Chapter 2 - The Train Ride
Gwenyvere Haberdash lept onto the train only a few seconds before the train actually pulled away from the station. She made her way through the compartments before reaching her brothers and her stuff in the last one.
A few other kids were there sitting apart from her brothers. Gwen sat down and opened one of her new school books "A History of Magic."
One of the girls sitting at the other group walked over to her.
"Hi," she said.
Gwen didn't bother glancing up. "Hi."
"I'm Hermione Granger." The girl paused, waiting for Gwen to respond.
"That's my sister Gwenyvere Haberdash," said one of the boys next to her. "I'm Alexander, and this is my brother Teddy." He pointed at the other boy.
"Are you new at Hogwarts?" Hermione asked.
"Oh no," Alexander said. "Teddy and I are second years. He's in Ravenclaw, and I'm in Hufflepuff."
"What about your sister?"
"Well Gwen's new. But she's fifteen. See - "
"It's a long story," Gwen said, finally looking up from her book. "Look, Hermione, I really need to study, okay?"
"Okay," Hermione said going back to her seat.
"So, what'd she say?" Harry asked.
"Nothing. But her brother Alexander said that her name's Gwenyvere and she's fifteen like us. Alexander is a second year Hufflepuff, and the other boy, Teddy, is a second year Ravenclaw."
"Weird," Ron commented. "What's her family name?"
"Haberdash, I think," Hermione said.
"Haberdash, hmm? Now that's really weird," Ron said.
"Why?" asked Harry.
"The Haberdash family has a long history of being in Slytherin. I think they're even related to the Malfoys."
Just then the door swung open, revealing Draco Malfoy and his pals Crabbe and Goyle.
"Speak of the devil," Hermione muttered. Ron and Harry braced themselves for a fight.
But Draco and his thugs didn't pay attention to them. Instead he marched over to Gwenyvere and her brothers.
"What are you doing here Squib?" he demanded.
Gwen looked up from her book. "Oh hi Draco."
He and his thugs moved closer to her. "I said, what are you doing here Squib?"
"She's not a Squib!" Alexander piped up.
"Yeah, so bug off Draco," Teddy added.
"I'm going to Hogwarts now," Gwen said calmly.
"Oh yeah," he challenged. "And how are you going to do that without any magic?"
"I have magic," Gwen said. "Watch." She reached into her bag and pulled out the strangest wand Harry and his friends had ever seen. The wand glinted in the train's light and appeared to be made of crystal. None of them could figure out why she would have a wand like that, but Draco seemed to recognize it immediately.
"What are you doing with that?" he snarled. "That's property of the Malfoy family."
"It's my wand now," Gwen said.
"Oh really," Draco said, and then whipped out his own wand. Almost as quickly, Gwen had hers pointed at him. The wand began to emenate an eerie silver light, and the air around it seemed to tremble with power.
They stared at each other, sizing each other up, before Draco finally backed down. His shoulders seemed to slump as he put his wand back in his robes.
"Just kidding," he muttered. To save some face, he snarled, "What'd you think you're looking at Potty and Weasles?" Then he and his goons slunk out of the compartment.
Harry, Ron and Hermione looked over at her in interest, but she'd put her wand away and continued to read for the rest of the trainride.
Gwenyvere Haberdash lept onto the train only a few seconds before the train actually pulled away from the station. She made her way through the compartments before reaching her brothers and her stuff in the last one.
A few other kids were there sitting apart from her brothers. Gwen sat down and opened one of her new school books "A History of Magic."
One of the girls sitting at the other group walked over to her.
"Hi," she said.
Gwen didn't bother glancing up. "Hi."
"I'm Hermione Granger." The girl paused, waiting for Gwen to respond.
"That's my sister Gwenyvere Haberdash," said one of the boys next to her. "I'm Alexander, and this is my brother Teddy." He pointed at the other boy.
"Are you new at Hogwarts?" Hermione asked.
"Oh no," Alexander said. "Teddy and I are second years. He's in Ravenclaw, and I'm in Hufflepuff."
"What about your sister?"
"Well Gwen's new. But she's fifteen. See - "
"It's a long story," Gwen said, finally looking up from her book. "Look, Hermione, I really need to study, okay?"
"Okay," Hermione said going back to her seat.
"So, what'd she say?" Harry asked.
"Nothing. But her brother Alexander said that her name's Gwenyvere and she's fifteen like us. Alexander is a second year Hufflepuff, and the other boy, Teddy, is a second year Ravenclaw."
"Weird," Ron commented. "What's her family name?"
"Haberdash, I think," Hermione said.
"Haberdash, hmm? Now that's really weird," Ron said.
"Why?" asked Harry.
"The Haberdash family has a long history of being in Slytherin. I think they're even related to the Malfoys."
Just then the door swung open, revealing Draco Malfoy and his pals Crabbe and Goyle.
"Speak of the devil," Hermione muttered. Ron and Harry braced themselves for a fight.
But Draco and his thugs didn't pay attention to them. Instead he marched over to Gwenyvere and her brothers.
"What are you doing here Squib?" he demanded.
Gwen looked up from her book. "Oh hi Draco."
He and his thugs moved closer to her. "I said, what are you doing here Squib?"
"She's not a Squib!" Alexander piped up.
"Yeah, so bug off Draco," Teddy added.
"I'm going to Hogwarts now," Gwen said calmly.
"Oh yeah," he challenged. "And how are you going to do that without any magic?"
"I have magic," Gwen said. "Watch." She reached into her bag and pulled out the strangest wand Harry and his friends had ever seen. The wand glinted in the train's light and appeared to be made of crystal. None of them could figure out why she would have a wand like that, but Draco seemed to recognize it immediately.
"What are you doing with that?" he snarled. "That's property of the Malfoy family."
"It's my wand now," Gwen said.
"Oh really," Draco said, and then whipped out his own wand. Almost as quickly, Gwen had hers pointed at him. The wand began to emenate an eerie silver light, and the air around it seemed to tremble with power.
They stared at each other, sizing each other up, before Draco finally backed down. His shoulders seemed to slump as he put his wand back in his robes.
"Just kidding," he muttered. To save some face, he snarled, "What'd you think you're looking at Potty and Weasles?" Then he and his goons slunk out of the compartment.
Harry, Ron and Hermione looked over at her in interest, but she'd put her wand away and continued to read for the rest of the trainride.