THE DECEIVING TRUTH
Chapter 2 – "The Sassy Stones and Snake…"
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'Platform 9… 10… 9… 10… Where the fuck is that stupid platform??' thought Esmeralda. She had just gotten to Kings Cross Stations and could only see platforms 9 and 10. 'Where is 9 ¾?'
CRASH!
"Oh, I'm so sorry. We weren't watching where we were going. Are you ok? Oh, Saphira, look, she has an owl with her too. This is so cool." Esmeralda looked at the girl that had just spoken. She was about 5'9", had red eyes, was slim, and straight, fiery red hair that brushed the top of her shoulders. She was wearing a red tank top with a fox on it, red jeans, and had a gold and ruby necklace. She was tanned, and had three earrings in each ear, which were ruby studs. She was wearing red blush, blood red lipstick, red mascara, and red eyeshade.
"Rubena, honey, give her a hand up. Sheesh, you are so clumsy. Sorry about that. I'm Saphira Jem Geter and this is Rubena Gem Hsitu. Who are you?" Saphira was a little shorter, standing at 5'7". She had wavy brown hair that had ocean blue highlights in it that went down to mid-back. Her eyes were also an ocean blue colour that sparkled in the light. She was fairly pale, but not white. She was fairly slim and had two sapphire studs in each ear. She was wearing the exact same thing as Rubena, except everything was blue and sapphires. The animal on her shirt was a phoenix.
Esmeralda held out her hand. "I am Esmeralda Lily d'Raven. It's a pleasure to meet you both. Are you going to Hogwarts too?"
Saphira and Rubena nodded their heads. This girl captivated them. She was around 5'10", had bright emerald eyes, and jet-black hair that was up in a high ponytail. She had one emerald stud in each ear. She looked like she was a size 2 in clothes. She was wearing designer black jeans, and a green halter-top. On the front of the shirt was an animal that kept rising and falling. Every time that the animal fell, it changed into a different animal. She had on some lip-gloss that had a gold-green tint to it. She was wearing shinny green eye shadow, gold mascara, and gold blush. Her necklace an emerald at the end of a gold chain. She had a gold watch on her left wrist that was showing the time as 10:00 am.
"Cool. Do you know how to get onto the stupid platform?" asked Esmeralda.
"Nope, we are still looking."
"Hey, Ez, you wanna hang out with us?" asked a curious Rubena.
"Sure… Rube."
"Yea… Rube," mimicked Saphira
"Shut up Saph!" exclaimed Esmeralda.
"She fits in perfectly. Guys, you wanna make a pact?"
"What is it Saph?" asked Esmeralda
"To always be friends, of course," said Saphira.
"But you just met me. How do you know that you wanna be friends with me?" asked Esmeralda
"I don't care if I just met you, I like being your friend. It would be great."
"Yea, Saph is right… for once," said Rubena.
Saphira glared angrily at Rubena. "Ez, come here for a sec?"
"Ok."
Esmeralda walked over to where Saphira had moved. It was a little away from Rubena. "I wanna cast the leg lock curse on Rube… should I?" asked Saphira.
Esmeralda grinned evilly. "Do it."
Saphira whispered the spell. "Hey, Rube, come here for a sec." said Saphira.
Rubena started to walk towards them, fell, and disappeared… sort of. Her feet were sticking out of a wall.
"We should pull her out, or undo the curse."
"Yea…" Saphira said the counter curse.
Rubena's feet disappeared, and soon she walked back through the wall to her shocked friends. "I found IT!" exclaimed Rubena.
"What did you find?"
"IT!"
"What's it?"
"The platform. You know PLATFORM 9 ¾."
"Cool. Where is it?" asked Esmeralda.
"Through the wall."
"You go first, Rube."
"Ok." Rubena walked through the wall with her cart.
"Ok, Saph, let's go together."
"Ok."
Together, the two girls walked through the wall with their carts and in front of their eyes, a platform materialized.
They had reached Platform 9 ¾.
"Ez. Saph. Over here."
They looked to their left and saw Rubena standing in the doorway to the train. They walked their carts over to her and put them on the train in the last compartment and sat down.
"Obviously, you guys haven't gone to Hogwarts before. Where did you go?" asked Esmeralda.
"Oh, we went to Salem. It's in the United States of America. After we graduate from Hogwarts, since we are going into the seventh year, we're going to a school in Canada called Secord's School of Sorcery. We get to go to three different magic schools. Where did you go?" asked Saphira.
"Really, that is so cool. You guys will be coming back with me to Secord's School of Sorcery. That is where I went. Dumbledore told me that another student was going back with me, but I think he meant more than one," said Esmeralda.
"This is great!" exclaimed Rubena.
Knock, knock.
"Anything off the trolley, dears?" asked a lady that was pushing a trolley filled with wizard sweets.
"Hmmm, Saph, Ez, do you wanna buy everything that's on the trolley? I think that we have the money," stated Rubena.
Saphira and Esmeralda both agreed and they all pooled their money together and bought everything on the trolley.
"This is so good!" said Esmeralda.
"Do you realize that if the trolley lady tells people that we have all of the food, than we will have some customers?" asked Rubena.
"So?"
Knock, knock.
"Come in."
A head with bright emerald green eyes, jet-black hair, and a lightning bolt shaped scar on the forehead.
"Harry Potter!" squealed Saphira.
"Yea…? I heard that you bought all the food from the trolley. Can I buy some from you girls?"
"How much?" asked Rubena. "You may be Harry Potter, but money is money."
"5 Galleons for 10 chocolate frogs, 4 liquorish wands, 6 boxes of beans, and 6 butterbeers."
"That's fair," said Esmeralda.
"You remind me of someone," Harry said nodding his head toward Esmeralda. "What are your names?"
"I'm Esmeralda Lily d'Raven. This is Saphira Jem Geter and this is Rubena Gem Hsitu." Esmeralda pointed to the other two girls when she said their name.
"Lily? That's not a common name… is it?" asked Harry.
"I was told that it was my…" Esmeralda started to say but was interrupted by a knock at the door. "Come in."
"Hi, I heard that you lovely ladies bought everything off of the food cart. Do you mind if I have some?" asked a boy with brown hair. "By the way, you three must be three of the four exchange students this year. I'm Terry Boot."
"Hi Terry. I'm Saphira, this is Rubena, and this is Esmeralda."
After Terry bought some things, he and Harry left.
~Draco Malfoy's Compartment~
"Urrrrg… you gits are so immature!" yelled a girl. She was a carbon copy of Draco Malfoy except she was 5'9" instead of 6'1" and had long hair that reached down to her knees. "Crabbe, you slimy git, get your disgusting hands off my leg!"
Vincent Crabbe quickly removed his hand from the girl's leg.
"CRABBE, DON'T YOU EVER THINK OF TOUCHING HER AGAIN! GOT IT?" asked a very angry Draco Malfoy.
"Sorry boss." Crabbe said a little frightened.
"Don't 'sorry boss' me. She's my sister, and she will not have any boys touch her!"
"Draco Malfoy. You are a bastard. If I want a guy to touch me than he can, but with your friend Crabbe, that is just wrong! I do not need you to watch over me like a hawk. I'm a big girl and can take care of myself. I haven't had you watching over me since we were eleven and I went to Durmstrang and you went to Hogwarts. You are not going to start now."
"Ethelinda, dearest, it's for your own good," said Draco.
"I don't give a fuck, Draco. I am seventeen, not five!" shouted Ethelinda.
Knock, knock.
"Dears, I'm sorry but some girls at the back of the train bought all of the food and if you want any, you will need to go down there,' said the trolley lady.
"I'll go down," offered Ethelinda.
"Ok."
With that, she left the compartment. "I hate Draco. He is so controlling. No wonder he is in Slytherin." She walked into the last compartment. Three girls were sitting there, pigging out on sweets. "Can I stay in here with you guys. My brother is being a jerk, and I don't know anyone. I am only here for one year. I came from Durmstrang and next year I am going to Secord's School of Sorcery. Oh, by the way, I am Ethelinda Luna Malfoy."
The three girls introduced them selves. "If you are going to hang out with us than you have to promise to be friends with us. If you do that, than you have to promise to always be friends with us. Oh, and we have to give you a nickname. I have been dubbed Saph, Esmeralda is Ez, and Rubena, a.k.a. Rube."
"Ok. I agree."
"Saph, let's call her Eth or Lin. What do you like better, Ethelinda?" asked Esmeralda.
"I like Eth."
"Hi Eth," called the other two girls.
"What house do you all wanna be in?" asked Ethelinda once they were all seated on the seats in the compartment.
"Gryffindor."
"Gryffindor."
"Gryffindor. What about you Eth?" asked Esmeralda.
"Gryffindor."
"But aren't the Malfoys supposed to be in… Slytherin?" asked Saphira
"Well, I am not a stuck up fool like the rest of my family. I mean, you just have to look at them to find out that they are mean bitches! I hate my family… except Draco. He is a doll, but annoying and sometime cruel."
"How did you get stuck with your name and what does it mean? I don't mean offence in anyway, I like it and all," asked Esmeralda.
"Well, Ethelinda, that cursed name, has been in my family for generations. I think it means noble snake, and I was named Luna because when I was born, my mother was obsessed with the moon and Luna means moon. You guys?"
Saphira and Rubena looked at each other. "I looked like a ruby when I was born because of my hair and eyes, so my parents named me Rubena which means Ruby. Saphira's and my parents are jewellers and work together. My parents decided to give me the middle name Gem. Saphira's parents loved gems and sapphires so they named their daughter after sapphires with Saphira and they decided to change the spelling of gem so that we wouldn't have the same middle name," said Rubena.
Everyone looked at Esmeralda.
"I'm not sure, but I'll guess. I think my parents named me Esmeralda, which means emerald, because of my eyes. I also think that my mother's first name was Lily. Also I'm not even sure if my last name is d'Raven anymore. My parents are dead, if you were wondering." With that, Esmeralda looked out the window. Five minutes later she was asleep.
"It's the only way. I am truly sorry, but you have to do this."
"But Albus, how do you know?" asked a male voice.
"All the Seers I know have predicted this. We will stage young Esmeralda's death, than put her in an orphanage. It has to be now," said the first voice.
"But Dumbledore, she was just born yesterday!" cried a woman.
"It is the only way. It must be done."
"No. If we have to leave, I want to spend the time with them both. I want them to grow up together!" cried the woman's voice again.
"If you do it that way, than neither will live, and it will go on. This is our only change!" the first voice said firmly.
"Albus, if it's the only way, than…"said the male voice.
"Just let me say goodbye?" asked the female voice.
"Of course. I will be back in a moment."
"Esmeralda! Come on." Some one was shaking her.
"But I want to say goodbye!"
Saphira, Rubena, and Ethelinda looked at each other worried.
"Wake her up."
All of a sudden, Esmeralda sat up, drenched in sweat.
"Honey, you ok?" asked Saphira.
"Professor Dumbledore took their baby away. I dreamt it. I think it was a memory from when I was a baby. I think they were talking about me." Esmeralda started to cry.
"It's ok hon, we're here for you," said Rubena hugging Esmeralda.
"You're right!"
Knock, knock.
"Come in."
The door opened. In the doorway stood a girl with curly brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing her Hogwarts' uniform. "Oh, sorry. You must be the new students. I'm Hermione Granger. We will be at the station in a few minutes so please pack up, clean up the compartment, and leave your stuff at in here. Professor Flitwick, the charms professor, will be meeting you at the station to take you up to the school. Make yourselves presentable and figure out how to present yourselves." Hermione than closed the door and left.
"'Figure out how to present yourselves!'" mimicked Ethelinda.
All the girls laughed. "I have an idea." They all looked at Esmeralda. "Do you all have, like, army styles clothes?" she asked.
They all nodded. Saphira than grinned evilly. "Perfect!"
"You think that I'd come up with anything else? We are, after all, the Sassy Stones and Snake… are we not?" asked Esmeralda.
All the girls grinned and laughed.
"Come on, let's change."
They all went to their trunks and changed into the perfect clothes for their plan.
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