Chapter 2 The New Beginning
Linnea was stunned. Her whole body was shaking. She had no idea what to say. Then she thought about it. All this time her mother had lied to her. Yes Sirius had as well, but at least he acted more like a father than she treated him. Now that she thought about it, she was really happy when she was around Sirius. The more she sat and reflected on the past eleven years of her life the heavier the solution weighed in her mind. She looked up into her mom's eyes and the message seemed to have been sent.
Her mom looked on the verge of tears but she seemed to know that deep down it was really what her daughter needed to do. "Ok go pack your stuff." Her mom said exasperated.
"ALRIGHT!" Linnea squealed. She took the stairs three at a time, and sprinted to her room and started throwing clothes into a suitcase. She wasn't about to slow down incase she decided to rethink her decision. Bounding down the stairs she stopped mid-way when she saw her dad in the hallway. He looked up at her with pained eyes and she knew that he wasn't going to stop her.
They said long sad goodbyes, and as she walked out she could feel that no matter how much she wanted to stay, there was no tuning back. But in a matter of seconds her mind was turned to something else. "Um...Sirius, where.." She had turned to look at his bike, It was very large, but there was no way her suitcase could possibly fit.
"Well, come on then." Sirius said. "Oh, right, not to worry." He had popped his seat and as Linnea neared she noticed that instead of the engine that was usually in that place, there was a gigantic storage area. Sirius grabbed her suitcase and heaved it in. She looked down and it was gone.
"Where did it go?" She asked in bewilderment.
"Oh it's down there, no worries; it's just a bit of magic." He smiled mischievously at her. She grinned at him and the set off to London.
As they reached the Leaky Cauldron where they often went to get a drink she realized only then that this couldn't be a regular pub.
"Muggles can't see it." Sirius said noticing the questionable look on her face.
"Mug..a.what what."
"Oh sorry, muggles are people with no magical powers. There are some terms you will probably pick up, I don't know all of them, but if you read your spell books you will pick up pretty easily." Linnea's head was swimming again. "Spell books" She thought "How cool is this."
After getting all of her school supplies, they headed back to Sirius's house. "Alright I know this is kind of fast and all, but school starts tomorrow." He said looking concerned
"Tomorrow! Are you crazy, how am I supposed to get ready for anything in that amount of time.
"Don't worry about a thing. I'll be there if you want me too. I will most certainly take you to the train station."
"You sure, because that's kind of fast; I don't know anything about magic or anything. I don't know anyone, or where to go, or anything about where I'm going, I really don't know if this is such a good idea." She spit out these words so fast Sirius barely had time to catch it all before she started to panic.
"Whoa, slow down butterbean you'll be ok really."
That night she tossed and turned thinking out how should would live through the next day, much-a-less the next school term. As morning came, she crawled out of bed and slumped into the kitchen. Sirius was reading the Daily Prophet and sipping tea. She sat down and stared blankly at the newspaper. The moving picture would have probably made her jumped out of her skin this early if she hadn't seen the Evening Prophet the night before.
"Good morning sunshine." Sirius said with a laugh at her gaunt look.
"Oh ha ha." She said, but she smiled nonetheless.
All too soon they were pulling up to King's Cross Station and he was wheeling her trolley down the gates. Finally he stopped in between gateway's 9 and 10. Linnea waited for him to tell her which gate they were going to be at, but he just looked back at her and said
"You ready to run?"
"Uh.sure."
He explained how to enter the barrier she again got the feeling that he was crazy but trusted his judgment. Amazingly they entered into Platform 9 ¾ easily.
"Well let's go find you a compartment then shall we." They worked there way to the back of the train and finally found an empty compartment. Sirius placed her trunk above her seat and they started outside to say there goodbye..that is until they heard. "Oy you guys here's an empty one." It was coming from Linnea's compartment.
"Oh I'm sorry, I was sitting here." Linnea said hoping she sounded polite enough. The girl turned her eyes on Linnea. She was a rather tall and skinny blonde, and looked to be a bit of a Tom Boy judging by her baggy jeans and overly large t-shirt. Linnea noticed that her shirt had "The Weird Sister's on Tour". She had never heard of this band and figured it was a wizard band of some kind.
"Mind some company?" the girl said.
"Uh no not at all." Linnea said timidly. She was absolutely overjoyed. People who she had never met before would spend the entire train ride talking to her. With any luck she would have her first friends by the time she got to school.
"I'm Alexia Malfoy by the way." The girl held out her hand.
"I'm Linnea, Linnea Huse." She said taking it. "Sorry it's my first time on a train."
"Oh that's alright me too." Alexia said. At this moment two other girls entered the compartment. "Oh there you guys are. Linnea this is Parvati Delacour, and Amerie Sky." After they had all gotten introduced Linnea ran outside to see her father.
"So found some friends have you." Linnea smiled up at him, but her smile dropped.
"Sirius, I really am worried about this. I mean what if I get kicked out because I wasn't good enough. Then how do I spend the rest of my life."
"Don't worry honey, I promise that won't happen. I will be writing to you as often as possible. If you need help with anything, just tell me, and you will make friends fast enough." He hugged her. It wasn't like any hug she had gotten from him before. It was a hug of pure love. She felt that no matter what was happening around her, as long as Sirius held on, nothing could happen to her. She was safe.
After a solid minute she was sure he was trying not to cry she boarded the train and it began to speed off. She waved goodbye until the train turned a bend and the station was out of site. As she turned back into her compartment she felt this was the beginning of her new life and she was just going to have to take it in stride. Nothing was going to keep her from achieving everything she could.
Linnea was stunned. Her whole body was shaking. She had no idea what to say. Then she thought about it. All this time her mother had lied to her. Yes Sirius had as well, but at least he acted more like a father than she treated him. Now that she thought about it, she was really happy when she was around Sirius. The more she sat and reflected on the past eleven years of her life the heavier the solution weighed in her mind. She looked up into her mom's eyes and the message seemed to have been sent.
Her mom looked on the verge of tears but she seemed to know that deep down it was really what her daughter needed to do. "Ok go pack your stuff." Her mom said exasperated.
"ALRIGHT!" Linnea squealed. She took the stairs three at a time, and sprinted to her room and started throwing clothes into a suitcase. She wasn't about to slow down incase she decided to rethink her decision. Bounding down the stairs she stopped mid-way when she saw her dad in the hallway. He looked up at her with pained eyes and she knew that he wasn't going to stop her.
They said long sad goodbyes, and as she walked out she could feel that no matter how much she wanted to stay, there was no tuning back. But in a matter of seconds her mind was turned to something else. "Um...Sirius, where.." She had turned to look at his bike, It was very large, but there was no way her suitcase could possibly fit.
"Well, come on then." Sirius said. "Oh, right, not to worry." He had popped his seat and as Linnea neared she noticed that instead of the engine that was usually in that place, there was a gigantic storage area. Sirius grabbed her suitcase and heaved it in. She looked down and it was gone.
"Where did it go?" She asked in bewilderment.
"Oh it's down there, no worries; it's just a bit of magic." He smiled mischievously at her. She grinned at him and the set off to London.
As they reached the Leaky Cauldron where they often went to get a drink she realized only then that this couldn't be a regular pub.
"Muggles can't see it." Sirius said noticing the questionable look on her face.
"Mug..a.what what."
"Oh sorry, muggles are people with no magical powers. There are some terms you will probably pick up, I don't know all of them, but if you read your spell books you will pick up pretty easily." Linnea's head was swimming again. "Spell books" She thought "How cool is this."
After getting all of her school supplies, they headed back to Sirius's house. "Alright I know this is kind of fast and all, but school starts tomorrow." He said looking concerned
"Tomorrow! Are you crazy, how am I supposed to get ready for anything in that amount of time.
"Don't worry about a thing. I'll be there if you want me too. I will most certainly take you to the train station."
"You sure, because that's kind of fast; I don't know anything about magic or anything. I don't know anyone, or where to go, or anything about where I'm going, I really don't know if this is such a good idea." She spit out these words so fast Sirius barely had time to catch it all before she started to panic.
"Whoa, slow down butterbean you'll be ok really."
That night she tossed and turned thinking out how should would live through the next day, much-a-less the next school term. As morning came, she crawled out of bed and slumped into the kitchen. Sirius was reading the Daily Prophet and sipping tea. She sat down and stared blankly at the newspaper. The moving picture would have probably made her jumped out of her skin this early if she hadn't seen the Evening Prophet the night before.
"Good morning sunshine." Sirius said with a laugh at her gaunt look.
"Oh ha ha." She said, but she smiled nonetheless.
All too soon they were pulling up to King's Cross Station and he was wheeling her trolley down the gates. Finally he stopped in between gateway's 9 and 10. Linnea waited for him to tell her which gate they were going to be at, but he just looked back at her and said
"You ready to run?"
"Uh.sure."
He explained how to enter the barrier she again got the feeling that he was crazy but trusted his judgment. Amazingly they entered into Platform 9 ¾ easily.
"Well let's go find you a compartment then shall we." They worked there way to the back of the train and finally found an empty compartment. Sirius placed her trunk above her seat and they started outside to say there goodbye..that is until they heard. "Oy you guys here's an empty one." It was coming from Linnea's compartment.
"Oh I'm sorry, I was sitting here." Linnea said hoping she sounded polite enough. The girl turned her eyes on Linnea. She was a rather tall and skinny blonde, and looked to be a bit of a Tom Boy judging by her baggy jeans and overly large t-shirt. Linnea noticed that her shirt had "The Weird Sister's on Tour". She had never heard of this band and figured it was a wizard band of some kind.
"Mind some company?" the girl said.
"Uh no not at all." Linnea said timidly. She was absolutely overjoyed. People who she had never met before would spend the entire train ride talking to her. With any luck she would have her first friends by the time she got to school.
"I'm Alexia Malfoy by the way." The girl held out her hand.
"I'm Linnea, Linnea Huse." She said taking it. "Sorry it's my first time on a train."
"Oh that's alright me too." Alexia said. At this moment two other girls entered the compartment. "Oh there you guys are. Linnea this is Parvati Delacour, and Amerie Sky." After they had all gotten introduced Linnea ran outside to see her father.
"So found some friends have you." Linnea smiled up at him, but her smile dropped.
"Sirius, I really am worried about this. I mean what if I get kicked out because I wasn't good enough. Then how do I spend the rest of my life."
"Don't worry honey, I promise that won't happen. I will be writing to you as often as possible. If you need help with anything, just tell me, and you will make friends fast enough." He hugged her. It wasn't like any hug she had gotten from him before. It was a hug of pure love. She felt that no matter what was happening around her, as long as Sirius held on, nothing could happen to her. She was safe.
After a solid minute she was sure he was trying not to cry she boarded the train and it began to speed off. She waved goodbye until the train turned a bend and the station was out of site. As she turned back into her compartment she felt this was the beginning of her new life and she was just going to have to take it in stride. Nothing was going to keep her from achieving everything she could.