Here is chapter 3! I'm sorry it's a little bit late, but it's a lot longer
than the first 2! I'm sorry if I don't go into TOO much detail, its just
that I want to get the story going so it doesn't lag. I really really
really appreciate reviews! I didn't bother going into detail about the trio
because everyone knows how they are.
On with our story!
Chapter 3
"Draco!" Nicole flicked him on the forehead.
"Ow! That hurt!" Draco finally fluttered open his eyes to see Nicole standing over him in the compartment of the stopped train. He took off the headphones and she stuffed them into her bag. He knew he would be finding her once he got into Hogwarts to borrow them again.
"Draco, it was great traveling with you but I have to depart. I have to find a." she fumbled for her piece of paper with her instructions on it, "Professor McGonagall so she can sort me privately, before the first years. I really have to go!"
"Wait! Nicole!" Draco yelled as she left the compartment. He, as she turned her back to him that the ends of her hair were dyed deep purple. There was purple set throughout her hair, as even the shorter layers had about one and a half inches up from the bottom dyed purple. That was something Draco had certainly never seen. She suddenly looked back in response. "I need to tell you something and I'm sorry if it hurts your feelings" she cut him off.
"Draco, I understand that you have a reputation to uphold. And I'm sure word would spread to your family if you were with someone like me, even just as a friend, controversy would be stirred up. It's ok. I understand."
He sighed with relief yet wondered how she could read him so easily. "Thank you Nicole."
"I'll be seeing you." She winked at him and left, in almost a run, with her cat in her arms.
Draco stood there. Unable to comprehend what had happened on the train. He found Crabbe and Goyle, who had left shortly after their WirelessQuidditchPlus game, to find other Slytherins and harass some first years. He rode in complete silence, lost in thought, to the castle. 'What had just happened? I meet this wonderful girl who is a halfblood. A HALFBLOOD! I want to see her again. Everything about her. The way she looks when she's talking. The way she wasn't afraid of anyone. How she could talk so passionately about all her favorite music. Yet, she was so mellow. She doesn't care what people think of her. She is walking into Hogwarts right now. In an outfit no other person there would ever attempt wearing. She makes being radical look so easy. It's entirely normal for her to be so.so eloquent..' His thoughts continued till Goyle nudged him to get out of the horseless carriage.
He walked into the Great Hall, preparing himself to be the Malfoy they all knew, rich, cocky, arrogant, and constantly insulting other students. He, being a Slytherin prefect for a second year, sat between Crabbe and Goyle and across from Millicent Bulstrode, the female prefect of the house.
The students' attention turned to the giant doors to the Great Hall open and a herd of nervous-looking first years walk, in a pack, to the front, all curiously looking around. They began the sorting ceremony, Draco not paying attention. He was scanning the Hall for Nicole, trying to be inconspicuous and not cause the others to question his actions. She was no where in the crowd.
Once the ceremony was complete, Professor Dumbledore stood up. The students eyes were all fixed on him. "Before we begin, I have a few start-of-term announcements. First I would like to introduce a new student," Draco saw Nicole emerge from behind, wearing a Hogwarts robe. It didn't cover her calves, exposing her combat boots to the full hall.
Nicole walked to the middle, where Dumbledore was standing, her hair bouncing behind her. She pushed a lock of it behind her ear, revealing to the hall an earful of piercing. The moment she had arrived she had noticed whispers. 'Stupid ignorant British wizards. They need to get with the culture, stop being so fuckin' stuffy. They whisper like I'm some sort of mutant entering their school. Well this lil' witch is going to give them the shock of their lives!' Nicole continued walking with confidence, not paying attention to the whispers and pointing. She stood next to Dumbledore in a relaxed position, one leg out to the side and with bent knee, the other straight, her hand on waist.
"This is Nicole Joyce, she recently moved from New York City and has transferred here from the prestigious New York Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She will be entering her 6th year of training here at Hogwarts. And I would like to congratulate her on being sorted into Gryffindor house. You may take your seat at that table right there, Ms. Joyce." He said as he pointed her over to the applauding Gryffindor table. She had been told earlier that she would be sharing a room with a 5th year, Virginia Weasley. McGonagall had already assigned the rooms of the 6th year prefect, Hermione Granger. It was customary at Hogwarts for a new student to room with a prefect or a student the Head of House saw as a potential future prefect. She had been told what Ginny looked like so she could sit with her at the feast. She spotted the red hair and tapped her on the shoulder. "Are you Virginia Weasley? It looks like we will be roommates this year."
Ginny moved down to let Nicole in next to her. "Hi. You can just call me Ginny, everyone else does." She said meekly.
"Kick ass. You can just call me Nicole or Nic. Don't really care to much. So who are your buddies around here?" she asked expecting a long answer.
"Well I don't really have too many. None that I really call good friends."
"Well, Ginny, I fully plan to change that." She smiled at her. Her attention was turned to 3 6th years coming to sit with her an Ginny. There were 2 boys, one tall and dark haired, Nicole recognized him as Harry Potter. The other boy must have been related to Ginny, he had the same red hair. Then the girl was tall and fairly pretty, with long mousy brown wavy hair, but in Nicole's opinion she was boring and plain looking. Harry Potter extended his hand across the table. "Hi Nicole, I'm Harry Potter and this is Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger." He said pointing to the 2 flanking him. "We just came over to introduce ourselves, we're 6th years too. Hermione and I are prefects so if you ever want help, come ask us." He gave Nicole a winning smile. Nicole turned to Ginny and whispered in her ear "Are they always that fake sounding or is just that they want to look all cool for the new chick?" Ginny instantly giggled, having never heard anyone make fun of the legendary Hogwarts trio besides Slytherins.
"Well thanks for the offer, I'm touched, but I'll be rooming with Ginny here so I think the 2 of us will be fine. But if I'm ever in peril, I'll know to call the world-famous Harry Potter and his 2 sidekicks to save the day. Well guys, I'll let you get back to your dinner, peace out." Nicole said with a mocking tone, waiting for them to leave.
"Well then, we'll see you in the tower." Hermione replied.
"Sure thing." Nicole replied, her voice dripping with sarcasm. Her attention turning back to Ginny.
"I've never heard anyone Gryffindor talk to them like that!" Ginny exclaimed. "I've gotten sick of trying to deal with them. Too exclusive for my liking. I spent my first 3 years of school trying to get myself into their little circle of three but when I entered 4th year..I said 'fuck it' and just stopped talking to them. Ron's my brother and everything but I just kinda make idle conversation with them and when they are all over my house, I just take off."
"Gin, I can tell you're my kinda chick!" nudging her in the arm.
They continued talking as they went up to Gryffindor tower. Ginny brought her to the bedroom they would be sharing. Nicole's trunk and belongings, including Nightingale were at the end of her bed. Both girls started unpacking their clothes as Nicole took off her Hogwarts robe and hung it in the closet they were sharing. "That's quite an outfit, Nicole!" she said laughing.
"Hey, it's my style. I don't give a shit that everyone here dresses well, no offense to you, but extremely boring and I have some spunk to my wardrobe. Ya know I was checking out the rulebook and dresscode for this school and there is nothing that says I can't wear this, as long as a wear my robe on top. It's just tradition to wear the Hogwarts clothing." "You have so much stuff, Nic!" Ginny said as she looked into Nicole's huge trunk.
"Yeah, my parents have always given me gifts to make up for the fact that they're never around. My dad is a wizard and owns a Muggle corporation that makes technology. It also has a division for wizard technology and another for technology that can be used in both worlds. It's quite nice, my dad gives me prototypes to try out before putting them on the market." She took out a laptop and showed it to Ginny. "Look, this is a computer that can work even in Hogwarts. It even connects up to the Internet. Oh yeah wizards over here-"
"Wow I've always wondered if they've ever make one of these!" She said, her eyes fixed on the computer.
Nicole was so confused. Wizarding people in Europe usually didn't know too much about muggle things. In America, witches and wizards used muggle things all the time, most of which were altered slightly by magic. All in all, the culture in the states was very different. Far more modern, less traditional like in Britain. "Wait Ginny, you know about muggle things?"
"Are you kidding? They fascinate me. I've heard so much about how the USA has much more muggle/wizard combination stuff like this but I've never been there."
"Well you are entirely welcome to use any of this stuff! This wireless internet connection in the laptop will even work in here. It's a little slow because the charms on the school are powerful but it's still good." Nicole smiled as she knew Ginny was the kind of person she hadn't expected to meet at Hogwarts. 'Thank goodness she's my roommate. Being here might not be so bad..now that I've found myself a female friend..and.' her mind wandered to Draco, who she had glanced at a few times at dinner. He was picking at his food and would say a few words to Crabbe or Goyle. He kept looking over at her, his eyes glowing each time. She would wink at him and give a slight smile.
Nicole showed her all the other inventions her parents had given her. They talked all night until an owl swooped onto the ledge outside Nicole's window.
"Hey you got a letter! Are your parents writing you already?"
She took the letter and quickly read it.
Nicole -
How was you're first day here? I saw Harry Potter and his sidekicks come over to you. I was laughing so hard that someone from their own house was making fun of them to their faces. I wish you had gotten sorted into Slytherin house but I guess you're just too sweet for us over here. I didn't get to tell you how I had such a great time today on the train, I've never met anyone like you. You were right about the music. It can really effect someone. I want to talk to you. Please don't tell anyone about this but will you meet me down behind the Quidditch pitch tomorrow after our first class, both our houses have Potions right after breakfast tomorrow. And bring those CD things I was listening to. Don't write back, my annoying roommate will get suspicious.
Sincerely, Draco
p.s. - is living with a Weasley horrible?
She turned her back to Ginny as she silently gushed. Nicole didn't know what to do. 'Should I tell Ginny about Draco? No no no, it would be better to talk to him about it.'
She stuffed the note in her drawer and fell back on her bed. The image of Draco on the train petting her cat and listening to her CDs played over and over in her head. There was something so pure about him even he didn't know he had inside. She knew she had a connection with him she'd never had with another boy before. She ignored the apprehensions she had about Draco and his upbringing. She'd also have to make him understand something, that Ginny Weasley was her friend and roommate. All she wanted to care about was seeing him again, being in his presence.
"Hey Nic, who was the letter from, it's kinda late at night to be receiving mail I would think." Ginny said from the closet where she was changing into her pajamas.
Nicole hesitated "oh..umm..it was from my parents! They knew I'd be up this late, I guess. I'll write back to them in the morning."
She got up and put on her purple star pajamas and put her headphones on and drifted to sleep to the soothing music of Norah Jones, dreaming of the tall blond-haired young man she would meet the next day.
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Let's use this time of ff.net server being busy to give thanks to my supporters!
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On with our story!
Chapter 3
"Draco!" Nicole flicked him on the forehead.
"Ow! That hurt!" Draco finally fluttered open his eyes to see Nicole standing over him in the compartment of the stopped train. He took off the headphones and she stuffed them into her bag. He knew he would be finding her once he got into Hogwarts to borrow them again.
"Draco, it was great traveling with you but I have to depart. I have to find a." she fumbled for her piece of paper with her instructions on it, "Professor McGonagall so she can sort me privately, before the first years. I really have to go!"
"Wait! Nicole!" Draco yelled as she left the compartment. He, as she turned her back to him that the ends of her hair were dyed deep purple. There was purple set throughout her hair, as even the shorter layers had about one and a half inches up from the bottom dyed purple. That was something Draco had certainly never seen. She suddenly looked back in response. "I need to tell you something and I'm sorry if it hurts your feelings" she cut him off.
"Draco, I understand that you have a reputation to uphold. And I'm sure word would spread to your family if you were with someone like me, even just as a friend, controversy would be stirred up. It's ok. I understand."
He sighed with relief yet wondered how she could read him so easily. "Thank you Nicole."
"I'll be seeing you." She winked at him and left, in almost a run, with her cat in her arms.
Draco stood there. Unable to comprehend what had happened on the train. He found Crabbe and Goyle, who had left shortly after their WirelessQuidditchPlus game, to find other Slytherins and harass some first years. He rode in complete silence, lost in thought, to the castle. 'What had just happened? I meet this wonderful girl who is a halfblood. A HALFBLOOD! I want to see her again. Everything about her. The way she looks when she's talking. The way she wasn't afraid of anyone. How she could talk so passionately about all her favorite music. Yet, she was so mellow. She doesn't care what people think of her. She is walking into Hogwarts right now. In an outfit no other person there would ever attempt wearing. She makes being radical look so easy. It's entirely normal for her to be so.so eloquent..' His thoughts continued till Goyle nudged him to get out of the horseless carriage.
He walked into the Great Hall, preparing himself to be the Malfoy they all knew, rich, cocky, arrogant, and constantly insulting other students. He, being a Slytherin prefect for a second year, sat between Crabbe and Goyle and across from Millicent Bulstrode, the female prefect of the house.
The students' attention turned to the giant doors to the Great Hall open and a herd of nervous-looking first years walk, in a pack, to the front, all curiously looking around. They began the sorting ceremony, Draco not paying attention. He was scanning the Hall for Nicole, trying to be inconspicuous and not cause the others to question his actions. She was no where in the crowd.
Once the ceremony was complete, Professor Dumbledore stood up. The students eyes were all fixed on him. "Before we begin, I have a few start-of-term announcements. First I would like to introduce a new student," Draco saw Nicole emerge from behind, wearing a Hogwarts robe. It didn't cover her calves, exposing her combat boots to the full hall.
Nicole walked to the middle, where Dumbledore was standing, her hair bouncing behind her. She pushed a lock of it behind her ear, revealing to the hall an earful of piercing. The moment she had arrived she had noticed whispers. 'Stupid ignorant British wizards. They need to get with the culture, stop being so fuckin' stuffy. They whisper like I'm some sort of mutant entering their school. Well this lil' witch is going to give them the shock of their lives!' Nicole continued walking with confidence, not paying attention to the whispers and pointing. She stood next to Dumbledore in a relaxed position, one leg out to the side and with bent knee, the other straight, her hand on waist.
"This is Nicole Joyce, she recently moved from New York City and has transferred here from the prestigious New York Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She will be entering her 6th year of training here at Hogwarts. And I would like to congratulate her on being sorted into Gryffindor house. You may take your seat at that table right there, Ms. Joyce." He said as he pointed her over to the applauding Gryffindor table. She had been told earlier that she would be sharing a room with a 5th year, Virginia Weasley. McGonagall had already assigned the rooms of the 6th year prefect, Hermione Granger. It was customary at Hogwarts for a new student to room with a prefect or a student the Head of House saw as a potential future prefect. She had been told what Ginny looked like so she could sit with her at the feast. She spotted the red hair and tapped her on the shoulder. "Are you Virginia Weasley? It looks like we will be roommates this year."
Ginny moved down to let Nicole in next to her. "Hi. You can just call me Ginny, everyone else does." She said meekly.
"Kick ass. You can just call me Nicole or Nic. Don't really care to much. So who are your buddies around here?" she asked expecting a long answer.
"Well I don't really have too many. None that I really call good friends."
"Well, Ginny, I fully plan to change that." She smiled at her. Her attention was turned to 3 6th years coming to sit with her an Ginny. There were 2 boys, one tall and dark haired, Nicole recognized him as Harry Potter. The other boy must have been related to Ginny, he had the same red hair. Then the girl was tall and fairly pretty, with long mousy brown wavy hair, but in Nicole's opinion she was boring and plain looking. Harry Potter extended his hand across the table. "Hi Nicole, I'm Harry Potter and this is Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger." He said pointing to the 2 flanking him. "We just came over to introduce ourselves, we're 6th years too. Hermione and I are prefects so if you ever want help, come ask us." He gave Nicole a winning smile. Nicole turned to Ginny and whispered in her ear "Are they always that fake sounding or is just that they want to look all cool for the new chick?" Ginny instantly giggled, having never heard anyone make fun of the legendary Hogwarts trio besides Slytherins.
"Well thanks for the offer, I'm touched, but I'll be rooming with Ginny here so I think the 2 of us will be fine. But if I'm ever in peril, I'll know to call the world-famous Harry Potter and his 2 sidekicks to save the day. Well guys, I'll let you get back to your dinner, peace out." Nicole said with a mocking tone, waiting for them to leave.
"Well then, we'll see you in the tower." Hermione replied.
"Sure thing." Nicole replied, her voice dripping with sarcasm. Her attention turning back to Ginny.
"I've never heard anyone Gryffindor talk to them like that!" Ginny exclaimed. "I've gotten sick of trying to deal with them. Too exclusive for my liking. I spent my first 3 years of school trying to get myself into their little circle of three but when I entered 4th year..I said 'fuck it' and just stopped talking to them. Ron's my brother and everything but I just kinda make idle conversation with them and when they are all over my house, I just take off."
"Gin, I can tell you're my kinda chick!" nudging her in the arm.
They continued talking as they went up to Gryffindor tower. Ginny brought her to the bedroom they would be sharing. Nicole's trunk and belongings, including Nightingale were at the end of her bed. Both girls started unpacking their clothes as Nicole took off her Hogwarts robe and hung it in the closet they were sharing. "That's quite an outfit, Nicole!" she said laughing.
"Hey, it's my style. I don't give a shit that everyone here dresses well, no offense to you, but extremely boring and I have some spunk to my wardrobe. Ya know I was checking out the rulebook and dresscode for this school and there is nothing that says I can't wear this, as long as a wear my robe on top. It's just tradition to wear the Hogwarts clothing." "You have so much stuff, Nic!" Ginny said as she looked into Nicole's huge trunk.
"Yeah, my parents have always given me gifts to make up for the fact that they're never around. My dad is a wizard and owns a Muggle corporation that makes technology. It also has a division for wizard technology and another for technology that can be used in both worlds. It's quite nice, my dad gives me prototypes to try out before putting them on the market." She took out a laptop and showed it to Ginny. "Look, this is a computer that can work even in Hogwarts. It even connects up to the Internet. Oh yeah wizards over here-"
"Wow I've always wondered if they've ever make one of these!" She said, her eyes fixed on the computer.
Nicole was so confused. Wizarding people in Europe usually didn't know too much about muggle things. In America, witches and wizards used muggle things all the time, most of which were altered slightly by magic. All in all, the culture in the states was very different. Far more modern, less traditional like in Britain. "Wait Ginny, you know about muggle things?"
"Are you kidding? They fascinate me. I've heard so much about how the USA has much more muggle/wizard combination stuff like this but I've never been there."
"Well you are entirely welcome to use any of this stuff! This wireless internet connection in the laptop will even work in here. It's a little slow because the charms on the school are powerful but it's still good." Nicole smiled as she knew Ginny was the kind of person she hadn't expected to meet at Hogwarts. 'Thank goodness she's my roommate. Being here might not be so bad..now that I've found myself a female friend..and.' her mind wandered to Draco, who she had glanced at a few times at dinner. He was picking at his food and would say a few words to Crabbe or Goyle. He kept looking over at her, his eyes glowing each time. She would wink at him and give a slight smile.
Nicole showed her all the other inventions her parents had given her. They talked all night until an owl swooped onto the ledge outside Nicole's window.
"Hey you got a letter! Are your parents writing you already?"
She took the letter and quickly read it.
Nicole -
How was you're first day here? I saw Harry Potter and his sidekicks come over to you. I was laughing so hard that someone from their own house was making fun of them to their faces. I wish you had gotten sorted into Slytherin house but I guess you're just too sweet for us over here. I didn't get to tell you how I had such a great time today on the train, I've never met anyone like you. You were right about the music. It can really effect someone. I want to talk to you. Please don't tell anyone about this but will you meet me down behind the Quidditch pitch tomorrow after our first class, both our houses have Potions right after breakfast tomorrow. And bring those CD things I was listening to. Don't write back, my annoying roommate will get suspicious.
Sincerely, Draco
p.s. - is living with a Weasley horrible?
She turned her back to Ginny as she silently gushed. Nicole didn't know what to do. 'Should I tell Ginny about Draco? No no no, it would be better to talk to him about it.'
She stuffed the note in her drawer and fell back on her bed. The image of Draco on the train petting her cat and listening to her CDs played over and over in her head. There was something so pure about him even he didn't know he had inside. She knew she had a connection with him she'd never had with another boy before. She ignored the apprehensions she had about Draco and his upbringing. She'd also have to make him understand something, that Ginny Weasley was her friend and roommate. All she wanted to care about was seeing him again, being in his presence.
"Hey Nic, who was the letter from, it's kinda late at night to be receiving mail I would think." Ginny said from the closet where she was changing into her pajamas.
Nicole hesitated "oh..umm..it was from my parents! They knew I'd be up this late, I guess. I'll write back to them in the morning."
She got up and put on her purple star pajamas and put her headphones on and drifted to sleep to the soothing music of Norah Jones, dreaming of the tall blond-haired young man she would meet the next day.
Author's Notes: Stupid fanfiction.net is being a poophead and is busy. Blah!
But anyway please review!
Let's use this time of ff.net server being busy to give thanks to my supporters!
Thanks to SKY!!!!!! Much love! Talk to you on AIM.actually I'm talking to you right now! Teeheehe!
Much thanks to Jenni for pushing me to write! Go read her story RIGHT NOW! It's called Quarantine and the id # is 884215!!! Its so sweet and funny and wonderful!
Peace out! Next chapter will be up soon!