THE FIRST DESCENDANT

By Omniscient Maiden

Disclaimer: Miss J.K. Rowling owns Harry Potter, and I own this fanfic. Yadayadayada, you know the drill. Happy Reading!

Chapter 5:

The Journey There

Avery nodded, and smiled in a content sort of way. "Yes, actually, I do play quidditch. Both my parents were pretty good seekers." She shrugged and opened up a box of sugar quills. "But as first years aren't allowed broomsticks, I had to leave my dad's old Firebolt at home." Avery sighed as she daydreamed: Ah, the Firebolt. Handed down to her by her father, it was an old fashioned, but dependable broomstick. The newer ones were—well, newer of course, but her old broom would do her justice. Thank goodness she hadn't gotten her mother's broomstick—a Cleansweep 7. Yikes! That thing was an antique!
Raeanne smiled back, and said with a chuckle, "I'm no Viktor Krum myself, but I do enjoy a good game of apples. Myself, I'd rather stay inside and read. Did you know that there are many, many different Quidditch teams? I was reading Quiddich Through the Ages and I found out that--" The door however, slid open to reveal a thin girl their age. She had waist length silvery blonde hair, and light blue eyes that seemed to glisten in the light of the train compartment.
She took a long look around, and then spoke. "Oh, well, I guess this isn't the lavatory after all. May I inquire as to whose presence I have intruded upon?" she said with a slightly sarcastic smirk.
Raeanne spoke before Avery.
"I'm Raeanne Patil."
"I'm Avery Potter."
The girl's smoothly arched eyebrows raised slightly. "A Potter, hmm? I see... well, I'm sure that you be delighted to know me, other than some rag-tag seer's daughter." Raeanne's jaw dropped in anger. "My name is Kaida. Kaida Malfoy. Daughter and esquire to Draco Malfoy." Kaida extended her hand. Avery turned her green eyes up, surveying this girl. She chanced a glance at Rae. The ebony haired girl was fuming with rage, and seemed to be using every ounce of her self control to resist lanching onto Kaida. Kaida spoke next.
"Well?" A wider, more tranquilizing smirk crept up on her features.
Avery blinked and said, "If she's a rag-tag seer's daughter, I'd hate to know what I am exactly. Or what you are, for that matter, Miss Draconis." Avery smiled a cheesy grin as Raeanne giggled briefly. Kaida look rabid.
Kaida chuckled malovently to herself. "I thought you might be different from your disgraceful parents, but apparently I was mistaken. The next generation is just as potent as the previous." Avery smiled wider.
"Quite."
Kaida swept around, whipping her long plait past them as she strutted out of the compartment. Raeanne punched the air. "Oh, how I wish I could take a crack at her. Show her what some rag-tag seer's daughter can do." Avery shook her head and went back to eating her chocolate frog.

The train continued it's long journey towards the castle, and the trip was uneventful for the remainder. As Avery and Rae changed into their robes the chatted about which house they might be in. Rae said either Gryffindor or Ravenclaw, because those were the houses her mother and aunt were in. Avery wanted desperately to get into Gryffindor, as many generations on her mother's side had been in it, as had her father. They laughed about Hufflepuff as the train pulled up to the station, and as they got off, they heard a booming voice call out over the crowd.
"Firs' years! Firs' years over here! Why, bless my boots, if it isn't Avery Potter!"
Hagrid's graying bearded face broke into a grin when he saw her pushing through the crowd. Avery smiled back. "Hello Hagrid. How are you doing?"
"I'm doin' just fine, Avery. I haven' seen yeh since you were a baby, yeh rascal!" Hagrid ruffled her mane, leaving Avery with even more messy hair. He continued his job, however, calling, "Firs' years, follow me! That's right, over here! C'mon, down the path!" He started down the steps, the small crowd of new students following him, tripping over the roots that grew on the stair. "We'll be comin' up on Hogwarts in a minute—here we are!"
There was a gasp of surprise as they rounded a bend in the path, revealing a great black lake, which looked like a mirror. But the lake wasn't all that met their eyes; on top of a tall mountain was perched a grand castle that sparkled with the light of thousands of windows, it's turrets reaching high into the starry sky.
"Now, get in the boats! No more'n four to each!" Hagrid called, signaling to the little cluster of small boats, sitting on the water's shore. Avery and Raeanne shared theirs with Noah Longbottom and a girl whose name they didn't know. Avery felt very excited; HOGWARTS WAS A FEW MINUTES AWAY!