A/N: Hello Everyone! I know it's been almost a month since my last update, but fear not! my beta has been ill but she pulls through like always and I'm so grateful to have her still sticking with me :) Thank you all for the reviews, I greatly appreciate them! Only one more week until Thanksgiving! Safe travels everyone! :D If you could, please leave a review and let me know what you think :)
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"So what do you think Camp is going to be like?" Dylan asked both Jenna and Lily as they finished placing their luggage above their seats.
" I hope it's a lot of fun. I am looking forward to playing Quidditch." Lily replied with excitement. Quidditch was her favorite sport to play, as it was Dylan and Jenna's. Dylan Thomas Weasley and Jenna Elise Malfoy have been her two best friends from the time each of them were born. Jenna was a month older than her cousin, Dylan but she never held it over his head. Dylan looked just like his father in every way, freckles in all the same spots, and such piercing blue eyes. The only difference between he and his father was Dylan's hair, strawberry-blonde. Dylan stood about four foot, seven inches tall, only about two inches taller than Lily and Jenna. Jenna was a mix between her father and mother. Her blonde hair fell just above her shoulders and her eyes were a light brown. Her pale skin was covered in freckles spread about her face, but less than Dylan. She and Dylan acted more like siblings rather than cousins and she dared anyone to ever pick on Dylan. She was a Malfoy after all.
" Same here." Jenna nodded in agreement.
" I hope they serve excellent food." Dylan said causing both of the girls to laugh.
" You are definitely your father's son, Dylan.", Lily told him when they stopped laughing.
"And proud of it.", Dylan said as he crossed his arms against his chest and smiled proudly.
Hailey was sitting in a compartment a few cars ahead, all by herself reading one of her books, when a young girl knocked on the compartment door. Hailey placed her book on the seat next to her as and then gestured for the girl to open the door.
"Do you mind if I sit with you?" the girl asked her.
" Not at all.", Hailey said as she closed her book and looked at the girl and stuck out her hand. "My name is Hailey Granger."
" I'm Grace Longbottom." Grace replied as she shook Hailey's hand. Grace's curly hair was dirty blonde, and fell to the middle of her back. She wore a black headband on top of her head and her eyes were a light green, while her skin was fair. Her jumper was light blue and her jeans were black with matching sneakers.
" Nice to meet you.", Hailey told her as she Grace stopped shaking hands.
"You as well." Susan replied with a bright smile. "So where are you from?"
"I'm actually from the United States, Los Angeles, California. My mom and I moved there when I was a little over one. I was quite surprised when she had gotten a letter from Hogwarts, since I had always thought I'd be attending Ilvermony when I was of age. But I'm guessing when I moved, my name never left the British registry.", Hailey explained. " Well enough about me, tell me about you."
" Well my parents are Neville and Hannah Longbottom. My dad is currently the head of Hufflepuff house, even though he was in Gryffindor when he attended Hogwarts, and he happens to be the Herbology Professor. My mum used to be the Landlady of The Leaky Cauldron, but when I reached primary school age, she began training as a Healer and has worked at St. Mungo's ever since. I have two younger brothers, Frank and Alex who are seven and nine. I love drawing, it's always been a special talent of mine, even when I take my drawings and enchant them to move!"
" That sounds amazing! It must be nice to have siblings, I'm an only child and I've never met my father, so it can get lonely at times." Hailey said wistfully.
"I'm sorry. Your mum never talks about him?"
"Not really. Anytime I go to talk to her about him, she begins to look so full of sorrow. I never really had friends growing up so it's always been the two of us."
"Well now you have a new friend." Grace told Hailey as she placed a hand atop of Hailey's, causing her to smile. For the first time in Hailey's life, she had a friend. A couple hours had passed by when the train began to slow down and come to a complete stop. Everyone aboard the train glanced out the window and took in the sights before them . From what the children could see, there were a few rows of brown, wooden cabins with numbers across the top, a huge, wide building that looked to be a cafeteria, and there was a huge field where goal posts sat along with a few stands.
" I hope you and I are in the same Cabin.", Jenna told Lily as they collected their belongings as she, Lily and Dylan collected their belongings and went to depart the train.
"Same. I would hate for us both to be in separate cabins. "Lily said, not wanting to be separated from her best friend.
" Well at least you two will have each other." Dylan said grumpily.
" Don't worry, Dyl, we will still hang out." Jenna told him as she wrapped an arm around his shoulder, hoping to cheer her cousin up.
"Good." Dylan said as they made their way to the front of the camp where an older woman in Green Robes stood. The older witch had grey hair, wore a green pointed hat and her eyes were light brown. She took out her wand, pointed it to her throat as she muttered, "Sonorous. Gather around children, gather around." The older lady called as she waved her hands toward the kids.
"Welcome to Camp Hogwarts. I am Headmistress McGonagall. Here at Camp you will make new friends, learn some spells, and of course Quidditch." She told the kids as they all began cheering. "There will be a few teachers from Hogwarts who will be accompanying me to keep an eye out on you, and you will meet them rather shortly once you've all settled into your cabins. Now when I call your name, you will be assigned to your cabin and report there after I tell you where to go.", She had instructed them.
"Lily Potter, Isla Chang, Olivia Finch-Fletchley, and Jenna Malfoy. You will be assigned to Cabin 1."
" Yes!" Jenna and Lily exclaimed as they grabbed their stuff and ran behind the other girls to get to their Cabin while McGonagall called out the names of the remaining campers.
"Hailey Granger, Grace Longbottom, Natalie Finnigan, and Melody Thomas. You will be assigned to Cabin 4."
"I am glad that we get to be in the same Cabin." Grace told Hailey as they started walking towards Cabin 4. When McGonagall finished telling everyone where their cabins were, she had made an announcement on the intercoms and told everyone that Dinner would be in 30 minutes. In Cabin 1 , Lily and Jenna had finished unpacking and they decided to go outside and wait for Dylan.
" Hey girls." Dylan greeted them as he reached their Cabin.
" Hey Dylan. Are you ready for Dinner?" Jenna asked as they began walking towards the Cafeteria.
" Do you even have to ask?"
" So far, this is turning out to be one of the best Summers of my life." Lily said as her friends nodded in agreement.
