ground bitterly.
Lily nodded "Why doesn't Ariel want to be with you all, you seem like fun!"
"Because she started worrying about her looks and beside a few in Gryffindor's, Ravenclaw has the most beautiful girls and handsome boys, since Daniel is one of the hottest guys Ariel wanted him. So she got his attention and he asked her out, now their the cutest couple at school." She rolled her eyes.
"Why don't you tell Daniel how you feel?" Lily asked.
Jamie signed, "It's not that simple," She stated before standing up, "I have to go to the Prefect meeting." she mumbled before leaving the compartment.
