A/N: I actually started writing this fanfiction about two years ago, but with the recent release of "Aftershocks" into the wilds that is the internet, I decided I might as well let this one go too. It needs majore revisions however, so the chapter process may be slow. However I can give you neat little facts about when I was writing this! *LOL* Here's one, 85% of the characters are named after people I know. I know what your thinking "Another Mary Sue! EWW" Well, just so you know, I HATE Mary Sues... they suck.
Next, it's going to switch perspectives. Seems like that is going to be my M.O. since my other story does that too. Oh, and, the chapter are long. While my other story's chapters are about 6 pages on MS word, this one's average is about ten pages per chapter. But it was never meant to go online and it was supposed to be a fan book. If you want to read a book instead of just reading small fics, then I suggest you read this one ^_^
Disclaimer: I don't own nothing... not even my characters since a lot of them are based on real people. It's just for fun, but yall know that and I'm sure JK Rowling knows I'm not out selling this crap. *LOL* On with the show!
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Chapter One:
The Journey to Hogwarts
Rebeka watched as her sister began to fidget as they neared King's Cross. As Rebeka had done last year, Hollie and her were getting ready to go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They had already gone to Diagon Alley - A Hidden place in London to buy magical items - to get everything they needed. Hollie wanted to get everything she saw, but they had stuck to the list because of what little Wizard money they had in Gringotts - the Wizard bank. Their parents were only just getting used to the fact that there children were, not only witches, but were invited to go to a school in England. At first, they didn't seem like they were going to be able to go, but with some help from the magical community, Rebeka and their father were able to move to England right after she had gotten her letter. Hollie and their mom had stayed behind to sell the house and get everything in order. They had finally just moved to England only a few months previous, right after Rebeka's first year.
See, Rebeka and Hollies parents had only recently found out that they had magical blood in their veins. No one in the family knew it, and the magical world figured the Skyelar family of mages had died out long ago. They had figured it was because her family had moved to America 200 years ago to live life as Muggles (Non-magical folk), though she had no idea why they would do that. But because of this, Rebeka and Hollie were novices compared to some of her magical raised friends.
"What house are you in again?" Hollie looked up to Rebeka, who was gazing out the window, "HELLO?"
"Huh? Oh, Gryffindor, why?" She answered and diverted her attention to her bored looking sister. She had told Hollie a million times what her house was, but she always seemed to forget.
Holly's face contorted like she had just eaten a lemon, "Yuck," She spat, "I want to be in Ravenclaw."
Rebeka had never heard that before, "Why Ravenclaw?"
"Cuz it's a cool sounding name." Hollie answered as though annoyed, "Much better than Gryffindor, Slytherin, or HUFFLEPUFF."
"You'll get whatever the hat picks." Rebeka told her flatly, making the taxi driver glance at them.
"Better be Ravenclaw." Hollie muttered under her breath. Rebeka just rolled her eyes and glanced out the window again. She knew Hollie was nervous, and she had every right to be since going to Hogwarts was an extreme honor. It was amazing that they even found Rebeka and Hollie all the way in America.
As soon as she saw the King's Cross Station in the distance, Rebeka glanced behind her to see if they had everything. Books, cauldrons, wands and of course, money. She saw Hollie's broom stuffed in back too, Hollie had convinced Rebeka to buy her one, if Rebeka got to buy one when they got there. Hollie was hoping to try out for her houses Quidditch team, even though they usually didn't let first years play. Rebeka had watched the game last year, but didn't think she would try out, but she promised Hollie she would help her practice. Rebeka then sighed and glanced back to the front, noticing the cab driver looking at her through the mirror.
"You're Americans, eh?" He asked, "Aren't you a li'le young t' be 'opping 'round Britain by yourselves?"
"Yeah, we're Americans, and don't worry, I've done it before." Rebeka answered quickly, he leered at her. Every single person who lived in Britain thought Rebeka was a tourist, never failed.
"W'at you doin' 'ere anyway?" He said in a flat tone, not really trusting the two young kids.
"Going to School…" Rebeka looked out the window again, so the taxi driver stopped talking to her. He quickly pulled into the King's Cross Station, making Rebeka smiled widely and she turned to look at Hollie. She was looking at the train station nervously, though she was trying to hide it, "Are you ready Hollie?"
"And so officialy starts the line of new Skyelar witches, with the addition of me." Hollie smiled and grabbed her trunk, the birdcage, and broom. Rebeka paid the man; pulled out her own trunk and the two quickly made their way to find the platform.
"Got your letter?" Rebeka asked.
"Yes."
"Got your ticket?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure we got all your books before we left the hotel?"
"YES."
"Got Talon?" - Talon was Hollie's owl. He was resting peacefully in his cage with Videl - Rebeka's owl.
"No. I'm holding this cage for nothing." Hollie rolled her eyes, "Stop worrying mother. Though I wish you would take the cage, you're only holding your trunk!"
"Fine, whiny. Here, I'll take it." Rebeka grabbed the birdcage and they continued to platforms nine and ten. When they got there Hollie threw her stuff down and looked around.
"How are we supposed to go again!?" Hollie squeaked out sitting on her trunk, Rebeka laughed.
"First year, eh?" A male voice laughed behind them, Hollie jumped, "She yours?"
Rebeka turned around to see two of her good friends, Adonis (Called Chad) Halwende, and Vinesah Kinsley. Both were from Britain and didn't have to travel too far to get to King's Cross. Hollie stared at Chad, he was extremely handsome.
"This is my sister Hollie, Hollie this is Adonis Halwende." Rebeka introduced.
"Call me Chad, I hate Adonis."
"Yeah, makes him sound like a Slytherin…" Vinesah joked and began to laugh.
"Why do I call you Chad?" Hollie asked him, entranced by Chad's handsome face.
"It's my middle name, I like it better." He gave her sister a bright smile; Vinesah rolled her eyes, then smiled.
"My names Vinesah Kinsley," Vinesah broke in, "Vinesah Hermione Kinsley."
"Is that middle name going to impress me?" Hollie snapped at her, Vinesah blinked.
"You don't know who Hermione Granger is?" Vinesah seemed insulted, "She is the greatest Muggle born witch in the world!"
"Oh, impressive…" Hollie said like she was bored.
"Are we ready?" Rebeka said quickly before a fight could break out. All of them looked at the barrier, and Holly looked at them confused.
"Again how?" She asked snidely, "I don't see the platform of nine and three-quarters."
"Well, duh, your not supposed to see it." Vinesah laughed and shook her head, "First Years, I swear."
"Oh, come off it, you were a first year last year Vinesah." Chad defended and Vinesah shot him a look with her cold green eyes.
"You go like this…" She grabbed her trunk in a huff and walked fast, straight toward the barrier.
"What!? Are you insane!? You're gonna -" Before Hollie could finish, Vinesah had disappeared from sight. Hollie looked astonished, "Oh."
"You didn't tell her about this?" Chad leaned over to Rebeka as Hollie walked away from earshot.
"I tried, but we talked rarely on the phone when she was in America and she never wanted to hear about my great exploits in England." She answered in a harsh whisper, "She has a younger sister complex, she barely knows about the Sorting Hat."
"Oh, well, I'll help her out." Chad winked at Rebeka then walked up to Hollie, "Hollie, are you ready to go?"
"Huh?" Holly looked toward the barrier again, her face turned white, "Okay, but if this doesn't work, I'll kill you both."
Everyone gathered their things and walked up to the barrier. Hollie waited for something to happen, but nothing did. Chad and Rebeka looked around to see if there were any Muggles around, when the coast was clear they gave Hollie a hard shove into the barrier. She screamed then disappeared from sight, both of them began to laugh.
"I hope she gets into the same house as me." Rebeka told Chad when she was gone, "Then I can help her out more."
"Doesn't seem like she wants your help, she seems stubborn." Chad said and walked back a little bit to walk into the barrier.
"She puts on a brave front." Rebeka smiled and looked down at her and Hollie's owls. Chad just shook his head as they both ran into the barrier together.
The Scarlet train came into view with Hogwarts Express eleven o' clock on the overhead sign. Rebeka smiled, she was so excited to be going back. Then, a hand came up and smacked her in the head.
"Ow." Rebeka groaned and looked down, there was Hollie, looking pretty angry.
"Don't ever do that again! You scared me half to death!" She yelled, then her face softened as she began to get more excited, "Can we get on the train yet?"
"You go right ahead." Rebeka told her, Hollie took off with a grin.
"I'm gonna meet some of the other first years!" She yelled behind her and disappeared on to the scarlet train.
"It's about time you two made it," Vinesah came into view with a smile, "Are you ready to get on board?"
"Sure," Rebeka sighed and began lugging all her stuff again, "You know, I keep having flashbacks of last year…When we were first years."
"Yeah what a time that was!" Vinesah exclaimed as they boarded the train.
"At least you knew what you were doing Chad, me and Vinesah had no idea." Rebeka told him, he smiled. Chad had a long line of magical blood in him, and he knew it, unlike Rebeka. Vinesah was Muggle-born, just like Hermione Granger - her idol. Her parents ironically named her Vinesah Hermione; Vinesah took it as an omen of greatness.
"I knew more than you did!" Vinesah argued, "I read a lot more than you."
"Yeah…" Rebeka mumbled as they took their seats. She began to think back when she was on the train, right before they pulled into Hogwarts last year…
"Anyone sitting here?" A young red headed girl asked Rebeka as she sat alone on the train.
"No, go on ahead." Rebeka moved Videl out of the way so the girl could sit down.
"I like your owl, what's its name?" She asked, peering at the reddish owl with the sharp blue eyes.
"Videl." Rebeka answer shortly, a little nervous about the girl just sitting down next to her.
"I have a cat named Duo, he's around here somewhere." The girl looked around then sighed, "Oh, whatever. Anyway, I'm Vinesah, Vinesah Hermione Kinsley, V-I-N-E-S-A-H."
"I'm Rebeka, Rebeka Skyelar." She introduced herself, "Nice to meet you."
"Oh, me too. I'm meeting lots of people so I'll know someone when I'm picked for my house," Vinesah smiled and pulled out something labeled 'chocolate frog', "I want to be in Gryffindor, like the famous Hermione Granger was when she was in school."
"Oh, I don't really have a preference." Rebeka shrugged, "They're all fine to me."
"Don't say that! You may get stuck in Slytherin." Vinesah shuddered as though it had just gotten amazingly cold, "Those dang serpents."
"You're a little biased aren't you?" Rebeka smiled at her, Vinesah shot her a big toothy grin.
"Chocolate Frog?" She asked, and shoved one into Rebeka's hand.
"I like these, I had some when I went to Diagon Alley." She said as she unwrapped the package. She opened up the chocolate to reveal a trading card. Staring at her, smiling and waving uncomfortably, was Harry Potter. She turned the card over, it read:
HARRY POTTER
Probably one of the greatest wizards of our time.
"Isn't he just the cutest?" Vinesah blushed as she looked at the Harry card, "I have like 20 of them. He's so cool. I haven't found a Hermione yet, I've heard they make them, so I keep on buying the blasted things. You American?"
"Huh?" The question threw off Rebeka for a minute, "Um.. yes.."
"Oh, they don't usually let Americans come to Hogwarts, you got plenty of school over there." Vinesah told her with some smugness.
"Well, the letter I got was from here... they said that this was where I...I was supposed to go.."
Vinesah smiled at her, "Oh, right then. Well if Hogwart's beleives you're supposed to be here, then you are." She got much nicer after that.
Rebeka and Vinesah continued to talk until the train pulled into Hogwarts as a voice filled the train, "Welcome to Hogwarts. Please leave your luggage on the train, it will be taken to the school separately."
"We're here!" Vinesah screamed excitedly and grabbed Rebeka's hand, "Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!"
Before Rebeka even had the chance to speak up, Vinesah was trying to drag her off of the train. She was walking too fast she ran straight into the guy in front of her. He turned around and looked at her with dark brown eyes, he then flashed her a big smile, showing off his brilliant white teeth. Rebeka almost choked, he was extremely good looking.
"Hey a little overly excited aren't we?" He asked Vinesah, she smiled.
"Of course! It's Hogwarts!" She exclaimed, the guy smiled and moved out of the way.
"Then, go ahead of me, by all means," He bowed a little, "Since you're more excited than I am."
"Thanks!" Vinesah grabbed Rebeka again and took off past the cute boy; Rebeka couldn't help but take one more look at him as they got off the train. He noticed and smiled at her, she blushed furiously and looked away, "HE was absolutely adorable don't you think?"
"Um…yeah." Rebeka looked around at the dark platform, but she quickly forgot about the cute boy on the train. Now she was only thinking about her nerves as they stood on the platform, waiting for what would happen next.
"Fir' Years! Fir' Years over here!" A big bellowy voice came seemingly from out of no where. Out of the blue came a giant man, with an even bigger beard, looking at all of the students with leering eyes.
"That's Jingry, the new gameskeeper. He was just appointed this year." Vinesah whispered to Rebeka, "He looks just like Hagrid, one of the older gamekeepers don't you think?"
"I don't know what Hagrid looked like." Rebeka told her, Vinesah laughed.
"Oh, then he looked just like Jingry."
The two followed the other students toward Jingry, who looked them all over again.
"Anymore of ya? Hurry up then, Follow me." Jingry began to walk down a narrow path, pulling all the first years away from the other students. As they all continued to walk, rather silently, they noticed a castle coming up from around the corner. It was extraordinary. Rebeka even heard Vinesah "wow" as they came across a shoreline with many boats.
"Okay, on the boat, No more'n four to a boat!" Jingry yelled and everyone began to file into a boat. A nervous looking girl and a tough looking boy followed them on to theirs and they descended to the castle.
"I hope this isn't spooky." The girl murmured to them all.
"Oh don't worry," Vinesah told her, "Hogwarts only has a few ghosts and you rarely see them anyway."
"G-ghosts?" the girl stammered and began to bite her nails; Vinesah leaned over to Rebeka.
"Oops. I guess I shouldn't have said anything." She whispered, Rebeka rolled her eyes.
"I ain't afraid of any Ghost." The Boy said, "I'll hurt 'em good."
"You can't hurt something that's DEAD." The girl told him, he just shrugged and crossed his arms.
"Watch yer heads!" Jingry called from the front boat. Everyone ducked, as they went into a tunnel in the cliff side that was covered in vines. They went through a dark tunnel until they all reached a harbor, "'kay! Ever'one out now!"
"Let's go!" Vinesah whispered loudly.
"Hey, how come you know so much about Hogwarts?" Rebeka asked her as they got off the boat, "Are you a magic blood?"
"No, I just got a book from Diagon Alley," Vinesah smiled, "I'm Muggle born, just like Hermione! What about you, if you don't mind me asking?"
"I just found out I was of Wizard Blood this summer. None of my family knew." Rebeka answered and Vinesah blinked at her.
"Strange…"
"Yeah."
"Your family was just probably to far away to keep up with the others and somehow forgot what they were." Vinesah theorized, she was partially right, but Rebeka didn't want to tell her that her family didn't want to be wizards anymore…not until now anyway.
"Yeah, probably." Rebeka shrugged it off.
"Up the stairs everyone!" Jingry ordered than pounded on a big wooden door, "Let us in! Firs' years right 'ere!
The door opened to see a woman who looked rather old, in a green robe, "Calm down Jingry I know you're there."
"Jus' making sure McGonagall." Jingry snapped at her, it was clear the two didn't like each other. Vinesah gasped.
" Professor McGonagall is still here! BRILLIANT!" She exclaimed, Rebeka just looked at her, "I didn't know that."
"That's shocking." Rebeka smiled.
"I don't keep up with the faculty unfortunately. I only know that Jingry the new games keeper and Snape is still here." She answered, but before Rebeka could ask who Snape was, McGonagall raised her hand.
"Let us go." She ordered and had the students follow her up a grand marble staircase. All followed her cautiously and they began to hear the voices of many students coming from some room. At first they all thought they would go into the room, but instead they went just down the hall into a smaller chamber. Professor McGonagall let them talk out their anxieties for a minute then held up her hand again.
"Form a line everyone! The Sorting Ceremony is about to start…" She told them all, everyone buzzed with excitement and began forming the line. Vinesah, who was in front of her, turned to Rebeka nervously.
"I hope we get the same house." She whispered, "If not, then we have to stay friends okay?"
"Sure, but I don't see why we wouldn't be in the same house." Rebeka whispered back and noticed McGonagall leering at them.
"Okay, Follow me." She told the first years and they began walking yet again into the double door of the great hall. As soon as she entered, Rebeka was in shock. Thousands of candles were suspended in mid air, lighting up the room around them. There were dozens of table lined up in four neat rows, all which held many students and gold cups and plates. Near the front of the hall was the long table where all of the teachers were sitting, that's where McGonagall led them all too. Then Rebeka looked up at the ceiling, since she had seen pictures of it in books; it was just as enchanting as she thought. It was riddled with thousands of glittering stars, like they were really outside. Vinesah gave Rebeka a smile and quickly looked ahead of her. It was clear after all the reading she had done, Vinesah was still very impressed. Then, silently Professor McGonagall placed a stool in the middle, and then an old wizards hat on hop of that. It must have been the Sorting Hat she had heard about, though it looked pretty dusty and old. She wondered how it worked, and then it began to speak:
Oh, you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me
There's nothing in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see
So try me one and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
Rebeka was so entranced by the hat she hardly heard what it was saying, and then it began saying the houses:
You might be a Gryffindor
Where dwell the brave at heart
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff
Where they are just and loyal
Those patient Hufflepuff are true
And unafraid of toil.
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw
If you're ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning
Will always find their kind
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make your real friends
Those cunning folk use any means
To achieve their ends.
After that Rebeka zoned out a little bit and began to think of what house she would like to be in. From the sound of it, she wouldn't want to be in Slytherin, they sounded too ruthless for her taste. After the poem was done and said, she had decided she would like to be in Ravenclaw, though she would like Gryffindor if Vinesah were in it. Everyone began whooping and clapping loudly as Professor McGonagall brought out a list to read from.
"Well, here it goes!" Vinesah yelled loudly, "Gryffindor here I come!"
"Aaon, Alexander!" She called and a boy with a round face and blonde hair stepped up and put on the very big hat. There was a slight pause.
"RAVENCLAW!" The hat shouted out.
The Ravenclaw table began whooping very loudly as he went to go sit with them. Rebeka noticed them patting him and welcoming him to the house. Rebeka waited as the kids began filing toward the hat; she was also looking for someone she knew.
"Bellowood, Kristina!" Professor McGonagall called, and the nervous looking girl from the boat went to put on the hat, looking even more nervous. Rebeka took note of her name. When the hat was on, it seemed to be taking awhile, like it was having trouble deciding.
"HUFFLEPUFF!" It then screamed. She smiled and happily went to the cheering Hufflepuff table. Again there was no one she recognized as they began to go to their tables.
"Craft, William!"
The tough looking boy stepped up and put on the hat. Rebeka was almost sure he would get Slytherin, but sure enough -
"RAVENCLAW!!" The hat screeched. William threw his hands up triumphantly, like that was the house he had picked. Rebeka looked over to one of the tables; they seemed to be getting a little angry.
"GIVE US SOME MORE GRYFFINDOR, HAT!" A girl yelled. Rebeka counted back in her head and realized there had only been two Gryffindor picked.
"Beth! Do calm down!" Professor McGonagall chastised the girl, who just laughed.
"GRYFFINDOR YA OLD HAT!" Beth screamed again, the Gryffindor table began to cheer. Unfortunately for her though, the next few went to Slytherin and Hufflepuff.
"Halwende, Adonis."
The cute boy from before stepped up and put on the hat, Vinesah gasped.
"That's Adonis Halwende?" She said, her voice squeaking.
"Yeah, so?" Rebeka asked, watching him put on the hat.
"His family are some of the most famous magic users in the world!" Vinesah began to get excited again, "And we ran into him!"
Rebeka didn't say anything as she watched the hat decide what house he was going into. Maybe he would get Ravenclaw so they could both be in it together, which would be cool.
"GRYFFINDOR!" The hat screamed and the Gryffindor table cheered louder than any other table before.
"THAT'S THE STUFF!" Beth screamed happily, then looked to the Slytherin, "WE GOT A HALWENDE YA BUGGERS!"
The Slytherin table obviously looked disappointed and scowled at her.
"He's in Gryffindor!" Vinesah sighed, "I have to get in Gryffindor now!"
Rebeka smiled and began to get anxious, when was her turn! She didn't know if she could stand it!
"Kinsley, Vinesah!"
Vinesah looked at Rebeka nervously then walked over to try on the hat. Rebeka prayed that whatever house Vinesah got, she be in the same one…
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
"What!?" Vinesah exclaimed, people who heard it began to laugh. The Hufflepuff table cheered loudly and Vinesah looked disappointed. When she sat at the table she crossed her arms as everyone began congratulating her. Rebeka couldn't help but smile, but from then on she hoped she was in Hufflepuff. She watched as the line dwindled down and still her name hadn't been called. She began to get that antsy feeling again, until finally…
"Skyelar, Rebeka!"
It was her name! It was time for her to put on the old hat! Rebeka practically ran toward it and put in on quickly, the hat covering her eyes. Nothing happened and she sighed.
"I'm not an old hat! I'm weathered." A voice said in her ear, making her jump, "Hmmm… you have a lot of potential that you have never used…I can see you are very brave and extroverted…You want to be Hufflepuff because of your friend? Oh dear, I know of a much better place to put you…I can see before you didn't have a preference, don't worry you'll see your friend anyway….So better be GRYFFINDOR!!!"
The Gryffindor table began to cheer wildly, which told her that last bit was said out loud. She took off the hat and glanced at Vinesah, who gave her thumbs up. Whew, she was glad Vinesah wasn't mad at her. She walked down and everyone began congratulating her.
"That's good!" Beth walked over to her, "You'll do good in Gryffindor Rebeka! I'm Beth, the Seeker for the Gryffindor Quidditch team!"
"Hi, what year are you?" Rebeka asked shyly.
"2nd, of course!" Beth looked over to the hat, "I just wish the hat would give us MORE BLOODY GRYFFINDOR! Gryffindor's numbers are much less than Slytherin."
"Oh, well, lucky me." Rebeka shrugged and Beth laughed, then continued to taunt the hat.
"Hey, I know you, your friend ran into me." Adonis was sitting next to her, she barely noticed.
"Yeah…I guess we're in the same house." Rebeka replied and blushed slightly, "I'm Rebeka Skyelar."
"Adonis Halwende…but please call me Chad. It's my middle name. I like it better." Adonis…er…Chad gave her a big smile, she nodded. Maybe being in Gryffindor wouldn't be so bad….
"Are you excited about seeing your sister get sorted?" Chad asked her as they sat at the Gryffindor table. Vinesah had already taken her seat with the Hufflepuff's, and they were whooping loudly.
"Of course! I know she'll get Gryffindor," Rebeka told him, "They wouldn't spilt up sisters!"
"You'd be surprised." Chad laughed and patted her shoulder, "You're nervous, I can tell. It's like you're a first year all over again."
"Yeah, I know. It's weird…Sympathy Anxiety I guess." Rebeka shrugged and they both laughed.
"EH! Rebeka!" A Familiar voice yelled to her, she turned to look. Standing there was Beth, now a third year at Hogwarts, smiling at her, "Made it back in one piece I see!"
"Beth! Hey." Beth was the loudmouthed Seeker for the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, she was the one most likely to yell the referee for a bogus call. She was also the one who yelled at the hat every year.
"Think the hat will give us Gryffindor this year?" Beth asked, "Or do you think Slytherin will get 'em all."
Rebeka opened her mouth to speak, but Beth wasn't done.
" - Those blasted Serpents better not take anymore I'll tell ya. Or I'll have to hurt someone." Beth smiled at Rebeka then sat down next to her. Everyone began filing in just as the first years came inside with McGonagall. She saw Holly and her stomach did flip-flops…here they go…a whole New year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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A/N: All done! See, that didn't hurt did it? Hoped you like it! Give me feedback!