Witches, Wizards, and Vampires! Oh my!
Disclaimer: Ok, everyone you recognize is J.K. Rowling, everything you don't is mine. MINE ALL MINE HAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Ahem. Sorry, moment of insanity. Also, because I don't speak a word of French I used "The Babel Fish Corporation" http://www.babelfish.com/Translations.shtml So if it doesn't translate to what it is suppose to, don't blame me blame them. I am just a helpless victim like yourself. And I blabbing again, I have that nasty habit, you people can not let me do it! Send me a polite message, flames, ANYTHING that you feel would get your point across. All right, right on the outset I have nothing against England! I happen to find it rather nice.
Now without further ado, on to the fic!
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It's strange the way life turns out isn't it?
In two years I would have graduated, (I'm 16) yet because of a misunderstanding at my old school. I not only did have to leave rather hastily, but also had to move to England, a pitiful excuse for a country.
"Excusez-moi Monsieur." I said stopping the guard near the platform. He stared at me, I kept forgetting I'm not in France anymore. "I mean-Excuse me sir, can you help me find my platform?"
"Sure, which platform are you looking for?"
I was so nervous I needed to check my ticket as the guard waited patiently. "Oh. Platform 9 ¾."
He stared at me like I was some troublesome teenager. "Is this some kind of joke? There is no platform 9 ¾."
Great, I ran into an ignorant muggle. Why does this always happen to me?
"Thanks for your help, I'm sure you did your best. Vous etes un porc desagerable." I said sarcastically.
"Perhaps I can help." A young male voice said behind me.
"I wish you luck." The guard muttered and walked away.
"Never try to get information from a muggle." I turned after the guard walked away and smiled at the boy. "Merci." I replied.
He looked at me strangely. "Mercy? I didn't do anything to you!" Then his face lightened up, "Ohhh, you're the transfer student from France!"
I raised an eyebrow at him in surprise. "How'd you know?" He smiled roguishly.
"News travels fast around school. And you're not even there yet!"
"Sounds like a very interesting school." I stretched out my hand. "By the way, I'm Angela La Rochelle."
"Nice to meet you, I'm Sirius Black. Hey, want to meet my friends?"
"Sure, why not?"
"We have some pretty cool enemies too!"
I looked at him like he's just sprouted horns.
"What?"
I just shook my head; the English are very strange. Speaking of, two English boys suddenly grabbed my suitcase and started to toss it to each other.
"Meet Severus and Lucius." Sirius said angrily.
"I see that they have a fascination with luggage."
"So, finally got yourself a GIRLFRIEND Black? She's a hot one." The black-harried boy said.
I turned to Sirius. "Do all ugly Englishmen act like that?"
"Hey!" The blonde boy called out.
"Those kinds do." He said out of the corner of his mouth.
"I have an idea." Severus said.
"Severus, you know your psychiatrist said to much thinking will strain your pea-sized brain." Sirius said sickening sweet voice.
Severus sneered, but his thin face turned into a smile. "Hmm, why don't we- throw this into a puddle? No- wait- the train track!"
"Sure, the thing was old anyway, plus its turning into an ugly brown." I said indifferently. "Besides," I shrug, "I wouldn't want to touch it after your slimy hands have been all over it." I said giving them my most innocent smile.
"Ohhh, forget Lily, James is gonna LOVE you." Sirius told me. I stared at him for a while then asked him, "Who's James? And Lily?"
"You'll find out."
The guy named Severus stared at me with a look of pitiful deep hurt. I tried look at him without laughing.
"What? No come back? Did I mention that the English was pitiful?" I turned to Sirius, "No offense."
"None taken."
With that the little weird-o burst in tears and ran on the scarlet train, closely followed by his blonde friend. (Whom I assume was Lucius.)
"Oh yeah. James is going to love you."
"You said that already." I said confused, still wondering who James is.
"Here, I'll help you with this." Sirius said while, picking up the bag that Severus was throwing around.
"Leave it." He looked at me strange, I just smiled and said, "It's not mine, it was his."
He stared at me opened mouthed, before he could ask I told him, "While you two were a little chat I took my bag and used a Switching Spell to switch my bag with his." My smile grew wider as he stared at me in shock.
Then he said, "You are good."
"Merci chiot."
"Did you call me a chicken?"
I giggled, "Non, I called you a puppy."
Sirius smiled importantly. "Here, let me show you my friends."
"Are they in a museum?" I gave him another innocent smile.
"I like you French people, you have wit." With that we got on the train.
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As we walked towards end of the train, I passed that pitiful boy. He seemed to be done crying and now was looking very angry and stone faced. I smiled at him sweetly as we walked by and he gave me his worst glare. I gave him a "who-me?" look in return. Then I laughed as I imagined his reaction if he knew what I was.
Sirius looked at me and asked, "What's so funny?"
"Oh nothing. Something just came to me that's all."
"Ok then, moving on." He said as he opened the back compartment and gestured me to go inside, which I did. The first thing I noticed is that there were already three other people in there, two guys and one girl.
"Hey! New girl." The dark-haired one with the glasses exclaimed. The redhead rolled her eyes and playfully hit him on the arm. While the sandy-haired one gave her a look over, seeming to size her up; then he said, "You've got cool eyes." I had to smile at that, my eyes were a dark blue on the outside rings and then turned purple as they went inward, ever since I was little people complimented me on my eyes.
Then the dark-haired boy looked up and called out, "Hey Padfoot!"
"What's up Prongs?" I jumped when I heard Sirius's voice behind me. "Sorry, did I scare you?" he said as he put a reassuring hand on my shoulder. "No, you just startled me." I replied as I turned around to face him only to see him smiling at me mockingly. In return, I narrowed my eyes in a mock glare.
"Angela, I'm proud to present," Sirius paused for effect, "James Potter of England." The dark-haired boy stood up and took a bow, "Thank-you, thank-you."
Everyone grinned and clapped at the display.
"James, met Angela La Rochelle from France."
"Ah, so now you have you a name!" James said in reply.
Ignoring that comment, Sirius moved on to the redhead, "Lily, met Angela. Angela, met Lily Waters." We nodded to each other in acknowledgment, not saying much.
(A/N: My beta reader told me that JKR said in a chat room that her name is Evans, but I had already made this and liked it to much to give-up. Don't sue! The only thing you would get is a hair tie and a piece of string.)
"And last but not least! Remus Lupin." He smiled warmly at me. Sirius took a quick look around the compartment and asked, "Where's Peter?"
The others just shrugged.
"Who's Peter?" I asked.
"The fourth one of the group." James replied. Still in the dark, I just nodded.
"You know, for a French person, your English is very good." Lily said.
Only half listening I replied, "I spent a lot of last year and the summer in America." When what I said finally registered to me, I mentally kicked myself.
"That would explain your accent." Lily said.
"Why were you in America?" The sandy haired…Remus? Was that his name? asked.
"Oh, I was an exchange student. Also I had some relatives there that wanted me to visit." I replied with maybe a little too much cheer. Why do they have to ask so many questions?! I thought.
"Cool. Where in America were you?" Sirius asked.
"California." That at least was the truth.
Right when someone was about to ask something else, a mousy looking boy walked in.
Sirius smiled then said to me, "And that's Peter. Peter, this is Angela." He just glanced at me, or at least I think that was his intention because now he was staring at me wide eyed. It didn't really bother me; I get that reaction from guys to many times too count. "H-hi." He stammered, I just smiled back at him.
There was a jerk and the train started to move.
"Oh, good. We're finally on our way." Lily said.
Remus looked up at me then told me, "You can sit down you know. We don't bite."
"What a shame." I purred as I sat down next to him. His ears turned pink and he looked away. Nice to know I still got it.
"Well some of us do when the moon-" Sirius muttered.
"OK! OK! I get the point!" Remus cried out.
"So, how long is this train ride going to take?" I asked lazily.
"Why? Can't stand us already?" Sirius teased. Embarrassed, I replied, "No, just curious."
"After sundown."
My head shot up in surprise. "Su-sun down?" I asked nervously.
"Yeah, what's the matter. Not afraid of the dark are you?" Sirius asked grinning.
I started laughing at the irony of that comment, and the others gave me strange looks. "I'm sorry. No, I am not scared of the dark. Just a little surprised that's all. My old school didn't usually take that long to get too."
They chatted for awhile and bought food from the woman with the cart. Then five minutes before sundown, I excused myself.
***
Remus mused over the new girl, Angela. She seemed nice enough, but she seems to be hiding something. He trusted Sirius's judgement. Wait a minute.
He NEVER trusted Sirius's judgement, he's not necessary a reliable source.
Curious, he got up.
"And then I said, 'Yo Jonny! Shut up for a change- Hey Moony where ya' going?" Sirius asked.
"Uhhh, Bathroom."
"Again? You just went ten minutes ago." Peter said smiling.
"Jeez! You guys are keeping time!?!? What kind of people are you? I can't even go to the bathroom without registering! Man, you people make me sick!" Remus said quickly. And before anyone could say anything he ran out.
"PMS?" Sirius said smiling.
"Maybe he needed to change into his robes." Lily suggested.
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As I walked past a Slytherin compartment I overheard that weird kid, Severus bragging to his friends.
"Then I asked her, 'Do all ugly French girls act that way?'-"
"I wouldn't know." I cut in cleanly, knowing that they were talking about me. Then I slid my side against the doorframe.
"Hey Severus is that her?" One of the boys asked, while another one dog whistled.
"I'm going to go on a whim and say that you left out at the part when you ran away crying." I said looking absentmindedly at my hands thrumming on the wood.
"You're a liar! I never cried! You're just making that part up because I dissed you good back there!"
"Whatever." I glanced outside to see the sun beginning to set. "Well boys, love to stay and chat, but I got things to do." I said, then sleeked out in a way that would make sure they were going to be staring after me.
"Ugly, huh?"
"Shut-up Lucius."
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Remus ran past a Slytherin compartment and tripped.
"Where are you going boy?"
"Umm…. I…. Ah…need to sew up a hole in my robes."
"Oh really?" Severus replied smiling wickedly.
"Uh huh. Oh my, uh, do I hear someone calling my name? Yes, I do believe someone is saying 'Remus! Remus where are you, you dear child?'."
"You're not eager to leave us are you?" Lucius said in a mocking voice.
"Truthfully? Yes." He bolted not even waiting for a reply.
As he ran around the corner he spotted Angela going around a corner.
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I knew Remus was following me. I could smell his the old spice he was wearing. I stopped, suddenly shocked when I noticed that I could smell that that far away. Which means that the change was coming soon. If he knew what was good for him he would get as far away from me as possible. Silently I slid through the open door of an empty compartment and waited for him to go past me. I had it all planed, when he walked past me I was going to knock him unconscious. Or at least that's what I planned.
The change hit like a tornado from Twister Lane.
Remus walked in right at the end of the transformation. Of course I thought of him as a food source and slammed him against the wall.
Luckily I got control before anything crucial happened. However the damage was done.
We stared at each other, both of us frozen in horror. Remus opened his mouth to scream, when I shot at him covering his mouth and slamming him into the wall (again).
"Ok, now I'll let you go if you promise not to scream. Do you promise?" I whispered to him.
Because of my hand over his mouth he wasn't able to talk, so instead he just nodded.
"Good." I uncovered his mouth and relaxed…slightly.
"Wha-what are you?" Remus stuttered terrified.
"Me? Oh I'm just your average girl."
He gave her an 'after all that crap I just saw? I don't think so' look.
"Well I used to be an average girl." I had no desire to tell him anything.
Remus caught the vibe though and spoke with no hint of panic, "I won't let you do this…well, whatever you're doing…"
"Do what? Live? Besides you're not exactly in the position to talk…werewolf." I said causally.
Remus gasped in surprise. "H-how did you know?"
"Oh please, I can smell it all over you." I replied, as he sniffed his clothes. "My sense of smell is a lot shaper than yours right now, so I wouldn't bother."
I started laughing uncontrollably.
"No need to worry Wolf-boy. I already ate."
He looked at her with a mixture of surprise and disgust. It took me awhile to catch the double meaning of my words. " OH! You thought that I ate, ate…. oh no. You misunderstand. I ate a lot of food as a human right before the sunset remember?"
He nodded; still wondering what that was about. "So you ate a lot. What does that have do with anything?"
"Well, you see I did that for a reason."
"What? What are you talking about? Does Dumbledore know about this?"
"Who's Dumbledore?"
"I'll take that as a no."
The train jerked again, and Remus checked his watch. "We're almost there." He gave me a warning look.
"What?" I asked aggravated.
"I'm going to tell the Headmaster, Professor Dumbledore about your…weirdness."
I looked at the ceiling thoughtfully, then asked, "Tell me something Remus, do you value you life?"
"Yes…" he said with uncertainty.
"Then in return of your silence, you get to live."
Remus swallowed hard and nodded his head to show he understood. I grabbed his hand and checked his watch, the lens was scratched but I managed to see the time.
"We're going to have a hard time explaining this. And to think you've been in the bathroom for twenty minutes."
Remus tried not to smile but couldn't help it.
"Now there's the Remus I like to see." I said and smiled back, "Alright. Here's the story. On the way back from the bathroom, you and I bumped into each other. That would explain any screams that they heard. Then we got locked into this compartment and lost our wands. So then it took us awhile to break out. Got it?" I asked.
"You're pretty clever for what you are." He smiled again.
"Why thank-you."
When they got to the compartment, Sirius was the only one there.
"THERE YOU GUYS ARE! James, Lily and Peter went looking for you! Where were you two?" Sirius glared at them with disapproval.
"Remus, you didn't, tell me you didn't . . ." Sirius said, trailing off.
"Did what?" asked Remus, looking bewildered.
"Remus, you old dog, you've only known the girl for what, an hour? An hour let's say, for the sake of argument . . . and you are already sneaking off together? Of all of us, I'd say that you were the least likely to do anything, excluding Peter, of course," said Sirius, a grin spreading across his face.
"You think we? Us? Just now?" Remus started, at a loss for words.
"No, no Sirius, you've got it all wrong, we didn't, not at all. I don't know where you got that idea . . ." I said, trying to stand up for myself.
"Right. Sure. What do you say happened then?" asked Sirius, in a questioning tone.
"Oh, we bumped into each other on the way back from the bathroom." Remus started.
"And we got locked in an empty compartment. We forgot to bring our wands with us so we had to break out." I finished
"Right, so the just happened to lock on it's own." Sirius said with disbelief and hint of something that sounded a lot like loathing. My eyebrows drew together in puzzlement, What's there to loathe? I wondered.
"Well it did!" Remus said not helping the matter.
"I'm your friend, Moony! If something's going on then you should tell me the truth!" Sirius said angrily.
"Jeez, you don't even believe your friends anymore!" Remus shouted back. I just watched them, amused, content to watch them fight.
"STOP ACTING LIKE SEVERUS! Always assuming I'm the one that's wrong!" Sirius screamed at Remus.
"WHO PUT A FURY CHARM ON YOU!?!?!?!?" Remus screamed back. The two were looking more deadly then I at my present condition.
"What is going on in here?" James asked, narrowing his eyebrows at his two screaming friends.
"Sirius is tired and getting a little irritated, that's all." I replied.
Lily smiled. "Sirius you found them! I knew you could do it!" she said cheerfully.
Sirius and Remus looked at me. I shrugged. Sirius puffed out his chest importantly again, and smiled, his bad mood forgotten.
"Way to go, Padfoot." James said grinning.
Sirius smile widened, "Well you know me Prongs, old buddy, always on the job."
"Right-o, old chap." James said winking to me. I looked at him in disbelief realizing that he and Lily had heard the whole thing. I couldn't believe that I didn't hear them outside the door.
Just then, the train screeched to a stop.
"Alright everyone," James said grinning, "We're hoooomme."
"Ready to get your first glimpse at Hogwarts?" Sirius asked with a comical tone.
"Always." I replied smiling.
"I'll lead." Remus said proudly.
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Remus walked, or rather marched, all the way to the boats which were waiting for us. "Your school is on those boats?" I whispered to Sirius, but the others must have heard because they were all snickering.
"No, you have to go on the boats to get to the castle; and the castle is the school and that's where we want to go." He said, as if talking to a little child, all he got for his efforts was a glare.
When we reached the boats, the adults spilt us into groups to row across. Lucky me, I got to ride with Severus and his friend Lucius. This is just not my day! I thought to myself. Severus sneered as I got in the boat.
"Great," Severus muttered, "Why don't you sit next to your boyfriend Remus? Or is it Sirius? Gryffindork scum, always cheating..." I swelled with anger, and I think my eyes glowed for a moment because he looked confused.
"Look, you don't know the first thing about me. So don't go around talking about me behind my back. With this whole, 'I am man, hear me roar' attitude. Got it?" I was shaking with anger and it took all my will power not hurt him severely. Severus sneered. "What would you know..." he muttered softly.
"Well apparently more then you do!" Oh that was too easy. I almost feel sorry for saying that. Almost. I thought.
He stared at me in shock, then his cheeks turned red with anger. "Why don't you be quiet for a change? Jeez, why did I have to be but in a boat with a loud-mouth girl?" Then he turned away from me, apparently not wanting to see my reaction. It's a good thing to because at that moment we reached the shore, lucky guy.
The fact that we reached the shore was the only thing stopping me from strangling him!
I took a few deep unneeded breaths to calm myself down.
Then, I rejoined my newfound friends as we headed towards the castle. When I saw it I shrank back intimidated, which is surprising because not that much has that effect on me.
"Cool isn't it?" James asked.
"It's-ah….big.
I saw a strict woman walk towards my group. Sirius groaned when he saw her.
"What did we do now?" James asked rhetorically. Surprisingly though, she walked up to me and asked, "Miss La Rochelle?"
"That would be me."
"Good. Follow me." With that the strict woman turned on her heel and walked away, while I followed meekly.
"My name is Professor McGonagall, head of the Gryffindor house. Now if we can get back to business, we can discuss the House you will be in:
There's no room here for anyone except in Gryffindor, so by default that's where you are going to be. Also, from your record, we believe it would be the best place for you. Do you know anyone in the Gryffindor house?" The strict woman asked me, seeming to look at me for the first time.
"Umm…I think?"
She sighed heavily. "Who might they be?"
"Ah.. Sirius Black, James Potter, Remus Lupin, Lily Waters, and Peter. No one told me what his last name was."
"Good, go to the Great Hall and find the tables where they're sitting. They'll tell you all about the school."
I nodded then stood up, right when I was about to leave. I turned and faced her again, "Um.. where is the Great Hall."
She smiled, which made her look a lot more human.
"Come on. I need to go there myself."
I followed her around a series of hallways until we came to a huge room. I stared at the whole place and glanced up to the ceiling that was enchanted to look like the sky.
Suddenly, everyone was silent. I felt all the eyes in the room on me, after awhile I started to fidget. Noticing my discomfort, Professor McGonagall said, "Alright everyone, back to the feast!"
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Well, how do you like it so far? You have to thank my beta reader Christian C, my beta reader, for that little scene with Remus, Sirius, and Angela on the train. (Hint: The part right after Remus and Angela came back from the "bathroom".)
Please Review! Or else I just might think twice about sending a Chapter 1. J
