Please do note that all HP characters are property of JK Rowling. The
character Brenna and any other unrecognized names are property of ME
(excluding any student that was mentioned only once in the real story)!!!!!
P.S. I try to write some French in this story. I warn you all now that my French really sucks.
Chapter Two
The Breakfast Club
"Hey, Brenna!" called Padma Patil, "Wake up!"
Brenna Ollivander lazily rolled over and pulled the covers over her face. It didn't matter to her that this was the first day of classes in her new school. She thought moving from her parent's comfortable home to her grandfather's flat above his shop was hard. She suddenly decided that this was just too much to take.
Just when she was setting back to sleep, the blankets were pulled roughly from her bed, leaving behind a messy, tangled brunette mess on Brenna's head. Brenna, now fully awake, glared at her.
"Just because I was nice to you last night doesn't mean you have the right to pull the blankets off my bed!" said Brenna sarcastically. Padma giggled.
"You said I might have to do that to wake up in the mornings!" replied Padma, throwing the blankets back at Brenna. She walked to the open trunk in front of her bed and pulled out her Hogwarts robes, a white-collar shirt, grey sweater and skirt, grey and blue tie, white knee socks, and shoes.
Grumpily, Brenna sat up and sat on the edge of her bed. She was right. The night before at the Welcoming Feast after being sorted into Ravenclaw house, she'd met Padma, who was a fifth year like her. She had welcomed Brenna warmly, and immediately introduced her to her friends, fifth years Mandy Brocklehurst, Terry Boot, and sixth year Cho Chang, whom was also a prefect.
She grumpily reached over to her nightstand for her hairbrush when she noticed the time. She'd have to get a shower soon, before breakfast ended and classes started.
"Hurry!" said Padma, fastening the buttons on her skirt.
"I've got to get a shower, I'll meet you down there," Brenna said, getting up off her bed and reaching for her robe.
"Ok," said Padma buttoning her black robes with the Ravenclaw house crest embroidered on the right side, "See you at breakfast." Brenna left the room and headed for the showers. Padma slipped on her shoes and joined the rest of the Ravenclaws in the common room.
Around forty five minutes later, Brenna entered the Great Hall showered, fully clothed in her Hogwarts uniform, and sporting a particularly large backpack over her shoulder. She scanned the room nervously, trying to remember which of the four tables was the Ravenclaw table. Just as she was beginning to panic, she spotted Padma waving at her from the third table from the left. Brenna signed with relief as she adjusted the weight of her backpack and headed towards her newfound friends.
"Hello, Brenna! " said the prefect Cho Chang cheerfully. Brenna smiled as she slipped into the seat next to Padma.
"Good morning," said Brenna quietly, tucking a strand of her long and thin brunette hair behind her ear.
"So," said Terry Boot as she dished out some porridge onto her plate, "How was your first night at Hogwarts?" Brenna cocked her head to the side and pursed her lips in thought (as she often did). Finally, she shrugged her shoulders.
"It was ok," replied Brenna as she chose a few juicy sausage links from the platter and dished out her own helping of porridge, "It was a bit difficult to adjust to, but I can manage."
"What school did you transfer from?" asked Mandy Brocklehurst curiously.
"Beauxbatons."
"Are your mum and dad French?" asked Terry through a mouthful of food.
"No. They spoke it quite fluently, but they were from Hertfordshire."
"Can you speak French?" asked Cho.
"Oui, c'est une tres langue beau."
"Neato!" exclaimed Padma, "Where do you live now?"
"In a flat above Ollivander's Wand Shop with my grandfather," Brenna in a sharp tone that clearly suggested that the topic of discussion was officially closed. There was a slight tension that hung in the air after Brenna's last statement, and the table grew quiet.
After a few moments of hearing only the sounds of people chewing and of spoons and forks clanging against the sides of the bowls, Terry broke the tension by introducing a new subject. "I had to buy a new wand this summer," she said.
Padma laughed. "Why this time?"
"Because it broke, duh!"
"You break your wand every summer!" said Mandy. Cho giggled politely behind her hand.
"So?"
"So! What did you do this time?" asked Padma.
"Well, I was trying to transfigure a spoon into a mirror and when it didn't work I threw my wand at the wall and it cracked in half."
Padma snickered. "That's nothing like last years excuse!"
Brenna gave Terry a puzzled expression. "Last years excuse?" she asked.
Terry gave everyone her best innocent look. "I swear! I thought it was firewood!" she said, "I didn't mean to put it into the fire underneath my cauldron. Although that definitely would explain why the fire magically almost burned down my house. . ."
Hysterical, yet friendly, laughter broke out within the group, even leaving Brenna reduced to seemingly endless chuckles.
As they began to settle down, Cho removed her schedule from an inside pocket in her robes and began to examine it. "When do you have a study hall, Terry?" Cho asked, "I have it after lunch today."
"I don't have one until Thursday after lunch," said Terry groaning, "Today I have Charms after lunch."
Padma's eyes lit up. "So do I!" said Padma. Then she turned towards Brenna. "Lemme see your schedule!"
Brenna bent over her backpack and pulled out a crisply folded piece of paper. She sat up straight and handed it to Padma who hastily opened it. After quickly scanning it, Padma grabbed her own schedule out of the inside pocket of her robes and compared it to Brenna's.
"How about that!" said Padma, "We have Charms, Herbology, and Care of Magical Creatures together!" Brenna tentatively took her schedule back from Padma. "Too bad you don't have Potions with any of us."
"Ugh," said Mandy, taking a look at Brenna's schedule, "And right after breakfast too!"
"Curse this new scheduling!" exclaimed Terry as she shook her fist at the enchanted ceiling. Brenna raised an eyebrow at her.
"The houses used to go to classes together," said Cho," This year, they decided to split us up."
"Yeah, so we can 'create new and lasting friendships with other students'," said Mandy rolling her eyes, "Dumbledore announced it at the end of last year. Personally, I think this is just a way to make the Muggle- borns feel more at home."
"It's not so bad, really," said Cho.
"Yeah, and besides YOU'RE Muggle-born," said Padma.
"I know!" said Mandy, "I never said I was against it."
"I like it too," Terry chimed in, "especially since there's this cute Hufflepuff boy I've had my eye on."
Everyone, except for Cho who only managed to smile weakly, began to laugh again. Brenna began to feel her anxiety melt away. These girls had made her feel right at home, and she was sure she was going to have a great year. Brenna suddenly looked at her watch and saw they only had ten minutes left until classes started.
"We'd better hurry up," said Padma, who had also taken a glance at her watch. The girls quickly finished up their breakfast and stuffed a few things in their pockets to munch on in class (when the teachers weren't looking, of course) before heading off in their separate ways.
So, how'd y'all like my very first Harry Potter fan fiction? I hope to have the third chapter finished soon. Pleez review!!!
P.S. I try to write some French in this story. I warn you all now that my French really sucks.
Chapter Two
The Breakfast Club
"Hey, Brenna!" called Padma Patil, "Wake up!"
Brenna Ollivander lazily rolled over and pulled the covers over her face. It didn't matter to her that this was the first day of classes in her new school. She thought moving from her parent's comfortable home to her grandfather's flat above his shop was hard. She suddenly decided that this was just too much to take.
Just when she was setting back to sleep, the blankets were pulled roughly from her bed, leaving behind a messy, tangled brunette mess on Brenna's head. Brenna, now fully awake, glared at her.
"Just because I was nice to you last night doesn't mean you have the right to pull the blankets off my bed!" said Brenna sarcastically. Padma giggled.
"You said I might have to do that to wake up in the mornings!" replied Padma, throwing the blankets back at Brenna. She walked to the open trunk in front of her bed and pulled out her Hogwarts robes, a white-collar shirt, grey sweater and skirt, grey and blue tie, white knee socks, and shoes.
Grumpily, Brenna sat up and sat on the edge of her bed. She was right. The night before at the Welcoming Feast after being sorted into Ravenclaw house, she'd met Padma, who was a fifth year like her. She had welcomed Brenna warmly, and immediately introduced her to her friends, fifth years Mandy Brocklehurst, Terry Boot, and sixth year Cho Chang, whom was also a prefect.
She grumpily reached over to her nightstand for her hairbrush when she noticed the time. She'd have to get a shower soon, before breakfast ended and classes started.
"Hurry!" said Padma, fastening the buttons on her skirt.
"I've got to get a shower, I'll meet you down there," Brenna said, getting up off her bed and reaching for her robe.
"Ok," said Padma buttoning her black robes with the Ravenclaw house crest embroidered on the right side, "See you at breakfast." Brenna left the room and headed for the showers. Padma slipped on her shoes and joined the rest of the Ravenclaws in the common room.
Around forty five minutes later, Brenna entered the Great Hall showered, fully clothed in her Hogwarts uniform, and sporting a particularly large backpack over her shoulder. She scanned the room nervously, trying to remember which of the four tables was the Ravenclaw table. Just as she was beginning to panic, she spotted Padma waving at her from the third table from the left. Brenna signed with relief as she adjusted the weight of her backpack and headed towards her newfound friends.
"Hello, Brenna! " said the prefect Cho Chang cheerfully. Brenna smiled as she slipped into the seat next to Padma.
"Good morning," said Brenna quietly, tucking a strand of her long and thin brunette hair behind her ear.
"So," said Terry Boot as she dished out some porridge onto her plate, "How was your first night at Hogwarts?" Brenna cocked her head to the side and pursed her lips in thought (as she often did). Finally, she shrugged her shoulders.
"It was ok," replied Brenna as she chose a few juicy sausage links from the platter and dished out her own helping of porridge, "It was a bit difficult to adjust to, but I can manage."
"What school did you transfer from?" asked Mandy Brocklehurst curiously.
"Beauxbatons."
"Are your mum and dad French?" asked Terry through a mouthful of food.
"No. They spoke it quite fluently, but they were from Hertfordshire."
"Can you speak French?" asked Cho.
"Oui, c'est une tres langue beau."
"Neato!" exclaimed Padma, "Where do you live now?"
"In a flat above Ollivander's Wand Shop with my grandfather," Brenna in a sharp tone that clearly suggested that the topic of discussion was officially closed. There was a slight tension that hung in the air after Brenna's last statement, and the table grew quiet.
After a few moments of hearing only the sounds of people chewing and of spoons and forks clanging against the sides of the bowls, Terry broke the tension by introducing a new subject. "I had to buy a new wand this summer," she said.
Padma laughed. "Why this time?"
"Because it broke, duh!"
"You break your wand every summer!" said Mandy. Cho giggled politely behind her hand.
"So?"
"So! What did you do this time?" asked Padma.
"Well, I was trying to transfigure a spoon into a mirror and when it didn't work I threw my wand at the wall and it cracked in half."
Padma snickered. "That's nothing like last years excuse!"
Brenna gave Terry a puzzled expression. "Last years excuse?" she asked.
Terry gave everyone her best innocent look. "I swear! I thought it was firewood!" she said, "I didn't mean to put it into the fire underneath my cauldron. Although that definitely would explain why the fire magically almost burned down my house. . ."
Hysterical, yet friendly, laughter broke out within the group, even leaving Brenna reduced to seemingly endless chuckles.
As they began to settle down, Cho removed her schedule from an inside pocket in her robes and began to examine it. "When do you have a study hall, Terry?" Cho asked, "I have it after lunch today."
"I don't have one until Thursday after lunch," said Terry groaning, "Today I have Charms after lunch."
Padma's eyes lit up. "So do I!" said Padma. Then she turned towards Brenna. "Lemme see your schedule!"
Brenna bent over her backpack and pulled out a crisply folded piece of paper. She sat up straight and handed it to Padma who hastily opened it. After quickly scanning it, Padma grabbed her own schedule out of the inside pocket of her robes and compared it to Brenna's.
"How about that!" said Padma, "We have Charms, Herbology, and Care of Magical Creatures together!" Brenna tentatively took her schedule back from Padma. "Too bad you don't have Potions with any of us."
"Ugh," said Mandy, taking a look at Brenna's schedule, "And right after breakfast too!"
"Curse this new scheduling!" exclaimed Terry as she shook her fist at the enchanted ceiling. Brenna raised an eyebrow at her.
"The houses used to go to classes together," said Cho," This year, they decided to split us up."
"Yeah, so we can 'create new and lasting friendships with other students'," said Mandy rolling her eyes, "Dumbledore announced it at the end of last year. Personally, I think this is just a way to make the Muggle- borns feel more at home."
"It's not so bad, really," said Cho.
"Yeah, and besides YOU'RE Muggle-born," said Padma.
"I know!" said Mandy, "I never said I was against it."
"I like it too," Terry chimed in, "especially since there's this cute Hufflepuff boy I've had my eye on."
Everyone, except for Cho who only managed to smile weakly, began to laugh again. Brenna began to feel her anxiety melt away. These girls had made her feel right at home, and she was sure she was going to have a great year. Brenna suddenly looked at her watch and saw they only had ten minutes left until classes started.
"We'd better hurry up," said Padma, who had also taken a glance at her watch. The girls quickly finished up their breakfast and stuffed a few things in their pockets to munch on in class (when the teachers weren't looking, of course) before heading off in their separate ways.
So, how'd y'all like my very first Harry Potter fan fiction? I hope to have the third chapter finished soon. Pleez review!!!