New Faces, Same Old Game
Chapter 2 - So, What Are Muggles Like?
By Lindsey Ann
Author Notes: Hi ya'll! Big shout-out to those of you who reviewed the first chapter. Its means a lot to me. Anyways HarryPotter is in no way mine, I am doing this just for pleasure okay, pleasure!
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When the September 1 had rolled around a messy-haired Athena stumbled out of room at about five A.M. "Daddy?" She asked. No answer.
Soon she felt herself being unabled to breathe. Coughing and wheezing she sat down, everything blurry. "I can't get sick, not now. Daddy might not let me go. I'll - I'll just have to hide it. I can control how I feel health-wise."
A nervous muggle boy,11 years old, and not knowing exactly what magic was, walked up and down his hallway - unable to sleep. "I have all of my stuff - but why am I nervous? I mean its obvious that this school wants me to come." Stuffing his hands in jean pockets her walked down to his younger sister's bedroom where his mom was telling Jeanne that she'd be back later that day and to, "be good to Mrs. Pederson."
His house was a long way from the train station and it would take a good, long time before he and his mother would make it to the train station. "Mom, does Jeanne even know where I'm going. "
"`Course not dear, she's only five. She thinks your just going to a school far off -which is true, but leaving out an important detail- that is, where you're going." Grabbing the car keys she commanded Matt to, "come and hurry up." He nodded as they piled into the two year old car, turned it on, and popped in Matt's favorite cd.
"Matt, maybe, you'll meet someone just like you. Maybe they're all like you. Not knowing what magic is. Who knows. Just be yourself okay?" She said as the walked into the train station after a good,long drive.
"Yeah, mom, okay. Uhm...Do you know where we go?"
Matt felt a warm body pass him as he though looking around. 9 3/4, where the heck was that? He felt another warm body, obviously female stop and press her body by him peering at his train ticket. "Wow. You have got to be going to Hogwarts, right?"
There was an awkward pause. What should Matt say? Should he say, "Yeah thats right. Hogwarts - a magic school." Or what if the girl was going to mock him cause he didn't know where to go.
"Oh great - Dad told me - Not to talk to the Muggles...I just told a muggle about Hogwarts. I'm in for it. " She said nervously as a tall figure - with wild,flaming red hair spoke for her.
"Athena, obviously he's not a muggle if he's got the bus ticket. Now say who you are."
Athena, the girl, blushed wildly. "I'm Athena Wood. I'm going to Hogwarts. And you are?"
"Matthew - but call me Matt, please - I'm going to Hogwarts too. " A look of relivement came to Athena face as she giggled softly.
"Good thing. I thought you were a muggle. Dad would have killed me if you weren't one. Mr. Weasley you can go and say goodbye to Luke, I have to wait for dad and show this kid how to get to 9 3/4." she told him, hugging the very tall, itimidating figure.
They, Matt and Athena, stood in silence waiting for Athena's dad. "Daddy!" She said as she hugged him tightly.
"Dad, this is Matt, he's muggle born and a first year, ain't that cool? I mean, I've never really met a person from a muggle family!" She sounded surprised.
But what did 'muggle' mean anyways?
"Uhm..Sorry to interrupt but what's a 'muggle'?" Matt said feeling uneasy.
It was if magical people had lingo that he'd never be able to understand.
What if he didn't have any magical power?
"Oh, sorry, Matt. Muggles are people who can't do magic. Your mum is one. At least I think...I just assumed since you were looking around confused when I first saw ya. No insult meant if your mom isn't a muggle."
His mom smirked. "Nope, not a magical person, just a muggle I guess."
"Hate to bother," Luke said grabbing Athena hand holding it softly ready to run after he finished saying what he had to say. "We gotta get on the train before all of the good seats are taken...Now C'mon."
Before Athena knew it, she was facing the Hogwarts Express.
Matt followed. "Sorry, Matt, should of told ya how - I guess my dad told you about how to?"
"Yeah. He said he allready has the luggage loaded. He's talkin' to my mum."
Boarding the train and taking seats was hard, but eventually Matt, Luke, and Athena sat in a train compartment, talking about this and that.
"So Matt what are muggles like?"
"Well uhm...Why do you want to know?"
"Matt, Athy's always had a huge obession with muggles. Her mom was one, but she never got to know her. She's always wanted to know how they act."
One time Athena had run away from home just to interact with muggles.
Darn good thing that a Hogwarts student - who had muggle parents - happened to be in the same area as Athena. That was about a couple of years ago.
Athena maybe couldn't have been alive - she had, right in front of all those muggles, pass out. James, her crush, had saved her. She was so delirious, or at least those muggles thought, because she had talked about magic and about muggles. Of course only James knew what she was talking about it and convincingly told everyone who had watched her mutter off stuff, "Went to muggle place..head hurt...." that she was his younger sister, and she was aneamic.
Athena sighed. "I wish I got to know my mom."
And a certain blonde haired, blue eyed boy came in. "Hey, Athena. You feelin okay?"
James, Athena thought to herself smiling.
But even though she liked him so much she had to lie - because she wanted to be at Hogwarts so bad - "I've never felt any better."
He ruffled her hair. "Good. Now you stay okay, alright?"
Blushing wildly she muttered, "See you later."
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Author notes: Big shout out to Itish and Roxy Angel who reviewed. Thanks. *hugs to them* And as always, reviews are always appreciated.
You can ask questions too, I'm not afraid to answer anything, so feel free to ask.
Chapter 2 - So, What Are Muggles Like?
By Lindsey Ann
Author Notes: Hi ya'll! Big shout-out to those of you who reviewed the first chapter. Its means a lot to me. Anyways HarryPotter is in no way mine, I am doing this just for pleasure okay, pleasure!
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When the September 1 had rolled around a messy-haired Athena stumbled out of room at about five A.M. "Daddy?" She asked. No answer.
Soon she felt herself being unabled to breathe. Coughing and wheezing she sat down, everything blurry. "I can't get sick, not now. Daddy might not let me go. I'll - I'll just have to hide it. I can control how I feel health-wise."
A nervous muggle boy,11 years old, and not knowing exactly what magic was, walked up and down his hallway - unable to sleep. "I have all of my stuff - but why am I nervous? I mean its obvious that this school wants me to come." Stuffing his hands in jean pockets her walked down to his younger sister's bedroom where his mom was telling Jeanne that she'd be back later that day and to, "be good to Mrs. Pederson."
His house was a long way from the train station and it would take a good, long time before he and his mother would make it to the train station. "Mom, does Jeanne even know where I'm going. "
"`Course not dear, she's only five. She thinks your just going to a school far off -which is true, but leaving out an important detail- that is, where you're going." Grabbing the car keys she commanded Matt to, "come and hurry up." He nodded as they piled into the two year old car, turned it on, and popped in Matt's favorite cd.
"Matt, maybe, you'll meet someone just like you. Maybe they're all like you. Not knowing what magic is. Who knows. Just be yourself okay?" She said as the walked into the train station after a good,long drive.
"Yeah, mom, okay. Uhm...Do you know where we go?"
Matt felt a warm body pass him as he though looking around. 9 3/4, where the heck was that? He felt another warm body, obviously female stop and press her body by him peering at his train ticket. "Wow. You have got to be going to Hogwarts, right?"
There was an awkward pause. What should Matt say? Should he say, "Yeah thats right. Hogwarts - a magic school." Or what if the girl was going to mock him cause he didn't know where to go.
"Oh great - Dad told me - Not to talk to the Muggles...I just told a muggle about Hogwarts. I'm in for it. " She said nervously as a tall figure - with wild,flaming red hair spoke for her.
"Athena, obviously he's not a muggle if he's got the bus ticket. Now say who you are."
Athena, the girl, blushed wildly. "I'm Athena Wood. I'm going to Hogwarts. And you are?"
"Matthew - but call me Matt, please - I'm going to Hogwarts too. " A look of relivement came to Athena face as she giggled softly.
"Good thing. I thought you were a muggle. Dad would have killed me if you weren't one. Mr. Weasley you can go and say goodbye to Luke, I have to wait for dad and show this kid how to get to 9 3/4." she told him, hugging the very tall, itimidating figure.
They, Matt and Athena, stood in silence waiting for Athena's dad. "Daddy!" She said as she hugged him tightly.
"Dad, this is Matt, he's muggle born and a first year, ain't that cool? I mean, I've never really met a person from a muggle family!" She sounded surprised.
But what did 'muggle' mean anyways?
"Uhm..Sorry to interrupt but what's a 'muggle'?" Matt said feeling uneasy.
It was if magical people had lingo that he'd never be able to understand.
What if he didn't have any magical power?
"Oh, sorry, Matt. Muggles are people who can't do magic. Your mum is one. At least I think...I just assumed since you were looking around confused when I first saw ya. No insult meant if your mom isn't a muggle."
His mom smirked. "Nope, not a magical person, just a muggle I guess."
"Hate to bother," Luke said grabbing Athena hand holding it softly ready to run after he finished saying what he had to say. "We gotta get on the train before all of the good seats are taken...Now C'mon."
Before Athena knew it, she was facing the Hogwarts Express.
Matt followed. "Sorry, Matt, should of told ya how - I guess my dad told you about how to?"
"Yeah. He said he allready has the luggage loaded. He's talkin' to my mum."
Boarding the train and taking seats was hard, but eventually Matt, Luke, and Athena sat in a train compartment, talking about this and that.
"So Matt what are muggles like?"
"Well uhm...Why do you want to know?"
"Matt, Athy's always had a huge obession with muggles. Her mom was one, but she never got to know her. She's always wanted to know how they act."
One time Athena had run away from home just to interact with muggles.
Darn good thing that a Hogwarts student - who had muggle parents - happened to be in the same area as Athena. That was about a couple of years ago.
Athena maybe couldn't have been alive - she had, right in front of all those muggles, pass out. James, her crush, had saved her. She was so delirious, or at least those muggles thought, because she had talked about magic and about muggles. Of course only James knew what she was talking about it and convincingly told everyone who had watched her mutter off stuff, "Went to muggle place..head hurt...." that she was his younger sister, and she was aneamic.
Athena sighed. "I wish I got to know my mom."
And a certain blonde haired, blue eyed boy came in. "Hey, Athena. You feelin okay?"
James, Athena thought to herself smiling.
But even though she liked him so much she had to lie - because she wanted to be at Hogwarts so bad - "I've never felt any better."
He ruffled her hair. "Good. Now you stay okay, alright?"
Blushing wildly she muttered, "See you later."
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Author notes: Big shout out to Itish and Roxy Angel who reviewed. Thanks. *hugs to them* And as always, reviews are always appreciated.
You can ask questions too, I'm not afraid to answer anything, so feel free to ask.