Chapter II
The Trip to Hogwarts
Shannon was so exited about getting to hogwarts, she hadn't even minded going along with Lucius and Draco... My Mother doesn't seem to like Lucius very much! I wonder why she goes everywhere with him? Shannon thought to herself climbing out of the car at the Red Cross Station.
"Where's Draco?" Asked Shannon's Mum suddenly.
Draco had gotten out first, and had now disappeared. "Good riddance!" Shannon muttered, "Maybe he's dead."
Shannon's Sister, Willow, stepped out after Shannon, she wasn't usually nice to Shannon, but it seemed that going to hogwarts can put anyone in a good mood, even Draco, Hadn't been quite as dreadful as usual! "I don't think you're that lucky... He just went to Platform 9 ¾. Here I'll show you, it's AWSOME...! What you do is you walk at that" Willow pointed at the divider "And POOF you're at platform 9 ¾! Here I'll do it first!"
Willow Practically flew at the divider "IT HELPS IF YOU RUN!" She yelled back at Shannon and just as she reached it... Hang on Shannon couldn't see what had happened because a group of tourists had walked by all at the same time but Willow had disappeared just as Draco had... Well at least Shannon could try, and hope for dear life her sister was telling the truth, and she didn't bang into the divider and crack her head open.
Shannon couldn't bring herself to run at first she closed her eyes and walked, but she couldn't help but open them, her legs lifted under her, and she started to run at the divider POOF! Where in the world was she? This place was crowded with people... Shannon looked up and there was a big sign saying Platform Nine And Three Quarters. Shannon looked around and there was Draco she knew she was in the right place!
Shannon stepped into the bright red train. It was amazing in there, a long, place that looked like a hallway with sliding doors, she opened one, and saw To unfamiliar pudgy boys one waved his thick hand and the other pulled it back to the seat, and whispered "You idiot, who says Draco would let you wave to complete strangers? He's been so good to you, and all you can do is recruit unhealthy, ugly girls you've never met?"
Shannon closed the door quickly those must be Draco's friends, hope I never run into them again! She thought.
She reluctantly opened another door to see a sleeping man, the girl from flourish and Blotts didn't Ginny call her Hermoine? And...
"OH MY GOSH! Are you Harry Potter?" She gasped.
"Yeh, I am, who are you?" He said, and Shannon just about fainted.
The gir-er Hermoine looked at her suspiciously "1st year?" She scoffed, ok I doubt she meant to scoff, Harry didn't seem to notice.
"You know you're very pretty." Said Shannon "Oh, and I'm Shannon Malrow... And yes, this is my fist year. Ginny told me about you."
Hermoine Scowled and retorted "don't tease me like that, you are very mean!"
"You know Ginny?" Asked Harry "Is she here yet? I'm waiting for Ron to get here!"
"I haven't seen her, and you are pretty Hermoine!"
"How do you know my name?"
"It didn't bother you that I knew his name!"
"He's famous!"
"You're pretty!"
"STOP TEASING ME!"
Shannon could see she was about to cry, so she decided to stop arguing
"Don't be so mean to yourself! Oh and by the way, Ginny told me your name." And with that she left.
She didn't want to look in any of the other doors but she had to find someplace to sit. So she drew a quick breath and opened another more door, to see a group of 6th years who quickly closed the door on her.
She had decided after this just to go out side and cry, if one other bad thing happed to her. She opened one last door to see Willow. "Hi, you're right, that was neat!"
"Good, but I'm kind of busy, now could you please leave?"
There were 2 other girls and a rather attractive boy, who all seemed to be 4th or 5th years.
One of the girls leaned over and said "ohhh is that your sister? Is she a first year?"
Willow smiled and nodded.
Shannon smiled, not because she was treating her like a 2 year old, but because she might get some help from this girl.
The other girl joined in "Why'd you come here?"
"Well... This is my first year," She purposely used a baby-ish voice to gain more of their affection, "I just don't know what to do."
Willow, probably hoping to score some points from her friends said sweetly "You're friends with that Ginny girl right? Why don't you find her and you two can sit together?"
"O.k." Said Shannon, but before closing the door, she looked again at the boy, he was slouched back in his seat looking thoroughly annoyed at her presence. Shannon walked around, and seeing Ginny said "Hullo again! Wanna sit with me?"
"Sure, but only for a little while my mother says that I have to stay with my brothers, Fred and Gorge." Ginny said, and then looked around "I can't see them, but they're the twin boys with red hair, that were in Flourish and Blotts the other day with me!"
Shannon searched her brain trying to remember what they looked like, but couldn't remember.
"So, do you have someplace to sit?"
"No, actually I tried a lot of different doors and they all had mean people in them, the first had that girl Hermoine, and she bit my head off for calling her pretty!"
Ginny laughed "I would have too, don't be tease!"
"I wasn't teasing!" "Whatever!"
"Oh well, we've got to find somewhere to sit!"
Shannon walked to a door, but Ginny passed her. She pulled the door open and stared into a pare of stone gray eyes. "Draco Malfoy?" She said as though she had never met him in her life.
"Oh! It's second-hand-Ginny, and her side kick my..." He looked around making sure no one could see him "my cousin Shannon!" Malfoy paused seeing the astonished face of Ginny Weasly "What? You didn't know we were related?" He lifted his eyebrows and an evil laughter danced in his eyes.
Oh no! Shannon thought I haven't told her yet, I wish I could have just said something instead of her finding out from Draco! I hate him!
"I was going to tell you I sw-"
"My brother, Ron can't stop talking about your-your-your cousin, he-"
"WOW! I'm related to one of Ron Weasly's friends!"
"NO YOU'RE NOT! My brother HATES Malfoy! Your cousin has been picking on him all of last year!"
Shannon looked truly sorry, then she looked kind of puzzled "Why do you call him Malfoy?"
"BECAUSE I HATE HIM!"
They stepped into an empty compartment, except for a boy who's name apparently was Neville longbottum.
"You're related to Draco Malfoy?" He said this like it was a good thing "He scares me to death! Would you mind putting in a good word for me?"
"Look we're not friends! We don't live in the same house, and I HATE him too, so I'm sorry but I thi-"
"Oh, and tell him to tell Snape, that... Well... Not to pick on me so much!"
"I told you he dosn'y like me, and I don't like him!" Shannon snapped.
"Hey!" Said Ginny "don't be so mean Shannon! Oh, and Neville, who is Snape?"
"He's the potions teacher. He was Slytherine, and likes them and no one else!" Neville scowled.
"Then I might as well tell 'Snape' myself, I'm going to be a Slytherine! Everyone in my family had been!"
Shannon never saw Neville's face because just then Ginny spoke up.
"I better get to my brothers!" Said Ginny "Wanna come?" She said glancing at Neville, but Shannon didn't notice.
"Oh, yes please!" Shannon said.
"I was talking to Neville."
"Oh!" Said Neville and Shannon at the same time. Shannon said it sadly, but Neville said it as happily as could be.
Shannon closed her eyes, afraid that if she didn't tears would stream down her face. Why are friends so important? She thought. She heard rustling, and footsteps, and the door sliding open and shut, and then she knew she was alone.
Shannon decided she needed some company, so she walked out the door, and started walking the length of the train, peeking in a compartment every once in a while.
Finally she opened a compartment, with no one sitting in it except a girl dressed in her cloak already, and reading a magazine upside down.
"Hullo, my name is Shannon, May I sit here?"
"The spot doesn't seem to be occupied!" Said the girl not looking up from her magazine.
She seems like snotty prissy girl! Maybe I shouldn't sit with her! Shannon thought I mean who else would read a magazine on the way to Hogwarts?
Shannon peaked at the title "The quibbler" it said. Shannon decided it was nonsense from the previews of the inside.
"Where did you get that?"
"Why must you know?"
"I was just-"
"If you must know, my dad writes it! He gives me free ones anytime I want!"
"Amazing!"
"Isn't it?"
"Quite."
They sat there talking about no other subject but this.
When they finally did get there Shannon was sitting and chatting with Ginny and, they were both smiling broadly.
"I was walking along to find someone to talk to, and I met someone, she's a very queer girl, her name is Luna."
"Luna?"
"Luna Lovegood."
"Lovegood? Isn't that the name od that crazy man who writes 'the Quibbler?'"
"Yes, she was reading a copy!"
The train lurched and then stopped.
"We're here!"
"See you in class!"
"I here that Griffendore and Slytherine are in a lot of classes together!"
"Well that doesn't matter! Because I'm not going to Griffendore! Well I might, just as well as you might!"
"I told you, I'm going to Slytherine!"
"Who says!"
"My family! They have ALL Went to Slytherine!"
"So?"
"Oh, just drop it! G'bye!"
"Bye!"
The Trip to Hogwarts
Shannon was so exited about getting to hogwarts, she hadn't even minded going along with Lucius and Draco... My Mother doesn't seem to like Lucius very much! I wonder why she goes everywhere with him? Shannon thought to herself climbing out of the car at the Red Cross Station.
"Where's Draco?" Asked Shannon's Mum suddenly.
Draco had gotten out first, and had now disappeared. "Good riddance!" Shannon muttered, "Maybe he's dead."
Shannon's Sister, Willow, stepped out after Shannon, she wasn't usually nice to Shannon, but it seemed that going to hogwarts can put anyone in a good mood, even Draco, Hadn't been quite as dreadful as usual! "I don't think you're that lucky... He just went to Platform 9 ¾. Here I'll show you, it's AWSOME...! What you do is you walk at that" Willow pointed at the divider "And POOF you're at platform 9 ¾! Here I'll do it first!"
Willow Practically flew at the divider "IT HELPS IF YOU RUN!" She yelled back at Shannon and just as she reached it... Hang on Shannon couldn't see what had happened because a group of tourists had walked by all at the same time but Willow had disappeared just as Draco had... Well at least Shannon could try, and hope for dear life her sister was telling the truth, and she didn't bang into the divider and crack her head open.
Shannon couldn't bring herself to run at first she closed her eyes and walked, but she couldn't help but open them, her legs lifted under her, and she started to run at the divider POOF! Where in the world was she? This place was crowded with people... Shannon looked up and there was a big sign saying Platform Nine And Three Quarters. Shannon looked around and there was Draco she knew she was in the right place!
Shannon stepped into the bright red train. It was amazing in there, a long, place that looked like a hallway with sliding doors, she opened one, and saw To unfamiliar pudgy boys one waved his thick hand and the other pulled it back to the seat, and whispered "You idiot, who says Draco would let you wave to complete strangers? He's been so good to you, and all you can do is recruit unhealthy, ugly girls you've never met?"
Shannon closed the door quickly those must be Draco's friends, hope I never run into them again! She thought.
She reluctantly opened another door to see a sleeping man, the girl from flourish and Blotts didn't Ginny call her Hermoine? And...
"OH MY GOSH! Are you Harry Potter?" She gasped.
"Yeh, I am, who are you?" He said, and Shannon just about fainted.
The gir-er Hermoine looked at her suspiciously "1st year?" She scoffed, ok I doubt she meant to scoff, Harry didn't seem to notice.
"You know you're very pretty." Said Shannon "Oh, and I'm Shannon Malrow... And yes, this is my fist year. Ginny told me about you."
Hermoine Scowled and retorted "don't tease me like that, you are very mean!"
"You know Ginny?" Asked Harry "Is she here yet? I'm waiting for Ron to get here!"
"I haven't seen her, and you are pretty Hermoine!"
"How do you know my name?"
"It didn't bother you that I knew his name!"
"He's famous!"
"You're pretty!"
"STOP TEASING ME!"
Shannon could see she was about to cry, so she decided to stop arguing
"Don't be so mean to yourself! Oh and by the way, Ginny told me your name." And with that she left.
She didn't want to look in any of the other doors but she had to find someplace to sit. So she drew a quick breath and opened another more door, to see a group of 6th years who quickly closed the door on her.
She had decided after this just to go out side and cry, if one other bad thing happed to her. She opened one last door to see Willow. "Hi, you're right, that was neat!"
"Good, but I'm kind of busy, now could you please leave?"
There were 2 other girls and a rather attractive boy, who all seemed to be 4th or 5th years.
One of the girls leaned over and said "ohhh is that your sister? Is she a first year?"
Willow smiled and nodded.
Shannon smiled, not because she was treating her like a 2 year old, but because she might get some help from this girl.
The other girl joined in "Why'd you come here?"
"Well... This is my first year," She purposely used a baby-ish voice to gain more of their affection, "I just don't know what to do."
Willow, probably hoping to score some points from her friends said sweetly "You're friends with that Ginny girl right? Why don't you find her and you two can sit together?"
"O.k." Said Shannon, but before closing the door, she looked again at the boy, he was slouched back in his seat looking thoroughly annoyed at her presence. Shannon walked around, and seeing Ginny said "Hullo again! Wanna sit with me?"
"Sure, but only for a little while my mother says that I have to stay with my brothers, Fred and Gorge." Ginny said, and then looked around "I can't see them, but they're the twin boys with red hair, that were in Flourish and Blotts the other day with me!"
Shannon searched her brain trying to remember what they looked like, but couldn't remember.
"So, do you have someplace to sit?"
"No, actually I tried a lot of different doors and they all had mean people in them, the first had that girl Hermoine, and she bit my head off for calling her pretty!"
Ginny laughed "I would have too, don't be tease!"
"I wasn't teasing!" "Whatever!"
"Oh well, we've got to find somewhere to sit!"
Shannon walked to a door, but Ginny passed her. She pulled the door open and stared into a pare of stone gray eyes. "Draco Malfoy?" She said as though she had never met him in her life.
"Oh! It's second-hand-Ginny, and her side kick my..." He looked around making sure no one could see him "my cousin Shannon!" Malfoy paused seeing the astonished face of Ginny Weasly "What? You didn't know we were related?" He lifted his eyebrows and an evil laughter danced in his eyes.
Oh no! Shannon thought I haven't told her yet, I wish I could have just said something instead of her finding out from Draco! I hate him!
"I was going to tell you I sw-"
"My brother, Ron can't stop talking about your-your-your cousin, he-"
"WOW! I'm related to one of Ron Weasly's friends!"
"NO YOU'RE NOT! My brother HATES Malfoy! Your cousin has been picking on him all of last year!"
Shannon looked truly sorry, then she looked kind of puzzled "Why do you call him Malfoy?"
"BECAUSE I HATE HIM!"
They stepped into an empty compartment, except for a boy who's name apparently was Neville longbottum.
"You're related to Draco Malfoy?" He said this like it was a good thing "He scares me to death! Would you mind putting in a good word for me?"
"Look we're not friends! We don't live in the same house, and I HATE him too, so I'm sorry but I thi-"
"Oh, and tell him to tell Snape, that... Well... Not to pick on me so much!"
"I told you he dosn'y like me, and I don't like him!" Shannon snapped.
"Hey!" Said Ginny "don't be so mean Shannon! Oh, and Neville, who is Snape?"
"He's the potions teacher. He was Slytherine, and likes them and no one else!" Neville scowled.
"Then I might as well tell 'Snape' myself, I'm going to be a Slytherine! Everyone in my family had been!"
Shannon never saw Neville's face because just then Ginny spoke up.
"I better get to my brothers!" Said Ginny "Wanna come?" She said glancing at Neville, but Shannon didn't notice.
"Oh, yes please!" Shannon said.
"I was talking to Neville."
"Oh!" Said Neville and Shannon at the same time. Shannon said it sadly, but Neville said it as happily as could be.
Shannon closed her eyes, afraid that if she didn't tears would stream down her face. Why are friends so important? She thought. She heard rustling, and footsteps, and the door sliding open and shut, and then she knew she was alone.
Shannon decided she needed some company, so she walked out the door, and started walking the length of the train, peeking in a compartment every once in a while.
Finally she opened a compartment, with no one sitting in it except a girl dressed in her cloak already, and reading a magazine upside down.
"Hullo, my name is Shannon, May I sit here?"
"The spot doesn't seem to be occupied!" Said the girl not looking up from her magazine.
She seems like snotty prissy girl! Maybe I shouldn't sit with her! Shannon thought I mean who else would read a magazine on the way to Hogwarts?
Shannon peaked at the title "The quibbler" it said. Shannon decided it was nonsense from the previews of the inside.
"Where did you get that?"
"Why must you know?"
"I was just-"
"If you must know, my dad writes it! He gives me free ones anytime I want!"
"Amazing!"
"Isn't it?"
"Quite."
They sat there talking about no other subject but this.
When they finally did get there Shannon was sitting and chatting with Ginny and, they were both smiling broadly.
"I was walking along to find someone to talk to, and I met someone, she's a very queer girl, her name is Luna."
"Luna?"
"Luna Lovegood."
"Lovegood? Isn't that the name od that crazy man who writes 'the Quibbler?'"
"Yes, she was reading a copy!"
The train lurched and then stopped.
"We're here!"
"See you in class!"
"I here that Griffendore and Slytherine are in a lot of classes together!"
"Well that doesn't matter! Because I'm not going to Griffendore! Well I might, just as well as you might!"
"I told you, I'm going to Slytherine!"
"Who says!"
"My family! They have ALL Went to Slytherine!"
"So?"
"Oh, just drop it! G'bye!"
"Bye!"