Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, J.K Rowling does. But I do have to ask, why is it so much like LOTR??? If you don't believe me go here :
No need to flame, just wondering. But me judgment may be impaired because it is late and I am under the influence of sugar. I love the HP books though. Anyway on to the story!!
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A teenage girl jumped off of the carriage steps, her light brown hair blowing slightly in the breeze. She looked at the grounds before her. They seemed to go forever, only ending at a dark forest that stood outlined against the overcast sky.
Students were huddled together walking from class to class in groups. Here it goes! She thought as she started to walk towards the stone castle that loomed in front of her.
A tall thin man walked out of the castle doors and down the steps, heading in her direction. His navy blue cloak was billowing out behind him. He was followed by a woman with pursed lips and chestnut brown hair, tucked under her hat in a tight bun.
" Sara," the man called out to her. The girl stopped walking as the man and the woman came up to her, " I hope the carriage ride here wasn't to boring." The man said, " I always get bored on long trips, that's why I always pack my knitting, so I can make socks. A man can never have enough socks you know."
" The ride was wonderful Professor Dumbledore, it couldn't have been better." The young girl said holding her suitcase.
" Well you came right in time, lunch is in an hour, so that gives you time to unpack. Minerva, will you show Sara her room? I have some other business to attend to." Dumbledore said as he turned and looked at the woman who stood behind him.
" Of coarse Albus, " Professor McGonagall replied as she took the girl's suitcase, " It's good to see you again Sara, I hope you've read the school books so your prepared for your classes."
The girl smiled, brushing a piece of her light brown hair out of her eye, " Yes, Professor. You told me off this summer for not writing with a quill, I wouldn't dare imagine what you'd do if I didn't do my homework!" The girl said as she looked up at Professor McGonagall.
Professor McGonagall grinned slightly, but soon the smirk was replaced with a frown, " Mr. Malfoy! Please put Mr. Longbottom down! Ten points from Slytherin ."
McGonagall looked at an astonished Sara, as the girl watched the boy the professor referred to as " Mr. Longbottom" soar up fifteen more feet and then freefall to the ground. Professor McGonagall's mouth formed an "o" as Mr. Longbottom fell to the ground with a "THUNK". Sara gasped and dropped her suitcase as McGonagall ran over to the boys and took Malfoy's ear.
" That was in complete disregard of my order Mr. Malfoy! You have no respect for teachers or for fellow students! Fifty points from Slytherin and detention tonight, all of you!" The boy called Malfoy had a haughty look in his face as he looked at Professor McGonagall. " I'll see you tonight then." He said with a smirk as McGonagall let go of his ear to tend to Mr. Longbottom. Sara started over to where Professor McGonagall was kneeling, but was stopped by a small mountain. She fell to the ground and when she looked up she found out it wasn't a mountain, but a very fat boy looking down at her.
" Excuse me," Sara said as she stood up, brushing dirt off of her cloak.
" Your excused, " a voice said from behind her as she attempted to walk around the fat boy. She whipped around to find herself face to face with the blonde haired boy that had been bullying the other student.
" And you are?", she asked, raising her eyebrows.
" Malfoy, Draco Malfoy. And these are my two friends Crabbe and Goyle. You should apologize for so rudely bumping into Goyle Ms.? ", Malfoy stopped, and grinned at Crabbe and Goyle, " I'm sorry I didn't catch your name?"
" Sara Wyss, and I don't need to apologize, for your friend bumped into me and caused me to fall down.", Sara said glairing at Malfoy, " so I'll be expecting an apology." Sara paused and turned around, looking at Goyle. " Well? I'm waiting."
Goyle stood there, his eyes widened and his jaw dropped. Never had anyone, much less a girl ,confront him so abruptly. " Umm. Well I'm,, I'm," Goyle started to say, but Draco cut him off, " Goyle what do you think you're doing? You don't need to apologize to her! You didn't do anything." He said coldly, staring at the back of Sara's head.
" What are you doing?", Sara exclaimed, turning around once more and looking at Draco, " If you didn't notice he was about to apologize for knocking me over."
" He had no need to apologize!," Draco snapped interrupting Sara, staring her in the eye. She stared right back, "As I said before Goyle, you don't have anything to apologize for. It was the girl's fault, she needs to apologize." Draco said coolly. He looked up at Crabbe and Goyle who were standing a few feet away, attempting to head towards the castle. " Where are you two going?", he asked.
" Well can't you see they're trying to get away from you?" Sara said mockingly, looking back at Malfoy with a smirk on her face. Malfoy glared at Sara for a moment, making his disapproval at that last comment clear. He turned back to Crabbe and Goyle, " Bet back here you oafs! You can't just leave in the middle of an argument."
" Oh, aren't you a nice friend? What are they, your SLAVES? You can't make them come or go as you please." Sara said disgustedly, " Its nice meeting you Crabbe, you too Goyle." She said smiling at the two human mountains. She turned and started to walk away. The three boys were caught off guard. Crabbe started to wave good bye, but Malfoy shot an icy stare at him and Goyle grabbed Crabbe's hand and pulled back down to his side.
" Aren't you forgetting something?", Malfoy called out to Sara. She turned around and looked at him, " What?" she asked innocently, " I said good bye to Crabbe and Goyle. Would you like me to say good bye to you?"
Malfoy opened is mouth, about to say something, but Sara cut him off, " Oh, you're right! I did forget something!, " she said as she drew her wand out slowly, so no one could see it. Malfoy smiled, thinking that he had won.
" WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA!!" Sara cried as the spell shot out of her wand and propelled Malfoy backwards into a puddle of mud.
Crabbe and Goyle waddled over to Malfoy ( because they can't run) and tried to pull him out of the mud. Their argument had attracted some attention, so when Malfoy got propelled into a puddle of mud, onlookers started to laugh as they watched Crabbe and Goyle attempt to life Malfoy out of the sticky mud.
" Good bye Malfoy, hope to see you again. But do wash up before we have another chat." Sara called, smiling as she turned around and walked over to Professor McGonagall.
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As Sara approached the boy, he opened his eyes and groaned, " Oh, my arm! Professor, is it broken? " He asked. He opened his eyes and looked at Sara.
" Professor. Is he alright?" Sara asked when she reached the two.
" Yes Sara, I think Neville will be fine." Professor McGonagall said to Sara, not even lifting her head to look in Sara's direction.
" Who are you? " Neville asked bluntly, staring at Sara.
" Oh, I'm sorry! I'm Sara Wyss, I just came here and saw your nasty fall,"
Neville flinched when she told him about witnessing his fall. " yeah, It bloody hurts right now. Malfoy is always doing that to me, I dunno why. He just does."
" He ALWAYS does that? Well why do you let him Neville?", Sara asked," he's a pushover, did you see what I did to him?"
" No, I didn't., OUCH! Professor that hurt!" Neville gasped an Professor McGonagall tried to move his arm.
" Well I'm sorry Mr. Longbottom, but I had to see if your leg is broken. And it is.", Neville groaned and closed his eyes, " don't worry, Madam Pomfrey will fix you up. Sara will you help me?" Professor McGonagall asked lifting Neville up by the armpit.
" Certainly professor, if Neville doesn't mind." Neville had his eyes closed in pain, groaned as a response.
" I'll take that as a yes Ms. Wyss, " Professor McGonagall said, " Now if you just support this, yes, yes, good. Well we're off." McGonagall said as she and Sara staggered towards the castle, with Neville in between them.
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That's chapter one. Please review with questions, comments, or complements. Don't loose hope! I will update if you review. Please tell me if you think I could've done anything better, of if a character was out of character. Gracias-
Bridget ( Aka: the all powerful author of this HP fan fic)