A/N- Ok, this is my first Fanfic attempt, so try not to laugh to hard :P
Um.R/R and though I don't want Flames, constructive criticism is great
appreciated! Oh, and thanks to my wonderful beta-tester faer who made this
chapter not suck as much!
Disclaimer: All characters except for Alex are the property of J.K Rowling and Warner Bros. Sigh, yes most of you and I would love to own Draco but * pouts * We don't so I guess we'll all just have to deal with it.
Chapter 1.
Waking with a start, Alexandria Murphy found herself in a strange room. Then with a groan she remembered the last week and how her parents had forced her to move away from all her friends in America. Her father had gotten a raise and had been re-assigned. Cursing she stumbled around the strange room finishing packing, looking into the mirror she threw up her short ugly brown hair into a haphazardly done ponytail. Glaring at her refection she chose a set of black robes and slipped them on, damn she cursed at the robes, they seemed to get tighter everyday!
Sighing she thought, today was the day she left on the train to her new school Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Supposedly it was the greatest wizarding school in England, but she would have rather been going to her old school Labereths School for Young Witches and Wizards. After a few failed attempts Alex found the door in the dark and opened it quietly. Creeping down the stairs and out the front door into the cool morning air. Taking a deep refreshing breath she sat down on the porch swing and waited for her parents to wake.
With little difficulty found her way onto platform nine and three quarters and was boarding the Hogwarts Express. Shuffling forwards, Alex made her way slowly down the main isle of the train searching for an empty compartment. Finding one she sat down and stared as the passing scenery flashed by.
Forty-five minutes later a pretty tanned girl with bushy brown hair poked her head into the compartment. "Can I sit with you, all the other compartments are full?" the girl asked. Alex sighed inwardly but nodded, and the girl bustled in holding out her hand she said "Hello, I'm Hermione Granger, are you new here, I don't think I've seen you before." Shaking Hermione's hand she introduced herself in a bland voice "Hey, I'm Alexandria Murphy, but my friends call me Alex, I just moved here from America, and am going into my 6th year."
At that moment two boys burst into the room. One was a lanky red head with a delighted grin on the face, and the other had messy black hair, brilliant green eyes, and an odd sort of scar on his forehead. Both rushed to Hermione and gave her big hugs, then turned expectantly to Alex. She shook both their hands resignedly, she really didn't feel like having company but how was she supposed to get rid of them without hurting their feelings? She then figured out that the red head was Ron Weasly and the black haired one was Harry Potter. Sitting down the group started chatting about the school and telling her what to expect.
An hour later when Hermione shooed the boys out so they could change, Alex knew all about Hogwarts. Supposedly there were four different houses Gryffindor for the brave, Hufflepuff for the patient and true, Ravenclaw for the smart, and Slytherin for the cunning and evil people. And you spent all your time with your fellow house members eating meals, going to classes, and hanging out in the common rooms. But to get into a house, the Sorting Hat, an old hat that sang and read your mind, must first sort you. Odd she thought to herself; why on earth would they let a weird old hat do something as important as sorting?
The three Gryffindors though defiantly had a lot to say about the Slytherins, about how everyone there was corrupted by evil and how they all worked for some weird and evil wizard named Voldemort who was trying to kill them all. With this in mind, Hermione and her changed into their school robes and watched the Hogwarts castle grown nearer.
Stepping off the train, Alex was immediately swept in the rush of people and noise. Then out of nowhere an elbow caught her in the chest and she was falling backwards, landing on her butt the wind was knocked out of her. Sprawled on the ground she looked up to see a face above hers, and it was smirking at her. Feeling very pissed she swung her leg out and kicked the smirking boys legs, with a satisfied grin she heard him hit the pavement beside her. Checking to see if all her body parts were working properly she stood up and brushed herself off and found that her left leg had a large bruise starting to turn and ugly shade of purple. Glancing over at the boy she had kicked she noticed he had soft silky blonde hair and cold slate gray eyes. Shivering she felt that he wasn't looking at her, but through her. She thought he might have even been exceptionally handsome but for the look of pure hatred that was etched his face.
Standing up the blonde boy advanced on her and snarled viciously, "I'll get you for that you bitch, you better watch your back." Laughing, she felt slightly worried at his comment but tried not to show it, then she turned away and saw Hermione getting into a black and slightly sinister looking wagon, running over to it, she hopped in. Hermione turned to her and asked in a worried voice "Are you ok, you seemed to be limping." Alex grinned and told them "Yeah, I just had a run in with a weird smirk happy blonde, he elbowed me and made me fall, so I kicked the legs out from underneath him, no biggie."
All at once there mouths dropped open and Harry spat out "You knocked DRACO MALFOY down?! Trying to hold in her laughter she managed to sputter out "His names Draco Malfoy?! That's the funniest name I've ever heard!" then burst into fit of laughter. Soon the Harry, Ron and Hermione joined in, though mostly due to the fact that Malfoy had gotten his ass kicked by a girl. Soon they were at the stone steps of the school, and Alex was gawking at the giant castle that loomed overhead. It had to be at least 100 times bigger then her old school back in America!
Turning her head back to the entrance she heard someone call her name, looking up she saw a strict looking woman dressed in blood red robes coming towards her. Hermione looked puzzled, but she wished Alex good luck on the sorting, and entered the Great Hall. Wondering what she had done wrong, she stopped and waited for her to catch up. The woman stuck out her hand and shook Alex's saying, "Welcome to Hogwarts Miss Alexandria I'm Professor McGonagall, the sorting will begin in a few minutes, and since you're a 6th year, I'll let you be sorted first. Now go on and get into the head of the line, hurry up we don't have all day!" Sliding forward and nearly falling again, Alex regained her balance and stopped in the front of the line and waited patiently while Professor McGonagall explained the sorting ceremony to the 1st years.
When she was finally finished she stood in front of Alex and lead the way into a vast room filled with 4 long tables with swarms of people on them, and an enchanted ceiling so they could see the weather outside. She immediately felt all eyes focus on her, but shrugged it off as a new kid thing and continued towards what looked like the teacher's table and a small platform. When they reached the platform she saw Professor McGonagall place a small three-legged stool with an old ratty hat onto the ground in front of her. To her great amazement the brim of the hat opened wide and began to sing a song. "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. You can keep your bowlers black, You're top hats sleek and tall, For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat And I can cap them all. There's nothing hidden in your head The Sorting hat can't see, So try me on and I will tell you Where you ought to be. You might belong to Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart, There daring, nerve, and chivalry Set Gryffindors apart; You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true And unafraid of toil; Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, If you're a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find there kind; Or perhaps in Slytherin You'll make your real friends, Those cunning folks use any means To achieve their ends. So put me on! Don't be afraid! And don't get in a flap! You're in safe hands (though I have none) For I'm a thinking cap!
When the hat was finished the crowd burst into applause and Alec stood with her mouth open, staring at the hat. But before she could end her gawking she heard Professor McGonagall call "Murphy, Alexandria" and motion her to sit on the chair. Sitting down on the stool, Professor McGonagall placed the hat on her head. For a few moments she thought maybe it was broken, when it began to mumble in her head. "Difficult, very difficult. Plenty of talent I see. Not a bad mind. Ah.and I see an urge and drive to prove yourself to everyone. Hm.." Then before she had time to figure out what the hat had been mumbling to her, she heard it shout "Slytherin!" Gasps could be heard from the Gryffindor table and Alex could hear the Slytherin table cheering. Still numb she got off the stool and walked slowly to the end of the Slytherin table and sat down. She couldn't believe it! The hat had put her in Slytherin, the house that turned out all bad wizards and was hated by everyone!
The sorting ceremony and the feast seemed to fly past and before she knew it, a Slytherin Prefect was leading her deep into the bowls of the school. When she finally thought that they were just going to wander around the dungeons until they all died of starvation and exhaustion, they reached a giant tapestry. It was midnight black with a giant emerald colored snake that hissed at them. Directing his next comment to the tapestry the Prefect stated "Carpi Diem" and with a loud hiss the giant snake tapestry slowly opened, revealing the entranceway to the Slytherin Common Room.
Stepping in, Alex noticed every ones eyes on her but continued to ignore them and focused on the common room itself. It was a large room filled with large straight back chairs and odd spindly looking tables, none who looked very comfortable. She also noticed that everything was colored black, silver, or green and made out of very expensive silks and velvets.
Startled out of her musing she saw the Prefect point too two doors on the far wall and said "Girls on the left, boys on the right, you'll find all your luggage at the foot of your bed." Nodding Alex stumbled through the left door and saw a set of stairs, climbing up the stairs she saw the door reading: "6th year Girls Dormitory" Opening it slowly she saw to her relief that she saw that she had only one roommate, and she didn't seem to be there yet.
Glancing around the room she noticed that the bedroom had the same theme as the common room did, green, silver, black and expensive fabrics. The bed alone looked like an Antique with tall posts that towered from the bed and a bedspread made out of some silky green and black fabrics. Sighing she reached into her trunk and pulled out her pajamas and was intent on getting them on when a girl burst into the room. Gasping Alex finished pulling on her pajamas and was about to ask who the hell she was when the odd pug-faced girl stalked off to the other bed mumbling something about how she would show that boy why he couldn't resist her and pulled the bed coverings closed behind her.
Shrugging Alex climbed into her bed and with a sigh slowly drifted off to sleep, thinking about how odd the day had been.
Disclaimer: All characters except for Alex are the property of J.K Rowling and Warner Bros. Sigh, yes most of you and I would love to own Draco but * pouts * We don't so I guess we'll all just have to deal with it.
Chapter 1.
Waking with a start, Alexandria Murphy found herself in a strange room. Then with a groan she remembered the last week and how her parents had forced her to move away from all her friends in America. Her father had gotten a raise and had been re-assigned. Cursing she stumbled around the strange room finishing packing, looking into the mirror she threw up her short ugly brown hair into a haphazardly done ponytail. Glaring at her refection she chose a set of black robes and slipped them on, damn she cursed at the robes, they seemed to get tighter everyday!
Sighing she thought, today was the day she left on the train to her new school Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Supposedly it was the greatest wizarding school in England, but she would have rather been going to her old school Labereths School for Young Witches and Wizards. After a few failed attempts Alex found the door in the dark and opened it quietly. Creeping down the stairs and out the front door into the cool morning air. Taking a deep refreshing breath she sat down on the porch swing and waited for her parents to wake.
With little difficulty found her way onto platform nine and three quarters and was boarding the Hogwarts Express. Shuffling forwards, Alex made her way slowly down the main isle of the train searching for an empty compartment. Finding one she sat down and stared as the passing scenery flashed by.
Forty-five minutes later a pretty tanned girl with bushy brown hair poked her head into the compartment. "Can I sit with you, all the other compartments are full?" the girl asked. Alex sighed inwardly but nodded, and the girl bustled in holding out her hand she said "Hello, I'm Hermione Granger, are you new here, I don't think I've seen you before." Shaking Hermione's hand she introduced herself in a bland voice "Hey, I'm Alexandria Murphy, but my friends call me Alex, I just moved here from America, and am going into my 6th year."
At that moment two boys burst into the room. One was a lanky red head with a delighted grin on the face, and the other had messy black hair, brilliant green eyes, and an odd sort of scar on his forehead. Both rushed to Hermione and gave her big hugs, then turned expectantly to Alex. She shook both their hands resignedly, she really didn't feel like having company but how was she supposed to get rid of them without hurting their feelings? She then figured out that the red head was Ron Weasly and the black haired one was Harry Potter. Sitting down the group started chatting about the school and telling her what to expect.
An hour later when Hermione shooed the boys out so they could change, Alex knew all about Hogwarts. Supposedly there were four different houses Gryffindor for the brave, Hufflepuff for the patient and true, Ravenclaw for the smart, and Slytherin for the cunning and evil people. And you spent all your time with your fellow house members eating meals, going to classes, and hanging out in the common rooms. But to get into a house, the Sorting Hat, an old hat that sang and read your mind, must first sort you. Odd she thought to herself; why on earth would they let a weird old hat do something as important as sorting?
The three Gryffindors though defiantly had a lot to say about the Slytherins, about how everyone there was corrupted by evil and how they all worked for some weird and evil wizard named Voldemort who was trying to kill them all. With this in mind, Hermione and her changed into their school robes and watched the Hogwarts castle grown nearer.
Stepping off the train, Alex was immediately swept in the rush of people and noise. Then out of nowhere an elbow caught her in the chest and she was falling backwards, landing on her butt the wind was knocked out of her. Sprawled on the ground she looked up to see a face above hers, and it was smirking at her. Feeling very pissed she swung her leg out and kicked the smirking boys legs, with a satisfied grin she heard him hit the pavement beside her. Checking to see if all her body parts were working properly she stood up and brushed herself off and found that her left leg had a large bruise starting to turn and ugly shade of purple. Glancing over at the boy she had kicked she noticed he had soft silky blonde hair and cold slate gray eyes. Shivering she felt that he wasn't looking at her, but through her. She thought he might have even been exceptionally handsome but for the look of pure hatred that was etched his face.
Standing up the blonde boy advanced on her and snarled viciously, "I'll get you for that you bitch, you better watch your back." Laughing, she felt slightly worried at his comment but tried not to show it, then she turned away and saw Hermione getting into a black and slightly sinister looking wagon, running over to it, she hopped in. Hermione turned to her and asked in a worried voice "Are you ok, you seemed to be limping." Alex grinned and told them "Yeah, I just had a run in with a weird smirk happy blonde, he elbowed me and made me fall, so I kicked the legs out from underneath him, no biggie."
All at once there mouths dropped open and Harry spat out "You knocked DRACO MALFOY down?! Trying to hold in her laughter she managed to sputter out "His names Draco Malfoy?! That's the funniest name I've ever heard!" then burst into fit of laughter. Soon the Harry, Ron and Hermione joined in, though mostly due to the fact that Malfoy had gotten his ass kicked by a girl. Soon they were at the stone steps of the school, and Alex was gawking at the giant castle that loomed overhead. It had to be at least 100 times bigger then her old school back in America!
Turning her head back to the entrance she heard someone call her name, looking up she saw a strict looking woman dressed in blood red robes coming towards her. Hermione looked puzzled, but she wished Alex good luck on the sorting, and entered the Great Hall. Wondering what she had done wrong, she stopped and waited for her to catch up. The woman stuck out her hand and shook Alex's saying, "Welcome to Hogwarts Miss Alexandria I'm Professor McGonagall, the sorting will begin in a few minutes, and since you're a 6th year, I'll let you be sorted first. Now go on and get into the head of the line, hurry up we don't have all day!" Sliding forward and nearly falling again, Alex regained her balance and stopped in the front of the line and waited patiently while Professor McGonagall explained the sorting ceremony to the 1st years.
When she was finally finished she stood in front of Alex and lead the way into a vast room filled with 4 long tables with swarms of people on them, and an enchanted ceiling so they could see the weather outside. She immediately felt all eyes focus on her, but shrugged it off as a new kid thing and continued towards what looked like the teacher's table and a small platform. When they reached the platform she saw Professor McGonagall place a small three-legged stool with an old ratty hat onto the ground in front of her. To her great amazement the brim of the hat opened wide and began to sing a song. "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. You can keep your bowlers black, You're top hats sleek and tall, For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat And I can cap them all. There's nothing hidden in your head The Sorting hat can't see, So try me on and I will tell you Where you ought to be. You might belong to Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart, There daring, nerve, and chivalry Set Gryffindors apart; You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true And unafraid of toil; Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, If you're a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find there kind; Or perhaps in Slytherin You'll make your real friends, Those cunning folks use any means To achieve their ends. So put me on! Don't be afraid! And don't get in a flap! You're in safe hands (though I have none) For I'm a thinking cap!
When the hat was finished the crowd burst into applause and Alec stood with her mouth open, staring at the hat. But before she could end her gawking she heard Professor McGonagall call "Murphy, Alexandria" and motion her to sit on the chair. Sitting down on the stool, Professor McGonagall placed the hat on her head. For a few moments she thought maybe it was broken, when it began to mumble in her head. "Difficult, very difficult. Plenty of talent I see. Not a bad mind. Ah.and I see an urge and drive to prove yourself to everyone. Hm.." Then before she had time to figure out what the hat had been mumbling to her, she heard it shout "Slytherin!" Gasps could be heard from the Gryffindor table and Alex could hear the Slytherin table cheering. Still numb she got off the stool and walked slowly to the end of the Slytherin table and sat down. She couldn't believe it! The hat had put her in Slytherin, the house that turned out all bad wizards and was hated by everyone!
The sorting ceremony and the feast seemed to fly past and before she knew it, a Slytherin Prefect was leading her deep into the bowls of the school. When she finally thought that they were just going to wander around the dungeons until they all died of starvation and exhaustion, they reached a giant tapestry. It was midnight black with a giant emerald colored snake that hissed at them. Directing his next comment to the tapestry the Prefect stated "Carpi Diem" and with a loud hiss the giant snake tapestry slowly opened, revealing the entranceway to the Slytherin Common Room.
Stepping in, Alex noticed every ones eyes on her but continued to ignore them and focused on the common room itself. It was a large room filled with large straight back chairs and odd spindly looking tables, none who looked very comfortable. She also noticed that everything was colored black, silver, or green and made out of very expensive silks and velvets.
Startled out of her musing she saw the Prefect point too two doors on the far wall and said "Girls on the left, boys on the right, you'll find all your luggage at the foot of your bed." Nodding Alex stumbled through the left door and saw a set of stairs, climbing up the stairs she saw the door reading: "6th year Girls Dormitory" Opening it slowly she saw to her relief that she saw that she had only one roommate, and she didn't seem to be there yet.
Glancing around the room she noticed that the bedroom had the same theme as the common room did, green, silver, black and expensive fabrics. The bed alone looked like an Antique with tall posts that towered from the bed and a bedspread made out of some silky green and black fabrics. Sighing she reached into her trunk and pulled out her pajamas and was intent on getting them on when a girl burst into the room. Gasping Alex finished pulling on her pajamas and was about to ask who the hell she was when the odd pug-faced girl stalked off to the other bed mumbling something about how she would show that boy why he couldn't resist her and pulled the bed coverings closed behind her.
Shrugging Alex climbed into her bed and with a sigh slowly drifted off to sleep, thinking about how odd the day had been.