SUNSHINE IF ETERNAL; JAMES

SUNSHINE IF ETERNAL; 6; Ana

By Ginny :)

Ok, here is part 6! It's from an as- yet unknown character's POV. Anadromdea Accentios. [Anadromdea= anna- drom- deer] I know, it's a weird name, but I didn't make it up completely [much].

Neither do I know why Gem's second name changed mysteriously from Fairfax to Littleson half way through, actually, I do know why; it was because there was a character who will now not appear, whose second name was Littleson, and I had a temporary blackout. Or, you could just tell yourself, that her original name was Fairfax, but her adoptive name was Littleson. :) ... you choose... I'll call her Gmini Fairfax- Littleson, and therefore, everyone will be happy, except, maybe Gem herself. I really need to start makeing a note of character names, since this isn't the first time this has happened...

Ana is supposed to be Neville's mum... that's why she's something like him. Sice she wasn't named in the books, except as 'Frank Longbottom's wife' I've given her a name. Anadromdea seemed as good as any.

Whoever it was wo asked for a bigger font [the name escpaes me], I could write this in font 20, and it would still come up on ff.n as size 12, so there is little point, really. I'll try font 14, but no promises.

So long!!!

Ginny :)

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I got out of the train carriage, onto the damp Hogsmeade station platform. The journey was over. I'd been on the train for hours, and still hadn't made any friends. My older siblings had beetled off to enjoy their own social lives. I'd sat all on my own the whole time. Everyone had ignored me.

I'm not exactly the kind of girl that people notice. I'm small, inoffensive enough, not exactly cut out to be a great talker, and sometimes a little shy, but not conspicuously so. Also, I even look very average. Short, bobbed, brown hair, a cowslick fringe, and dark grey eyes, not to mention a round little face. [A/n; you have no idea how annoying a cowslick fringe is, unless you have one. Basically, it's where the hair in your fringe doesn't lie flat on your forehead as it should, but sticks up on one side, giving the impression that half the fringe is missing. The only cure for it is to chop it off, which looks even stranger, or grow it out. I have one, but luckily I've grown it out and I don't look quite so stupid... I hope.]

I have a big family, in which everyone seems to be cleverer then me. There's the triplets, who are in their 3rd year here now, Duffy, Natty and Izz - or, if you prefer, Dymphna, Nausicaa and Isaac- as well as my sister Aulouris, in 4th year, and then there's my brother Diermuid, whose the oldest, and in 5th year. I'm the youngest in the family, except my little brother Maximus and I hate it.

I inherited my familiar from Max. It's a very sweet little mouse called The Butcher. Max named it, not me! Basically, he didn't look after it propperly, so I got given it. I suppose it's better then nothing.

I am also the most calamity- stricken person on this earth. Nothing I do goes right... although goodness knows I don't mean it to all go so horribly wrong!

Just to prove to me that my life really wasn't going to go to plan, I slipped and fell as I left the train carriage. My luggage scattered everywhere.

The rest of the school were standing on the platform, and a group of boys near me guffawed loudly. One of them, who had the same kind of body shape as a runnerbean, and too much greasy hair for his own good, came over to me.

"You alright?" He said. I realised too late that it was in mock pity.

I nodded, and tried to pull myself to my feet, unsuccessfully "Yes thanks, but I think I've done something to my ankle."

The boys watching sniggered, and the other one said loudly "Awww, 'as da poor iccle girly hurt her ankle?" In a mocking babyish voice. The other 2 boys he was with snorted, and several other people began to look in, grinning sadistically.

"Go away!" I protested. Stupid idiots. I pulled myself to my feet, with more success this time.

"Oooh," the boy appealed to the crowd, "She's getting tough now!"

"What's your problem anyway?!" I shouted at him, feeling angry. I hadn't done anything to him. I hadn't done anything to anyone, that I knew of. Yet.

"I don't have a problem, and if you don't know yours is, that tough luck, isn't it?" he sneered.

I bit my lip. No one was sticking up for me as usual, and this freak wasn't exactly helping my social status, you could say.

"Go away!" I repeated myself lamely, "let me alone."

"'Alone' sounds about right," he gave me a snide look, "I can't see any of your friends round here..."

I began to pick up my scattered books that had fallen out my trunk, trying to ignore the trueness of what he'd just said. After all, I didn't have any friends at Hogwarts...

"We're them!" A voice spoke out of the crowd, making the boy and his cronies look round, and I looked up.

"Yeah!" agreed the first girl's friend. I had never seen either of the 2 girls in my life that I was aware of, but I decided to take a hint and help them to help myself.

"Hi," I said, with what I hoped was cheery conviction in my voice, "I wondered where you'd both got to!"

"Oh, we were just..." the red headed one looked around vaguely and then ended her sentence, "Over there... talking to, er... someone." I noticed that she had a propper Democratic accent. Very upbeat!

"Yep, in't that right?" The girl with the odd Cotswald accent grabbed a boy who was standing near them, and who showed no obvious desire to speak to her or her friend. The two girls both fixed over- cheery smiles on their faces. I tried to do the same. The greasy hared boy stared at them, and the other boy that had been grabbed so unceremoniously out of the crowd looked bemused.

"What -?" he began.

"Right OK, good. Yur can go now," she shoved him away, and looked hopefully at the original boy who had been taunting me, who looked decidedly disconcerted. Much to my amazement, he muttered something inaudible, and sauntered off.

The girls came over to me.

"Thanks," I smiled at them.

"No problemo," the girl with mousy hair shrugged my thanks off "just thought we'd better cut in there, yur know?"

"OK...."

"Anyhows," the other girl gave me a piercing green- eyed stare, "Who are you? Are you new too?"

"Yeah. I have some older brother and sisters here, but I'm new. I'm Ana. Well, Anadromdea Accentios, but believe me, calling me plain 'Ana' makes everyone's lives easier."

"Fair do's. Oi'm Banbury. Banbury Norton."

"Lily Evens."

"Hi Lily, Banbury. Do you any idea who that freak was?"

"No. Some kid with no life, presumable."

"Fine."

"Is everyone off the train?" A loud voice called over the station. I could only assume it belonged to a teacher.

"Yes," everyone chorused back.

I won't go into the particulars just now, but suffice to say that us newbies were herded into boats and sent across a lake to Hogwarts castle, while the older pupils arrived in carriages.

And then....

Howart's School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry.

It was... pretty big, to say the least. It was silhouetted against the now rapidly darkening sky, it's windows glowing yellow, and casting patches of light over the castle grounds and lake. It was beautiful, and seemed to glow in the dusk, even though the drizzle that still fell harfheartedly.

"Whoa..." I breathed.

"Imagine trying to find yur classroom in that!" pointed out Banbury.

"I would get lost all too easily!" Admitted Lily. I could see her point.

It was then that I remembered something my sister, Aulouris, had told me about. A test. Uh oh... tests are not my strong point. When I asked her what it was she just laughed. I mentioned this to Banbury and Lily, who both said that they knew about it, knew what it was, but, apparently, wanted to see me suffer. I suppose that's their idea of humour. But, as they didn't seem too worried, it couldn't be so bad... could it? I wasn't sure...

We were shepherded in a line, and filed into the Hall of Hogwarts school. The fist thing that struck me was the size of it, even inside this one room. The second thing was that it didn't seem to have a cieling. You could see right up into the night sky, which made the whole thing seem even bigger, even though, as I learnt later, it was just enchanted to look that way.

If fear was something that could be bottled and stored away, the Hall at that moment would have been the place to do it in. The very air felt tense. Most first yeras were talking in hushed and frightened voices, and some of us weren't talking at all. Lily and Banbury didn't look very worried in comparison to many new students, and some looked as though they'd rather be shot on sight, then do a test. I had to agree with them at tat moment. There could be nothing worse then making a fool of yourself in front of the whole entire school with everyone watching and all.

I realised with a jolt that I might be the first student to do the test if they were doing it in alphabetical order... oh dear... not good at all. I would just have to shut my eyes and wish; nothing else for it!

Then I noticed a beat up old hat, sitting on a stool, in the space in front of us first years. What-? But there was no time to wonder at it, as one of the teachers, presumibly the headmaster, got up to speak, and everyone fell silent.

He was an odd looking man, getting on in age, with flowing whitey-silver hair, and a sharp, bright blue stare, even more piercing then Lily's green one.

"Good evening, everyone," he began. It was odd how he didn't have to shout for attention, unlike the teachers at my old primary school, "I welcome you back to Hogwarts to start this, the new school year. I also welcome the new students, who will, I hope, be a credit to the school, and will not get into too much trouble, and although I'm sure many of you will think this is a lot to ask, I assure you, it is not.

"Anyhow," he continued, blandly, "I think we should get on with the sorting ceremony, don't you?"

There was a murmer of agreement from the students, who probably wanted their dinner.

It was then that something I had not expected happened; a mouth formed in the brim of the old hat, and I swear, as I am alive, it began to sing [A/n; I appologise in advance for this poem. Have a nice day *sings* share and enjoy... share and enjoy... :)];

These tales aren't few or far between,

Such history you've never seen!

These stories, now in old folklore

Tell the epics of the Hogwarts four--

the founders of this school.

For great Gryffindor, the brave at heart

would of his House become a part;

For Slytherin, so says the tale,

the cunning will surely never fail;

For Hufflepuff, the members of this house are true,

and prove that good folk are not few;

Finally, for Ravenclaw, the cleverest ones you ever saw,

their learning and their braininess will go down in fine folklore.

These tales are great, but very true,

Such will ever spring anew!

These myths, now in old folklore,

Tell the epics of the Hogwarts four--

the founders of this school.

[A/n; There. Don't say I didn't warn you.]

As the song ended, the Hall was filled with applause. And then I guessed;

"Will we have to try on the hat?" I wispered to Lily, who gave a nod, that signalled that I was, presumibly, right. Well, that was a relief! I could try on a hat OK; nothing could go too wrong with that! Could it? Hope not...

The another teacher stood up, holding a long roll of parchment, which, presumibly, had the names of every new student on it. I bit my lip and wished to myself that I wouldn't be first...

"Accentios, Anadromdea!"

If I had to find a word to sum up my feelings at that moment, it would be; Bugger.

I walked forewards hesitantly, aware of every eye in the place being fixed on me. If I do something wrong now, I thought, it'd be with me for the rest of my life.

I picked up the hat, and placed it on my head. It fell down, covering my eyes.

--Well, hello there It wasn't exactly a voice, more like... words arriving in my brain all by themselves

--hello

-- Hmm... first student of a new term, eh?

--Yes, my luck.

-- Never mind. Let's see now... hmmm... not Ravenclaw, I can see that... quite a lot of bravery, though... don't think Slytherin'd be quite your cup of tea, somehow... you're definitely loyal, I must say, and if it's all the same to you, I think you'd do best in....

"GRYFFINDOR!" The hat shouted.

I grinned with relief, pulled it off my head, shoved it onto the stool, and ran over to the Hufflepuff table. The hall echoed with cheers, especially from my new house.

After me it was "Addison, Gary", a Ravenclaw, and then "Aktell, Scarlettine" who became the first Slytherin. "Black, Sirius" became the next new Gryffindor. I gave him a supportive smile, and he stuck his tongue out. Charming.

Eventually, Lily's turn came round. She was also a Gryffindor.

"Hi, Ana," she smiled at me, "You alright?"

"Yes, fine, thanks."

She looked at the other new Gryffindor; the boy called Sirius Black.

"Oh," she said "It's you. Hello, Michelle. Tell Jennifer to keep away from me."

I decided not to ask. Sirius replied with a grin that suggested a wolf that had just had dinner.

"Oh, God..." Lily complained "of all the people in this House, it'd have to be you-" but she shut up at the next name that was called. I couldn't tell why. I certainly didn't know the name.

"Gemini Fairfax- Littleson!"

Lily stared at the girl who had taken her place on the stool. Nothing at all interesting or in any way odd about her, except for her skin seemed so have a few odd shiny whitish patches on it, like burn scars or something. Nothing really unusual.

"What's up?" I asked Lily.

"Did she just say 'Gemini Fairfax- Littleson?"

"I think so, yes."

"She did," comfirmed Black.

"Shut up, Michelle," I told him.

"It's just that," Lily said, frowning "I think that girl used to go to my old school. She never said she was coming here. She said she was going to City Of London girls school."

"Why? Is that bad?" I asked.

"No, she's not to bad, actually," Lily exclaimed, as Gemini was also made to join our House.

"Hi, Sirius!" She smiled at 'Michelle', and plonked herself down on a spare seat "Oh! Lily Evens! I didn't expect to see you here! How are you?" She smiled.

"I'd be a lot better if we didn't have 'Michelle' here sitting with us. But, really, I suppose it could be worse. We could have Jennifer. Do they come from this planet, because I'd swear that they don't."

"Oh, there's nothing wrong with people from other planets!" Gem giggled "You're spieceist."

Lily gave her a look that said 'really, if I was you, I'd be quiet now and save myself some pain'.

The ceremony continued. Other students joined other houses. A number of which became Gryffindors. Lily looked even more annoyed when a boy, who apparently didn't know how to speak yet, joined out table; "Lupin, Remus".

Lily looked pretty put out when Banbury Norton became a Hufflepuff.

She looked positively acid when "Potter, James" joined the Gryffindors, sitting between 'Michelle' and Lupin.

"Oh no," she groaned "What did I do to deserve this? Michelle and Jennifer, aka the Bummer Twins."

"The name is James Potter," 'Jennifer' informed her as she sat down.

"I think Jennifer suits you better," 'Michelle' told him "Besides, there's no need to be shy! I'm sure that these very nice people will all respect-"

"Oh, for Heaven's sake!" Lily interrupted "You're all driving me mad! I swear, I never knew such strange individuals as you lot!" She thumped her elbow onto the table in an attitude of annoyence, and put her chin in her hand.

"Don't be such a skick- in- the- mud," Gem smiled.

The last few students were now being sorted into their Houses.

"I just think it's odd," said Potter, "That Peter was put in Slytherin."

Lily looked as though she wshed she wasn't there "You mean to say," she said "that there's another of you lot of sadistic idoits?"

"What do you mean 'you lot of' ?" Potter asked "The only real sadistic idiot round here is Sirius." Sirius hit him.

"You mean Michelle," corrected Lily.

"Ow! Michelle, then," Potter rolled his eyes. Sirius hit him again "Look, stop it. My head hurts. Besides, the sorting's finnished. Dinner!"

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The end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

When this series is finnished, I'll write the next in my 'Lily And James' epic, [that's a diffgerent series entirely to this, for all you who don't know it. It's MWPP L/J, but it's my longest project. I've done 4 series so far. There are different original charactors in it and stuff, and even the MWPP charactors have different personalities. Oh... who cares?!] and then I'll do anoher series of this, more then likely? OK? Cool!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE R/R! Even flames! [If you want to flame me, I don't think you'd have bothered to read this far in the series though. But, flame me if you will. Whatever.]

Ginny :)