Finally got around to typing and uploading a new chapter, on behalf of the A-Listers I apologize for our tardiness. Sadly school seems to be dominating our lives right now giving us very little time to type or write as we would like to.
The gang (finally) arrives at Hogwarts and Anala is introduced ;) Please read and review because quite honestly I prefer a nice long review in comparison to cramming for a History exam
Happy Reading!
Alana.
*DISCLAIMER*
The A-Listers do not own Harry Potter or any Franchises associated with it and will not use this story to make millions of dollars then eliminate the losers who decided to invent various subjects.
Chapter…
When they arrived at King's Cross Station, Harry looked at his ticket.
"King's Cross Station, 10:00 am"
Platform 9 3/4
"What, Platform 9 ¾? " He asked.
"Don't worry Harry," Alaine said. "You'll see."
The girls felt confused too. They looked at the platforms. There was a sign indicating platform 9 and one indicating platform 10 but nothing except a barrier in between.
Alaine turned to the children and said, "Okay kids, do you see the barrier over there?
Well to get on the platform you need to run right into it." Alyssa looked from Ari to Alaine, "Seriously? What? Do we look like Ari, prone to walking into things?"
"Hey!" Ari exclaimed.
Alaine looked impatient, "You guys we've got ten minutes more just do it!"
The four children started towards the barrier. Ari having spent most of her life with Alyssa and Alana skipped out of the way just as they made a grab to push her through first. However she didn't do quite as well the second time.
They pushed her through and suddenly she was on a different platform filled with students milling about. She spun around and heard an "ouch!"
She once again turned around to see the boy she met in Zonko's and who she now remembered she had hair slapped then also…
"Oh I'm sorry! Again…I seem to keep slapping you – Alister was it? "She took out a hair elastic and secured her black hair in a pony- tail.
"Yea I noticed your hair seems attracted to my face," Alister said.
"Hey Ari!" came a yell from within the stream. Alister glanced over Ari's shoulder, "Well I'll see you around," he said looking at her again. He began to walk away then turned back, "By the way, I like the gold."
As she watched his retreating figure she touched the golden streaks in her hair. Alana tapped her on the shoulder, "You survived!" she exclaimed.
"I don't really think so," Ari muttered.
"Huh you say something?" Alana asked.
"No, nothing," Ari replied brightly but her smile faltered slightly as she noticed Alyssa watching her carefully and she went onto blushing brightly as she watched Alyssa look towards Alister's retreating figure. Ari could practically hear the wheels in her brain working.
"Two plus two equals' fish," Aly muttered grinning slightly
"What?" Alana said, looking from a blushing Ari to a smirking Aly. "What am I missing?"
"Something, nothing, possibly everything," Alyssa responded vaguely.
"Would you mind sharing?" Alaine asked.
"Yes, I would," Alyssa replied. "So I'll leave that to Ari" and left the explanation to a stuttering Ari.
"Two plus two equals five Aly!" she yelled after her cousin. Ari turned to face the three completely kerfuffle people, "I just accidentally knocked over someone's bird cage. No biggie," she lied.
Alaine rolled her eyes "Yes, yes that's a shock. Now hurry up you four the train's already boarding!"
With Identical shrieks the children ran to the nearest door and struggled for a few minutes to get four trunks into the train.
"Get a compartment to your selves" Alaine advised.
"We will mom," Ari and Alana said, exchanging glares.
Harry and Alyssa chuckled at the sisters and began walking. They quickly found an empty compartment and stowed their trunks away just as the whistle sounded indicating that the train was about to leave. Ari and Alana rushed to the windows to wave to their mother. Alyssa was about to join them when she noticed Harry hanging back.
"Aren't you going to say goodbye to Alaine?" she asked.
"It's not my place," He replied shuffling his feet. "Ari and Lana are her daughters."
Alyssa grabbed his elbow "Come on believe me. I's your place too," And dragged him to the window to wave off at Alaine as the train pulled away.
When Alaine had faded to a mere speck in the steam and all the kid's hands were tired, Harry, Alyssa, Alana and Ari plopped down in their seats and began to chatter. The sliding compartment opened and there stood a pale boy with platinum blonde hair and (admittedly stunning) grey eyes.
Alyssa bristled slightly as gray eyes met brown.
"Rivers," the boy said curtly.
"Malfoy," She replied.
"It's nice to see who you hang out with," he said eyeing Ari's gold-streaked hair, Harry's messy shoulder length hair and Alana's queer gold flecked eyes. "It's…quaint."
"Yep and they're awesome," Alyssa replied.
Draco glanced at Harry. "So I heard Harry Potter was in here. Well Potter," Draco said taking a step towards him, "I'm Malfoy, Draco Malfoy." He extended his hand, "If you want to hang out with the right sort of people you can come with me."
Harry eyed his hand and shunned it. He looked at Draco and said coldly, "I think I can tell the wrong sort for myself, thanks."
Unperturbed he turned to Alyssa, "And you?"
"Please, the last thing I need is a spoiled brat on my case," she responded coldly.
"Shame," He muttered more to Alyssa than Harry and he turned and exited the compartment.
"That was rude," Alana said, referring to Malfoy.
"I have a sneaking suspicion that's not the last we've seen of him," Alyssa sniffed.
Ari changed her hair to a pale blonde and adopted Malfoy's haircut whilst Alana's eyes changed to grey,
"Shame," They mimicked and giggled frantically along with Harry whilst Alyssa scowled, and thus the awkwardness was dissolved.
A shadow appeared outside the compartment. Alyssa groaned, "Oh I hope it's not Malfoy again!"
At this the twins quickly reverted to their previous facial features.
Thankfully when the door slid open it was not Malfoy but a brown, bushy-haired girl who Ari recognized as the girl from the bookstore who was with Alana.
"Mione!" Alana shrieked excitedly and rushed to hug the girl.
"Hey!" The girl replied, returning the hug.
"Guys this is Hermione Granger." said Alana turning to her family members and Harry.
"Hermione this is Harry and Alyssa," pointing to each in turn,
"And that" she said glaring at a very confused Ari is my sister.
"What did I do this time?" asked the befuddled girl.
Alyssa shook her head. "And Anala's out," she muttered to Harry who sighed in disappointment.
"I've been trying to strangle Anala for years," Ari said seriously.
"You guys just can't love me can you?" asked Alana sadly, causing everyone in the room to stare at her noting that her eyes had changed from the eerie red colour to a sad depressing shade of blue.
"Dude you were just red-eyed and angry now you're bloody depressed?" exclaimed and extremely kerfuffled Aly.
"Bipolar" muttered Ari in her corner.
Ari as young as she was went gray- haired. Alyssa spotted this and chided Alana,
"You see! You're making Ari go prematurely grey!"
Hermione looked curiously from Alana to Ari, "So you two are non-identical metamorphagus twins?" she asked.
"That just about covers it," Ari said
She added " And my hair changes colour with my mood- or at least the streaks do and Ms. Bipolar over here gets regular manicures and eye colour changes." Glaring over at Alana who smiled sleepily.
"Don't be a hater sis and for the record grey eyes look a lot cooler than that grey hair you're currently rocking." She smirked
"Oh be quiet Alana!" Ari huffed.
"Are they always like this?" Hermione asked worriedly.
"Always," Harry and Aly said watching the twins argue.
Alyssa got up quickly "I'll be back," she muttered before slipping out.
"Where's she off to?" Hermione asked. Harry shrugged.
"So you're really Harry Potter?" Hermione asked.
"Yea but don't bother asking if I remember anything because I don't." He grunted.
"Sorry," Hermione apologized. "It's just that I've read so much about you."
"That's nice," Harry replied. He was getting much like Alyssa in his answers.
Hermione sighed, seeing that she wasn't getting anywhere and reverted to watching the sisters argue.
When Alyssa returned to the room, she found Hermione gone. Alana and Harry were sitting on one side chatting whilst Ari lay across the other bench on her back fiddling with her black and gold hair whilst staring vacantly into space, obviously deep in thought.
Fuming slightly, she shove Ari's feet off, sat down and ferociously bit the head off of a chocolate frog. Wincing, Ari put her feet across Alyssa's lap and broke off the chocolate frog's leg.
"What bit you?" Ari asked. Harry and Alana looked up.
Alyssa glared at her cousin "Two words," was the reply that came through gritted teeth.
"Draco Malfoy."
Alana chuckled but went silent when Aly glared at her. Harry also looked ready to laugh but Ari patted Alyssa's thigh with her foot and sighed "I know the feeling."
Aly sighed "Yea Ms. Two plus two equals fish," she said putting the last bit of the frog in her mouth. She pulled another one out and tossed it to Harry.
"Here's your first piece of magical candy."
"What is it?" he asked warily.
"A chocolate frog," she replied.
"Is it an actual frog?" he asked eyeing it suspiciously.
"No! Now just eat it," she said exasperatedly.
He carefully unwrapped the frog and exposed the brown yummy amphibian. As it tried to escape, his natural reflexes kicked in and he grabbed it just as it was halfway out the window.
Ari and Alana applauded the catch whilst Alyssa raised an eyebrow.
"Nice catch, I think you would be an excellent seeker," Alyssa said.
"What's a seeker" he asked taking a tentative bite from the frog.
"It's a position in Quidditch," Alana said,
"What's Quidditch?" he asked , mouth full of chocolate.
"Oh yea we never explained that to you," Aly said, smacking her forehead. Alana and Alyssa leant forward, ready to explain when the compartment door burst open again and Hermione dashed in.
"Guys, we're almost here so I'd suggest donning your robes." She said already robed.
They looked outside into the coming darkness and noticed in the distance the approaching lights of a town and on the horizon they saw the towering figure of the Hogwarts castle.
"Wow," Harry muttered.
He girls nodded in agreement.
"We should change," Harry said. The girls gave him a pointed look.
"What?"
"We're girls darling," Alyssa said
"So?" Harry asked.
"So you gots to go," Alana said, gesturing to the door.
"Fine," he mumbled. He grabbed his robes and walked into the corridor. He headed down the aisle to the washrooms to change.
Back in the compartment the girls were hauling on their uniforms. The crisp white shirt and well tailored grey skirt would have looked sophisticated on the girls, however with hair flying all over the place, shoes and socks half on and untied ties, they looked like they just survived a hurricane.
There was a timid knock on the door,
"Come in!" Alyssa called. Harry entered, his jet black hair sticking out in all directions. Ari closed Alana's jaw gently as Alyssa smirked in the corner.
"Well aren't we looking handsome?" Alyssa said to Harry.
He blushed. They were interrupted by a loud victory cry.
"Yes!" Ari said pumping her fist in the air.
Everyone turned to stare at her. She looked p and showed them her tie, "I finally tied it," she said grinning. She turned her attention to the mirror.
"Now," she said seriously, "What colour should my hair be? Maybe I'll leave it in mood style until I get sorted."
Alyssa and Harry rolled their eyes as they saw Alana glancing at her reflection worriedly in the mirror.
"You're both fine, now put your junk back in your trunks before the trains stop moving," Alyssa said impatiently.
"And you!" she turned to Harry. "Let me fix your hair. I'd prefer not to be swimming in a river of drool."
Harry looked confused as Alyssa pulled back his hair into a low ponytail.
"You're still too cute, "she commented while frowning, watching as Harry turned red.
Ari smirked when she saw Alana's nails go from pink to green as Alyssa brushed back some of Harry's bangs.
The train came to a gradual halt. When it stopped, Ari looked at the others and said,
"Well…here we go."
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Alyssa: It should be noted that I don't feel any of that romanticism for Harry that Alana does. I just like to baby him.