DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER BUT I DO OWN MY CHARACTERS AND STORYLINE.
"Come on, Evelyn." She heard the voice that belonged to her half sister Anna. Evelyn followed the light brunette behind in the dark forest holding a lantern in her hand.
"Is this safe?" Evelyn asked and Anna nodded her head at the blonde girl.
"This is just some forest, it's not filled with..." The girl trailed off as she looked at Evelyn. "With whatever the forbidden forest is filled with."
Evelyn shrugged her shoulders and she turned around to see her father's house disappear because of the tall trees.
Her father lived in a wizarding village next to Ilvermorny which was called Morrigan after the Isolt herself. It was quite a big village but it was all covered by long trees. If you climbed the trees, you could see the castle from the highest peak in Mountain Greylock. Both the village and the school were hidden from Muggles (or No Majs) with magic since the founding of the school. Most of the village had Indian residents who had come here to hide from the colonizers and some other wizarding families like her father's.
Ilvermorny was breathtaking but nothing could compare to Hogwarts who was the better school in her opinion.
"Eve!" Anna called and the blonde girl came to her senses. "Hurry! We need to go back home."
Evelyn followed her behind as she could see that they were near a clearing. Evelyn was confused at what was going on but when she took a step out of the forest, she was amazed at what she saw.
It was a lake, not a big one. A rather small one but what amazed her was the fireflies that were flying above it making the lake look magical.
"Wow." She breathed out as she looked around and Anna squealed behind her.
"Isn't it beautiful?" The ten year old girl said and Evelyn nodded her head slightly. "I discovered it one night in mid September. I just have finished my lessons with mom. I came here with a girl in the village and we were stunned just like you. It only happens in the summer and the best part was that magic doesn't play any part in this magical thing."
Evelyn chuckled a little as she turned to meet her half sister's blue eyes that matched hers. "You come here often?"
"Yes, sometimes. Never alone though. Mom and dad worry ,of course." Anna responded as they turned to look at the lake. Evelyn looked up and saw that they could see Ilvermorny from here.
"Excited to go to Ilvermorny next year?" Anna nodded her immediately as she gazed at the magical castle that stood there.
"I can't wait for it. It's the best school of witchcraft and wizardry."
"After Hogwarts." Evelyn added and Anna rolled her eyes a little at her older sister.
"Are you excited to go back there?" Evelyn couldn't help but smile at the thought of starting her second year in Hogwarts with her friends.
"Thrilled. It's really an extraordinary place." Evelyn responded as she thought of the castle on Scotland miles away but only three days left to see it again.
"Come on, we need to eat dinner." Anna walked away from Evelyn as the blonde looked at Ilvermorny one more time. How different would her life be if she had choose Ilvermorny as her school?
She pushed the thought away from her mind as she followed Anna behind. They walked towards the house only to see their father sitting in the porch with a book in his hands.
"Hey, daddy." Anna greeted with a smile which made their father return one too as he looked up from the book.
"Where were you two off to?" Lucah King as he glanced at Evelyn who was looking at the book title.
"At the lake. I showed Evelyn the view." Anna responded and then she let out a gasp. "Oh My God! Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies is on." The brunette girl had looked through the window towards the TV and saw that her favorite show was on. She soon made her way to the room and plopped on the couch.
"Is the book you reading good?" Evelyn stole her father's attention from Anna as she turned to look at her.
"Yeah, it's Virginia Woolf. It's called 'To The Lighthouse'." He responded and Evelyn examined the book cover and noticed the lighthouse in its cover.
"You are quite young to read it now and you have it in your own library." Her father mentioned the birthday gift and Evelyn nodded. Her father had categorized the books with what age was the book appropriate. Evelyn didn't know how he found the free time to do that.
"It was the best birthday gift I've ever received." She told him with a smile of her own and he nodded her head.
"You know, that the reason I got you that gift is for you to study harder." Evelyn nodded her head at her father's now stern voice. "You need to keep all the grades up in the following years. And less detentions. Plus in the following year, you need to choose good elective subjects."
Evelyn loved her father with all her heart but she dreaded most of the conversations with him. He wanted her to be the best and Evelyn couldn't possibly assure him that. She had a lot of competition in her school and she was afraid that she would lose focus a little bit that would lead to her not being the best.
"And some extra classes like Magical Theory and Ancient Studies..." He continued to talk and Evelyn could only hope that she could disapparate to Hogwarts in that moment.
"You three have everything with you." Laura Bailey asked her sons and his best friend as they were making their way to the platform Rose couldn't come as she had to leave early for her job in Department of International Magical Cooperation. Evelyn had learned that her mother worked with Barty's father who was also names Barty.
"Yes, mum. It's not like it's our first time." Don said as he rolled his eyes and Gared let out a scoff.
"It's your second, little brother." Evelyn saw Don glare his older brother who had an arrogant smile on his face.
"We are fine, Mrs. Bailey." The woman gave Evelyn a smile back as they stood in front with the platform.
"Evelyn sweetheart, you go first." Evelyn took gripped her stroll and took a deep breath. She ran towards the wall and less than ten seconds she found herself in platform.
She looked around and spotted a few familiar faces and some new ones in the crowd. She turned around to see Don come in the view.
"I would never get tired of doing that." He admitted with a small smile and before anyone could say something else they heard their names being called.
"Don! Evelyn!" They turned around to see Henrik Joyce. His Irish accent quite recognisable even with just the call of their names. "I messed you two."
"We missed you just a wee." Don tried to impersonate Henrik's accent but failed miserably.
"Dat was embarrassin, me friend." Henrik pointed out and Evelyn nodded her head in agreement.
"You shouldn't even bother to try it next time." Henrik's eyes widened when he heard Evelyn speak which confused her.
"What was dat?" He asked confusing Evelyn even more but making Don chuckle.
"That was Evelyn's American accent that she forms every time when she goes in America for a month." Don explained and Evelyn rolled her eyes. She knew that a month of teasing would come her way.
"You dedn't 'ave it last year." Henrik pointed out as they walked towards the Hogwarts Express.
"Because I spent only one week in America." Evelyn informed the Irish boy who nodded his head. "Come on, we need to put our stuff in place."
Evelyn along with the two boys put their things in place before walking in the Hogwarts Express with them following behind her. They were in search of an empty compartment.
"Eve." She heard her name being called by someone and she popped her head to see Marlene and all her roommates. "Say something." Don had told Marlene about Evelyn's accent and how it changed over a span of month.
"No." Her accent was not noticed by the blonde and Marlene pouted her lips in disappointment. "Fine. How have you been doing?"
The other girls look stunned expect Marlene who was laughing with her accent. "Oh My God! You should wear the shirt that Diana got for you and that would be the whole pack."
"Shut up." The platinum blonde said to her friends and Marlene stuck her tongue a little. "Well, I have to leave to find the rest of friends. I will see you five in Hogwarts."
Evelyn turned around to see that Don and Henrik had found Edrick and Carter and they were speaking together. "Hey, we are in a compartment with Bertram and Barty. You should join us." Evelyn heard Edrick say to the people she entered the train.
"We're with Evelyn." Don told him and Evelyn then decides to make herself known.
"It's okay. I'm in a lookout for the girls either way. You can go with them." She assured him as she tried to look at a compartment but she saw that it was used by unfamiliar Hufflepuffs.
"Are you sure?" He asked her and she nodded her head. He moved to walk away with the rest of the boys.
Evelyn had started to look for her friends in each compartment but she had no luck. It looked like her friends had vanished into thin air.
Evelyn opened one of the compartments and saw that it was empty. She decided to sit there in hopes that her friends will find her somehow.
She sat there and looked at the window as the train began to move. She supported her head on the seat and stayed there looking at the view.
"Can we sit here?" She turned around to see that it was Remus Lupin speaking and behind him was Peter Pettigrew.
"Yes, of course." She responded and unlike her friends, neither of them laughed at her accent. They both took seats in front of her and Evelyn looked at them. "How was your summer?"
"Good. Nothing big happened. Or a big change." Remus hinted her accent making Evelyn smile a little.
"It happens when I go to my father's in America. Spending my time with my siblings and watching American TV, it gets to you." She explained to him as she remembered her summer time in Greylock Mountains with her family.
"Marlene mentioned that your father is teacher of Defense Against Dark Arts in Ilvermorny. How is that like?" Remus asked the question while Peter stayed quite silent.
"Well, it's not that much a big deal. My father is pretty strict with me but when it comes to his students, he's carefree and everyone's favorite. I used to go to his lessons when I was younger and I saw how everyone listened to him. He made the hour interesting. Unlike Professor Farquad." Although their last professor wasn't their worst ones, Defense sometimes was too monotone for anyone's liking.
"She's not going to teach us anymore." Peter spoke up for the first time since they entered the compartment and Evelyn frowned a little.
"Why?" Evelyn and Remus asked on sync looking at the blonde boy.
"She has gotten a good job in the Ministry. She works in the same one my dad does." Peter explained and Evelyn could see that he had trouble a little. Maybe he was just as shy as Gabriela was and he had to get comfortable with someone before speaking.
"Seems like we're gonna have a new teacher joining us." Remus commented and Evelyn just hoped that it was a good one.
"Oi, here you two are!" Evelyn heard the loud voice that belonged to James Potter and she turned to look at him. "And Evelyn is here too!"
She didn't expect him to know her name but it seemed like he did. "Hi, James." She waved at him and noticed that another black haired boy was behind James. Sirius Black whose hair now were longer than they were a month ago. "And Sirius."
"I'm sorry boys, but do we have an American girl in our compartment who looks like the twin of Evelyn Sinclair King?" Sirius joked but the joke didn't amuse everyone but James and Peter.
"Yes, my name is Elle and I'm Evelyn less awesome sister." She said with a bored tone as she looked at him.
"Now, now. The whole less awesome gives away that you are Evelyn." James pointed out as he took a seat next to her.
"I was just stating the facts." The only girl in compartment pointed out which made the boys chuckle.
"You really think you're awesome?" Sirius asked taking a seat right in front of her next to Remus.
"Obviously." She responded like it was a fact and James cocked his head towards her.
"Proof?" The messy black haired boy asked her as he pushed his glasses closer to him and turned to look at her.
"First, the whole thing of me being half American and half English is quite interesting. Second, I was the best student in our first year."
"Wait, I though the best was Lily Evans or Snivellus." Evelyn frowned at the last name as she looked at James.
"Who is Snivellus?" She asked curious as she didn't know who the person was.
"Severus Snape." Remus clarified for her but Evelyn still couldn't place a face with the name. They were a lot of boys in her year that she didn't know their names.
"Merlin, you don't know who Snivellus is!" Sirius exclaimed as Evelyn tried to search for the face. Then she remembered who he was. The greasy black haired boy who had called her bastard once in Herbology when she had accidentally knocked him back when she had tried to reach for something.
"It's the Greaser." The boys frowned at her words. "Christina calls him The Greaser because of his greasy hair."
"It's not a bad nickname but I do prefer Snivellus." James admitted and Evelyn just gave him a shrug. "How about we give Evelyn here a nickname?"
"I already have the one." Evelyn was too late to stop herself from saying that but she did. By the looks of the Gryffindors, everyone knew what she meant.
"I don't like that nickname. Let's choose another one for her." Remus agreed with James and the boy with glasses clapped his hands. "How about American Girl?"
"I'm about to smack those glasses of your face, James." Evelyn said to him and the boy rolled his hazel eyes at her.
"Ho-how abou-how about-" Peter tried to say and James teased the chubby boy by pretending to fall asleep. Evelyn scowled at the hazel eyed boy. "Silver."
Evelyn looked down to her silver hair and smiled a little. She wouldn't mind that nickname. "It's a good option but we need to be more creative."
"Lynn." Everyone's head turned towards the grey eyed boy who was looking at the floor.
"Lynn?" James repeated as he furrowed his eyebrows.
"Yes, Lynn. Most people call her Eve because of Evelyn but we are going to do the opposite, we would call her Lynn." Sirius explained and the other boys seemed to like the nickname.
"I like it." She admitted to them as she wasn't used to being called that but she quite enjoyed how it sounded.
"We would have called you that without your permission." Sirius informed her and Evelyn stuck her tongue out to him.
"Hey Don, where is Eve?" Christina Lee asked him as they had made their way out of the train giving space for the first years to go with Hagrid.
"I thought she was with you. She told me she found you." Don noticed that behind Christina stood Gabriela and Diana who were looking around.
"Maybe she went with Marlene." Diana guessed but her guess quickly vanished as they saw Marlene with her friends in Gryffindor.
Don was starting to worry. Evelyn was well loved among many students in Hogwarts but they were a few Slytherins like Cain and Avery who hated her guts. They could have done something to her and he was ready to draw his wand to face them. After all, Avery was a few feet away from him talking to Mulciber and Rosier.
"Shut up, James." His head moved to the direction of the voice to see Evelyn having a good laugh with James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. The four Gryffindors who were known to pull pranks all over the place mostly Slytherins.
"Hey, Eve!" Christina called her name and the blonde turned to look at them. She smiled at them before turning to the boys she was joking with.
Don couldn't hear them but soon after Evelyn rushes towards them and pulled Gabriela in a tight hug. "Gabby, I missed you."
"I missed you too, Evie." The tanned girl admitted and Evelyn then turned to look at the other girls.
She hugged both of them before turning to look at him with a smile. "Come on, we need to find a carriage."
"It seems like I need to go with the boys to another compartment. See you in Hogwarts." She gave him a small smile as he walked away from them.
"So how was the summer for you three?" She turned to ask them and all the girls started to laugh at her.
"Your accent." She heard them say between laughs which made her glare at them.
"Shut up. I had enough of James and Sirius in the compartment." Evelyn walked so they could find a carriage.
"So, how did you end up in a compartment with them?" Diana asked as they got in the carriage.
"I was looking for you three but I had no luck. Surprisingly, I found an empty one and then Remus and Peter joined me before the other two did." She explained as she took a seat and Diana took the seat next to her. "So, you three never answered my question?"
"Mine was boring. Spend most of the time with mother while father was in his work trips." Gabriela explained to them as she looked at them. "My father wanted to get me a Bowtruckle but mother said no."
"Sorry, Gabby. Maybe she will say yes someday." Christina tried to assure her but Gabriela just shrugged her shoulders. "I went to Japan, practiced Quidditch with my dad and I have one more tail now."
"Wow, that's impressive." Evelyn told the dark haired girl who smiled in triumph. "Is your brother attending Hogwarts too now?"
"No, he stayed in Japan. He's attending Mahoutokoro. Mom wanted one of her children to attend it and then they settled with Norm." Christina explained to them and Evelyn frowned.
Her mother who worked in her department in the Educational Office had told her that the school took students from the age of seven even though the students didn't board until they were eleven.
"I thought the school had some sort of different recruitment." Evelyn pointed out to her friend who gave a shrug.
"He is the son of Jack Lee. They made a few arrangements. Plus, my mother taught a him a lot of things." Christina pointed out and Evelyn nodded her head before turning her head towards Diana.
"I spent most of my summer with my old school friends who had a lot of questions about "my boarding school". Some of them even wanted to join." The three girls laughed with Diana as she air quoted the boarding school part. "And the other I prepped for the school year."
"So did I." Evelyn admitted as she had spent hours in her library in the suitcase reading books when she had nothing to do at her father's.
"Nerds." Christina mumbled earning a glare from both of the girls and a chuckle from Gabriela.
Soon enough, they arrived in the gates of the Hogwarts with the rest of the students expect the first years. Evelyn stood next to Don now as they walked inside the big castle.
"Do you remember last year how confused we were?" Evelyn reminded the boy next to her who nodded his head.
"Look at us now, I can actually not get lost in the castle while you don't trip in your robes." Evelyn nudged him as they entered the Entrance Hall.
"Let's just hope that I don't trip that much this year." Evelyn said and then her foot got caught in something making her fall on the floor.
She grunted and her cheeks flushed in embarrassment at what had just happened to her. She heard people burst into laughter and she wanted to have the power to disapperate but unlucky for her.
"Miss Sinclair King, what are you doing kissing the floor? 20 points from Ravenclaw." She heard professor McGonagall say who was going to get the first years and she could hear Ravenclaws groan all around her.
"Good job, bastard." Mortice Mabel, a fellow second year Ravenclaw told her making Evelyn look up from her.
"Since when does Wicked Witch of the West attend our school?" Evelyn snapped at Mortice who gapes at the blonde. Evelyn shook off her dust and made her way to the Great Hall.
She took a seat in one of the stools, in her right was Don while in her left was Gabriela. They all chatted with each other about summer holidays. Of course, everyone made a joke about her accent which they all got a bitter response from her.
Soon enough, the first years had entered the hall, Dumbledore had given his speech, introduced their new DADA teacher and the sorting began.
Evelyn had spaced in most of it until she heard a name that peeked her interest. "Regulus Black." Professor McGonagall called and Evelyn's blue eyes drifted off to Sirius whose full attention was towards the sorting ceremony. Evelyn turned to look at the boy who had been called and she immediately knew that the boy was Sirius's brother.
They were the same person but Regulus was slightly shorter and had a more of a serious face in him.
As soon as the sorting hat was placed in his head, the hat said Slytherin. The whole table erupted in cheers but Sirius didn't look happy with his brother being sorted in Slytherin.
Evelyn tried to move her attention away and listened to the other students being sorted in the houses. The house were most of the students were sorted was Gryffindor while Ravenclaw had gotten less students this year.
Evelyn didn't care as she started to munch on her food as it soon appeared in front of her. "You should remember that you are a girl, Eve." Edrick teased her and she turned to glare at him.
"And you should remember to shut your gob, Ed." He only chuckled at her as she continued to eat.
"What was the name of our new professor again?" Gabriela asked as she glanced at the man who was talking to Hagrid.
"Henry Gale. 'e's iresh joehst like me. Henrik added as they moved their eyes away from the teacher.
"Let's just hope the best class won't be the second most boring class we have." Barty said and all of them hummed in agreement.
"Eve, get your lazy bum up." Christina shook her best friend who wanted to stay in her bed forever. "We only have 15 minutes of breakfast left."
"Tell the professor that I'm too busy sleeping to attend their boring class." Evelyn responded as she tried to get more sleep.
"You want me to tell McGonagall that?" Evelyn immediately was wide awake at the mention of the strict woman that taught them Transfiguration.
"Damn, we need to hurry then." Evelyn got up from her bed and saw that Diana and Gabriela had already left. "You go eat breakfast, don't wait up."
"Are you sure?" Christina asked and Evelyn nodded her head to say that it would be okay for her friend to leave. Christina got all her stuff and hurried to the Great Hall.
Evelyn still in her pajamas moved to the bathroom and started to brush her teeth. Her long hair were too messy and she needed time to fix them so Evelyn just put it in a ponytail.
After that, she wore her uniform not wearing the jumper as it was too hot because of humidity. She decided only to wear her dress shirt, blue and bronze tie, her skirt, tights and black flats. After that, she poured some milk for Sabrina before walking away from the dormitory.
She was too late for breakfast so she hurried down the steps of the castle towards her class. She clutched her thing tightly as she ran towards the class. Thankfully, she had arrived in time and many students were still in breakfast.
She noticed Don sitting in the middle row at one of the back seats and she moved to sit with him. "Let me guess. Overslept?"
She only narrowed her eyes at him as she placed her stuff in the table. "I slept earlier than all the girls but somehow I woke up last."
"Are you sure that you were the first one to sleep?" She nodded her head but he didn't seem to believe her. Evelyn let out a sigh as she began to play with her quilt.
"Maybe I tried to sleep but ended up getting in the suitcase and started to read a little about Transfiguration." She admitted as she noticed that Barty and Bertram entered the class room. She gave them both a smile but only Bertram returned one.
"You know that suitcase wasn't made for studying." Evelyn winced a little at Don's words making him turn to look at her with a disbelieving look. "He gave you that suitcase so he could pressure you more."
"Shhh. Keep your voice down, people are watching you." She told him as she noticed some students were looking at them.
"Eve, you are already one of the smartest students in this students in this school. You don't need to pressure yourself."
"I'm not pressuring myself. Dad just wants me to be the best of the best like he was." Evelyn noticed that all the girls had entered the classroom too. Christina sat with Carter while Diana with Gabriela.
"He is pressuring you. I don't see Rose making you play Quidditch." Evelyn let out a sigh as she didn't want to continue the conversation with Don. Thankfully for her, McGonagall entered the class and Evelyn turned to listen to her Transfiguration teacher and pushed Don's words out of her head.