Realized I forgot a disclaimer. Plot's mine and the original characters are
not, don't sue, because I only have about 20 quid anyway.
Thank you to all my reviewers, there were 4, apparently, though only two showed up...and thanks very much to my beta, Courtney!
The day when Julia's life would end-the day she left for Beaubaxtons-dawned cool and bleak. "Lovely day. Just wonderful." Julia muttered angrily. She still hadn't come up with a way to get to Hogwarts.
"Julia, are you awake? We leave in an hour!" her mum called up. "You are all packed aren't you?"
"Yes. To both questions!" Julia called back irritably and rolled out of bed and into a pair of jeans and a blue sweater.
She dragged her rather heavy trunk to the top of the stairs, leaving it to her mum to levitate it down. She hastily jammed a piece of toast into her mouth and went around the house again, searching for anything she might need.
"Julia, I've got something for you, dear!" Ginny called from the kitchen. 'Please let it be a sign saying I'm going to Hogwarts' Julia thought, and trudged into the kitchen. Ginny had a huge owl in a cage on the table.
"Is that...for me?" She said happily.
"Yep. Whatcha going to name him?"
"Hmmmmm." Julia really didn't know what to name an owl. "Godric"
Ginny glared at her daughter. "Don't try my patience, Julia Marie."
"I like that name! It's unique!" Julia protested.
"Is not!"
"Is so!"
The argument continued for a few minutes when Ginny relented. "Whatever. Where's your trunk."
"Top of the stairs." Julia told her triumphantly.
"We leave in half an hour."
"Kay. I'm ready to go now."
"Lets go then, the faster we get there, the less worried I am you're somehow going to get to Hogwarts. Plus we should give you time to find the EuroTunnel and all that."
"What, you're not going in?"
"I've got to work, sweetie."
"Oh." Maybe a situation will present itself after all.
***
They piled out into their car and set out to London. It was only a forty- five minute drive, and traffic was surprisingly good. Ginny dropped her daughter off at King's Cross station, and drove away with a wave.
'OK, then, lets find someone going to Hogwarts then.' Julia scanned the crowd and saw someone with an owl headed for Platforms 9 and 10. She followed the person, and watched as she went through a brick wall. Julia followed, and found herself standing on Platform 9 and ¾.
"Brilliant." She whispered. "I've done it." She added excitedly. The scarlet train was the most beautiful thing she had ever laid eyes on, other than the Quidditch Keeper Card of Oliver Wood. She pushed her cart up to the train and gave the trunk and her owl to the loading wizard, who shrunk the trunk and put it in with what looked like a million ring boxes.
'Now to find a seat.' All the seats were taken, she found out, as she walked through the train. Except for the last. She peered through the window. It looked like a redhead convention in there. She took a deep breath and entered. Everyone turned around.
"Head count!" The tallest boy cried, "One!"
The numbers continued up to eight.
"Alright, then, what's going on" Julia stared at the other students. They looked just like her!
"I wouldn't know." She announced testily. They turned back to face her, and then raised their eyebrows. A girl who looked about the same age as the boy pushed him down in the seat, muttering, "Let Fred and Harry deal with it, Alex."
"Have a seat." The girl smiled and Julia warily sat down. "I'm Irina, the git who was just talking to you is Alexander."
"Uh, I'm Julia. Nice to meet you." She said with a small frown, looking at all the people who looked like her. And who were Harry and Fred? Perhaps she should've gone to Beaubaxtons, it wouldn't give her a headache.
The train set off, and they rest of them were all squished together in two seats, glancing over at her every once and a while. It was really obnoxious, because she knew they were talking about her.
The compartment door opened again, and two adults stepped in, one who had the ultra-popular red hair and freckles, the other with a mess of black hair and green eyes. Cries of "Uncle Fred!" and "Harry!" went up, and they dragged them over to Julia. They just stood there and stared.
Thank you to all my reviewers, there were 4, apparently, though only two showed up...and thanks very much to my beta, Courtney!
The day when Julia's life would end-the day she left for Beaubaxtons-dawned cool and bleak. "Lovely day. Just wonderful." Julia muttered angrily. She still hadn't come up with a way to get to Hogwarts.
"Julia, are you awake? We leave in an hour!" her mum called up. "You are all packed aren't you?"
"Yes. To both questions!" Julia called back irritably and rolled out of bed and into a pair of jeans and a blue sweater.
She dragged her rather heavy trunk to the top of the stairs, leaving it to her mum to levitate it down. She hastily jammed a piece of toast into her mouth and went around the house again, searching for anything she might need.
"Julia, I've got something for you, dear!" Ginny called from the kitchen. 'Please let it be a sign saying I'm going to Hogwarts' Julia thought, and trudged into the kitchen. Ginny had a huge owl in a cage on the table.
"Is that...for me?" She said happily.
"Yep. Whatcha going to name him?"
"Hmmmmm." Julia really didn't know what to name an owl. "Godric"
Ginny glared at her daughter. "Don't try my patience, Julia Marie."
"I like that name! It's unique!" Julia protested.
"Is not!"
"Is so!"
The argument continued for a few minutes when Ginny relented. "Whatever. Where's your trunk."
"Top of the stairs." Julia told her triumphantly.
"We leave in half an hour."
"Kay. I'm ready to go now."
"Lets go then, the faster we get there, the less worried I am you're somehow going to get to Hogwarts. Plus we should give you time to find the EuroTunnel and all that."
"What, you're not going in?"
"I've got to work, sweetie."
"Oh." Maybe a situation will present itself after all.
***
They piled out into their car and set out to London. It was only a forty- five minute drive, and traffic was surprisingly good. Ginny dropped her daughter off at King's Cross station, and drove away with a wave.
'OK, then, lets find someone going to Hogwarts then.' Julia scanned the crowd and saw someone with an owl headed for Platforms 9 and 10. She followed the person, and watched as she went through a brick wall. Julia followed, and found herself standing on Platform 9 and ¾.
"Brilliant." She whispered. "I've done it." She added excitedly. The scarlet train was the most beautiful thing she had ever laid eyes on, other than the Quidditch Keeper Card of Oliver Wood. She pushed her cart up to the train and gave the trunk and her owl to the loading wizard, who shrunk the trunk and put it in with what looked like a million ring boxes.
'Now to find a seat.' All the seats were taken, she found out, as she walked through the train. Except for the last. She peered through the window. It looked like a redhead convention in there. She took a deep breath and entered. Everyone turned around.
"Head count!" The tallest boy cried, "One!"
The numbers continued up to eight.
"Alright, then, what's going on" Julia stared at the other students. They looked just like her!
"I wouldn't know." She announced testily. They turned back to face her, and then raised their eyebrows. A girl who looked about the same age as the boy pushed him down in the seat, muttering, "Let Fred and Harry deal with it, Alex."
"Have a seat." The girl smiled and Julia warily sat down. "I'm Irina, the git who was just talking to you is Alexander."
"Uh, I'm Julia. Nice to meet you." She said with a small frown, looking at all the people who looked like her. And who were Harry and Fred? Perhaps she should've gone to Beaubaxtons, it wouldn't give her a headache.
The train set off, and they rest of them were all squished together in two seats, glancing over at her every once and a while. It was really obnoxious, because she knew they were talking about her.
The compartment door opened again, and two adults stepped in, one who had the ultra-popular red hair and freckles, the other with a mess of black hair and green eyes. Cries of "Uncle Fred!" and "Harry!" went up, and they dragged them over to Julia. They just stood there and stared.