Sorry I put down the wrong wrong. Hope you one is my longest chapter. Hope you like the back stories I gave and the two OC characters I made.
Ron's POV
The four new students came in with my twin brothers trailing behind.
Once both my brothers and Alfred sat down, I turned to face them. "Did you hear that the elves in the kitchen have a special treat for us?" I asked.
Alfred looked thoughtful for a moment before a knowing gleam light up his face. "Oh, so that's what Francis meant. Man, Mattie is going to be happy." He a big grin split his face. I looked at him weirdly along with Harry and a boy named Neville.
Fred and George noticed . "When we went to get him and his friends, Francis said he went into the kitchen and asked them to make something special for breakfast." Neville looked like he wanted to ask a question but he was too scared to ask.
"Neville do you have a question to ask Alfred?" Harry said gesturing to the blonde nation.
Neville nodded. "What are the elves making?" he asked in a timid voice.
Alfred smirked. "You will find out but I will give you a hint. My brother is Canadian." Everyone still look confused after Alfred said that. He just laughed. Harry nudge me and looked at me then at Alfred.
I knew what he was asking. "Do you mind telling us how you met Francis and Arthur?" I asked curiously. Harry decided that I would be the one to ask the questions. On the train, I told him that my family says I'm tactless. This way we can get information without being suspicious.
Alfred looked up from a knot in the wooden table. "No I don't mind. I was talking about my past, along with the others, with your brothers." He said while my brothers nod.
My other brother Percy came by at this point. "Alfred are you a pure-blood, half-blood, or a muggleborn? The 7th years asked me to get the people they have not asked yet." he said with a touch of curiosity coloring his voice.
"I'm a muggle born. I told your brothers, Fred and George, that back in the hall and to answer Ron's question," he gestured to me, "I met Artie and Francis at the orphanage." Alfred finished.
I went wide eyed. "Orphanage?" I said loudly enough that the Gryffindor table turned to listen. Lucky no other table heard me. Percy hit me on the shoulder but I could tell he wants to learn more.
Alfred continued. "Yeah, After the divorce, my parents died. My dad died in a car accident. I believe that was the first time I used magic, at least without my knowledge." Alfred looked sad. "I went to live with my mom but kept my father's last name to honor him. Things were good for awhile but then my mom got sick and she eventually died. Both me and my brother were in the hospital room when it happened." A girl a few seats down sniffled and furiously swiped her eyes.
Alfred and his brother had such a sad life. I wonder what Francis and Arthur's story is.
Alfred sighed. "My brother and I went to an orphanage in England since no orphanage had room for us and we didn't want to be separated. Once there we met Francis and Arthur. They were assigned to show us around and we became close after that. Mattie was closer to Francis and I was closer to Arthur but we became a family." Bloody hell, Alfred story's was sad at least it had a happy ending. I heard my brothers whispering to Percy. I couldn't hear it over the low roar of the other students but Harry could.
He turned to me. "They asked Percy if they could talk privately after breakfast." he whispered. I wondered why. Oh well. I noticed the Ravenclaw table looks like they are about to cry. I guess Matthew was telling them the same story.
America's POV
I wonder why the twins wanted to talk to Percy? Oh well, the story I told really moved some people to tears. The emotions I displayed while telling my anecdote were real as they were based on the truth. Mattie and I really did see our mom disappear and seeing a nation disappear is always a sad sight.
Luckily, Mother Earth uses her power so her children are still around. Mom does not visit but I heard Rome does. "So, how did you and your brother find out about magic?" Ron asked me.
Canada's POV
Man, my brother's table is about to cry. I know the people at my table are waiting. "We did not know that we had magic for awhile but we knew that strange things happened around us. It was rare for strange things to happen before our parent death but they were becoming more frequent. We were scared what would happen if Arthur and Francis found out." I paused and took a breath. I looked around the room and saw everyone was listening. "Those two are my brother and I's family. Alfred sees Arthur as an older brother and I see Francis as a father. My brother and I already saw the death of our birth family. We could not handle the lost of another. We just couldn't!"
Sarah touched my shoulder with her sister looking over. Kuma just snuggled closer to me. I took a couple of seconds to breath. "Sorry." I mumbled.
"No. It's okay. These are tough memories to deal with. You and your brother had every right to worry about the fate of your new family. No one could handle losing two families in a short period of time. Continue when you are ready." Beth said in a calming voice.
I nodded. "We were okay for awhile. They never saw anything weird. It wasn't until we went out after a really bad thunderstorm. The ground was wet but we were allowed to go outside, so went to the cliff that looked out to the ocean since the people at the orphanage said it was safe."
People nodded. "The thing was the rain made the cliff unsafe but I didn't know that. We were at the cliff when all of the suddenly collapsed. All four of us knew that we would not survive. We hung onto each other, since if this was going to be our less moment than we wanted it to be in each other's arms." I held onto Kuma tighter.
"None of us wanted to die so Arthur thinks that both my magic and my brother's teleported us on to solid ground." Everyone release their breath. "Both me and Alfred ran off- we were scared from both the near death experience and the thought of Arthur and Francis leaving us. They of course ran after us. We manage to avoid them for a couple of hours but fatigue took over." People nodded, knowing such powerful magic took a lot out of you. "They catch up to us, they must have noticed the scared look in our eyes since they took us to a tree where we sat down and they held us. They told us what we did was magic, which my brother denied. Arthur showed us a bit of magic. We were so relieved. They asked us why we ran away and after we told them they looked so serious while they said that would never happen." I finished the story.
Soon after I was done breakfast appeared. I just noticed but no adult is in the room. I did not question it all I saw it was pancakes. "THANKS FRANCIS!" I yelled in excitement. I heard my brother laugh. It looks like both my table and my brother's table needed this. They were really caught up in the story. I wonder how the others are doing?
France's POV
I was glad Mattheu liked the surprise pancakes. It also helped lighten the mood at my table. They were really heartbroken by the story of how the boys knew they had magic.
A guy named Cedric looked up. "What happened to your parents?" he asked cautiously.
"I do not mind. I never knew my father. All that I know of him is that he was a muggle. He never knew that my mom could do magic. My mom was murder." Everyone gasped after I said that.
"I remember that day. My mother took me out into a field of flowers. I ran off to make her a flower crown. She loved them so I made them at any chance I got." The girls awed and looked at me adoringly. I tried not to smirk. "I finished making the crown when I heard the sound of fighting. I ran to look for my mom. When I got in eye sight of her , I saw a man kill her. I went to an orphanage in England since that was the only one available at the time." I finished while everyone looked at me with shock.
"I can not believe that you saw your mother killed." Cedric pinched his nose. I can tell he is frustrated. I started to eat the pancakes at this point since I was hungry. Everyone else followed suit. I wonder what their reactions be if they heard the whole story. I do not want to tell them that I lived with the person who killed my mother. Rome was not bad but I can never forgave him for what he did.
England's POV
"This is really good." Draco said after eating the pancakes.
"Well it Matthew's pancake recipe." I replied.
Draco looked at me. "He came up with this recipe?"
I nodded. "Back at the orphanage, like I told you, Matthew spend a lot of time with Francis. Francis always loved cooking so he taught Matthew how to when he showed an interest." I answered.
A girl named Pansy looked at me. "How did you end up in a orphanage?" She asked with a sneer. "My parents died. I do not know how they died. I was too young to remember much of my parents so only my older brothers know what happened to them but I never asked.
Percy's POV
The doors open, revealing the staff who promptly sat down at the head table."Apologies for being late. Ah, looks like everyone ate their meals. That is good. Dismissal will be in a few minutes. Remember, the first week has the longest passing period since the first years need to learn their way around the school. I hope the other years will help you guys and girls." Headmaster Dumbledore said to everyone from his podium on stage.
I wonder why they were late. After a couple of minutes the bell rang so people went to their classes.
I went my twin brothers so they could talk to me. My youngest brother followed after us with Harry in tow. We stopped by an empty room and went in. "So what do you two want to talk about?" I asked them honestly curious. They looked at each other then nodded as if confirming something with each other. "When we were talking to the four before we came into the Main Hall we learned something disturbing." They said together.
I looked at them wondering what it had to do with me. "What?"
"This is not the disturbing part but we learned that the polar bear Matthew has talks." Didn't see that one coming.
"Apparently Matthew does not remembers Kuma's name but Kuma does. The others say it is a game. They said that they will only call each other by their names in bad situations- normally life and death." The one on the right said.
I can not believe that. "We found out about a few of these life and death situations but the way Arthur said it," The one on the left said. "It seems like that there's more. They are eleven! How many times have they faced those situations?" They said together with a look of panic. I understand why the are freaking out.
"Why did you tell me? I do not mind and I am glad you told me- this is a serious situation- but why come to me?" I asked.
They looked down. "You are the only person that we trust that will know what to do. We do not want the staff to know since this is very far-fetched. Even though, you are more likely to tell a teacher, you do want to know the full story." They said looking at me at the end. I was surprised. I never knew they trusted me so much. I had always been the outcast of the family.
The twins have always made me the main target of their pranks. "You trust me?" I asked with confusion.
The twins gazes bore into mine. "Of course. You are family. Percy, we may prank you a lot of the time but it is mostly to get you to loosen up. We don't mind that you stick to rules but you take things to an extreme. You know we care about you right?" I shook my head when they asked that.
Ron placed a hand on my shoulder. "Percy trust me when I say this. They do care about you. They tease you but I heard them telling someone to stop teasing you. You and the twins do have conflicting personalities," I nodded along with the twins. "but family is still family." Ron said determinedly. The twins nodded in agreement.
I felt joy well up inside of my chest. "I always thought you guys could care less about what happened to me." I said hesitantly. Why did I say that to them? My brothers looked shocked.
The floor was suddenly very interesting. "Percy look at us." One of the twins said in a similar manner to Mom. When I glanced away from the floor they were staring at me in earnest.
"Percy we all care about you. If anything bad happened to you, we would be devastated." One said in the most serious voice I had heard from the either of the twins.
"If you ever feel like that again talk to us. We are here for you. Talk with Harry if you do not talk with one of us. He will listen to you." Ron said pulling Harry closer. Harry looked up, glad to be included instead of standing awkwardly on the sidelines.
"Yea. Ron is my friend so I will not mind you talking to me. I won't tell them anything you tell me if you do not want to. Unless I think it is something they have to know like someone is threatening you." Harry said. I noded. I never thought I would ever tell my brothers what I felt. Even though this talk was about the four mystery students, it ended up being so much more.
Harry's POV
I am really happy. I have my first friends. The Weasley's are a really cool family. I can not belive I thought they were like Malofy. I hope one day, I can get a family like theirs.
"Listen we need to get to class soon. I befriended a girl in Ravenclaw name Penelope. I will ask her if she can tell me anything she learns about Matthew. She is a perfect like me so it would not suspicious. I am also tutoring Cedric in Astronomy so I can see if he can tell me what he learns about Francis. Alfred is easy." We all nodded at that.
"The tricky one is Arthur since he is in Slytherin and I do not know anyone in Slytherin. We and the others, if they agree, could get the info on Arthur from the other three." That sounds like a good idea. The only other way is we befriend a Slytherin but that does not seem likely. Maybe if Arthur introduces them to us but I do not see any Slytherin wanting to get all chummy." The rest of the Weasleys nodded.
"Let's head out. We do need to get to class." Everyone agreed and went their separate ways.
I was walked with Ron to our first class. "Ron you should take your own advice." He looked at me like I was crazy. "You told Percy to talk to either you or your brothers. You should tell them how you feel." Ron understand what I meant now.
"Harry it is not that easy. I know that my family cares about me. The problem is that I can do nothing that has not been done before by my brothers." He said with a completely defeated voice. I looked him dead in the eyes. "That is why you should talk you them." He still looked reluctant. "At least talk to me." He nodded and a small smile crept onto his face.
America's POV
Everyone was leaving the Main Hall but the Weasleys and Harry make it out first. Arthur came up to me. "I forgot to tell you that Malfoy says he's sorry. He has an image to uphold." he said.
"He can tell me he is sorry in person." I said crossing my arms in a huff.
Artie smirked. "I knew you would say that. I told him that as well. I was able to get a favor from him." He said with pride in his voice.
"What are you going to do?" Francis asked walking over, Matthew trailing behind him.
Arthur glanced at him. "Look around this school." he moved his hand around the room. "This school is divided. It is quite rare for friends to be in different houses. The only way is if they were friends before school or siblings out in different houses." He exclaimed anger clear in his voice. "In my house, it is next to impossible to have friends from other house. For one, they do not want to anger their parents and two, everyone assumes that all Slytherins are evil." His hands were in fists at this point.
We started walking out the Main Hall to start heading to class, even though we have no idea where they might be located.
"The Malfoy's are very important in the pure-blood circle. They could make or break you. If I get their son to agree to having the houses to be friends with each other others would soon follow." He speculated.
"That is a great idea. You have a plan already." A female voice said giggling at the end. At first, I panicked but then I recognized the voice. And if she was here then so was her boyfriend.
All four of us turned seeing two figures; one male and one female. The female was average height. She had brown hair that tumbled over her shoulders and down her back. She had dark brown eyes with ebony skin.
While the male was a head taller than the female. He had black hair and black eyes. He was also pale but with a gauntness that was absent in his companion. They both wore black robes and held scythes. The female had a big smile on her face and the male had a blank expression. They were our friends.
The female is Brooke and she is a reaper and the boy is Death himself. He is a nice guy. He doesn't show emotions a lot and save for his girlfriend and his dog, Grim, but once you know him you can see his emotions in his movements and eyes.
France's POV
It is good to see some familiar faces. "What are you two doing here?" Matthieu asked after getting over the shocked.
"I have another question, why was the list so short?" Death asked in his normal monotone voice his uses when on the job.
Brooke laughed. "I shortened it for two reasons: I was up late last night so I wanted an easy day and I was up late exploring the castle and I made the four of you these." Brooke handed out bracelets. They were a beautiful silver color that seemed to emit a bluish glow as we picked them up from her proffered hand. "These are no ordinary bracelets. They have the school layout magically programed into them. Just think of the class or place you are going to or want to go and the bracelet will give you an arrow that only the wearer will see. It will point you in the direction you need to go."
That was amazing. So I told her so which made her hop from foot to foot in excitement.
She continued, gesturing to the bracelets now encircling the our wrists. "Also in emergency situations, the bracelet will tell you the quickest way to safety."
Arthur whistled in appreciation. It was indeed powerful magic. The one that hadn't yet put his on was Alfred. Brooke hadn't not noticed yet but Death did.
"That is some great work Brooke. Now they know where they are going and they can help their friends or as Alfred would say, be the hero. You know helping people and stuff." Death commented to Brooke but his gaze was locked with Alfred's.
Death was like that. He preferred displaying an apathetic attitude but he knew he was just a big softie on the inside- Brooke told anyone who would listen. He wants his friends and his girlfriend to be happy which was the only reason Alfred apprehensively slid the bracelet on.
"I hope you guys have fun. Alfred, I am glad you are wearing the bracelet. I know you hate magic but this school should help. " Brooke said happily waving good-bye.
Death's POV
"We should get going to class,thanks for the bracelets." France said with a bow.
They waved goodbye and Brooke waved back, "Bye!" She said cutely. I once again appreciated having someone like Brooke in my life. Most people would believe that we wouldn't work; I don't blame them. She shows her emotions, and even though she is dead, full of life. I do not show emotions, and I am name. I bring nothing but misery.
"Hey, I love you. Even when I was alive, I never feared you. I know the real you." Brooke said while putting a hand on my shoulder having correctly determined my thoughts. I nodded. She always knows what I am thinking.
We started walking to the exit. "Hey with all this extra time, you can spend the rest of the day with me and Grim. Does that sound good?" I smiled. Brooke and Grim are the ones who can coax a smile from me most days. Brooke obviously decided not to comment on it for which I was grateful.
"Well that answer that question. Oh and we are coming back here."
I inclined my head slightly, acknowledging her. "Of course."
We put our hoods up. We were about to leave when Brooke collided with a tall, dark-haired man; Severus Snape, based on the name above his head. Having the ability to see people's name is great. You know exactly who you are talking too. Though it is not as important as seeing when they die. Being Death himself, I get the extra ability to see how they die. I know it can change both the time and how the person die but hey it's cool.
"Who are you two?" he demanded.
"I'm Brooke and this is by boyfriend." She said pointing first at herself then at me. "We are about to leave, so, see ya! Come along Sweetie." She walked past Snape.
"Coming dear." I jogging to catch up to her. I think Snape was too confused to do anything. We left the school and went to retrieve Grim.
i will explain Booke's and Death's past later. I will also explain why Alfred is calm around them. I will tell you this they were in a physical form so they do not look like ghosts.