Summary: A wizard student from California gets transferred to Hogwarts in his sixth year. He has a fascination with guns and fire (scary huh?), and he's in Harry's year. What? Do you expect me to tell you the entire story here? READ! Rating just to be safe and for swearing. There's also a chapter later on that has some not-so-kid-friendly content.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter & Co., only Phoenix and Peck. That's it, everything else belongs to J.K. Rowling.
A/N: Okay, I know the idea of a transfer student is getting old with fan fictions, but bear with me here: I have a twist. This kid is a pyromaniac and is a weapons fanatic (muggle weapons of course). Soooooooo, I present to you (drum roll) THE PHOENIX! (The first chapter is a prologue, the other's will be longer)
Chapter one: What the heck!?!
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
'Stupid alarm clock... will it ever let me sleep in peace?'
A boy with flaming red hair rolled over in his bed and, without looking, slammed his hand on the alarm clock to silence it. After successfully turning off the disturbance, the boy rolled back to his original position and started to fall asleep again.
Tap, tap, tap.
The boy ignored the tapping on his window.
Tap, tap, tap.
Still no response.
TAP, TAP, TAP.
"What the hell is so important! And why are you tapping on my window? It's called a door you dumb- oh, an owl. Sorry. Hang on, I'm coming."
The boy got up and opened the window to let the bird in. After entering his room, the owl dropped an envelope on his bed and landed by a water bowl and promptly started to drink. While the owl was drinking, the boy shut the window and walked over to the envelope.
"It's about time that damned wizards school in L.A. sent me the start of school letter thingy. I was worried they forgot to send 'em out."
Sighing to himself, the boy ripped the top off and took out the letter inside.
"Dear Mr. Blazen, as you know, term begins on September 1 blah, blah, blah."
The boy continued reading the letter in silence, his brown eyes getting bigger as he continued. He finally finished. Staring the letter, he reread it several times (particularly the end) to make sure he wasn't seeing things.
"I don't get this. 'However, due to an enormous influx of new students at White Magic's Academy for Wizards, several students need to be transferred to another school. Due to your phenomenal record and grades, the staff has decided to select you as one of the students to be transferred. You will be the sole student going to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in England. In a few days, you will get an owl that contains all of the information and items you need to get there. Good luck and farewell Mr. Blazen.'"
The boy was extremely ticked.
'I'm getting kicked out of my school and being transferred to another one? What about my friends dammit! I have a life you idiots! Give me some of my friends too! Well, at least there won't be any Paul (the boy referred to him as "The Spawn of Satan") at this new school...'
After the owl was satisfied with his drink, he flew towards the window and started to tap on it, indicating it wanted out. The boy, sighing, walked over and opened it. Almost as soon as that owl left another one came in. This owl is worth describing, for it is the boy's owl. He was a large owl, about the size of a Great Horned Owl, and had bright red feathers and brown eyes. He was a very confident owl who sometimes acted like an arrogant jerk. His name was...
"Flame! (A/N: I wasn't in a creative mood okay?) Hey buddy! It's been a while since you left on your hunting trip. Any good catches?"
The owl nodded.
"Good! Well, I just got this letter from another owl that I'm becoming a transfer student and I'll be attending another school in England called Hog-somethin' or other, so you're coming with me."
At that moment, he heard a small "Uh oh!" on his computer.
"Ah, ICQ calls. Hang on."
The boy dashed over to the computer and checked to see who called. After looking at the screen name, the boy started typing in response. Here's the dialogue.
-Hey Josh (That was the boy's name)!-
-Hey Peck. And It's Phoenix! Not Josh, Phoenix!-
-Whatever...-
-So, wazzup?-
-Did you get a letter saying you were getting transferred to a new school?-
-Yup. You?-
-Yeah. Which school are you going to?-
-Hog-something School of Witchcraft and Wizardry-
-It's Hogwarts by the way, and I'm going there too-
-No! My letter said I was the only student going to this particular school-
-Well the letter lied, 'cause I'm going too-
-EXCELLENT! I won't be alone! Alright Peck! See you there!-
-You too. Oh and, would you mind bringing your firearms? You never know when they might be useful...-
-Okay, whatever. BYE!-
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That's the dialogue. The boy then fired up Internet Explorer and commenced surfing the net.
'It's gonna be an interesting year...'
Two days later, the boy was playing Halo on his computer when he heard a tapping noise. Pausing the game, he got up and walked over to the window and saw an owl, not Flame, waiting out there with an envelope. The boy assumed this was the letter from Hogwarts (He was able to remember the name correctly now) and opened the window to allow the owl entry. It swooped in and landed on the back of his chair, dropping the envelope from its beak into Phoenix's (A/N: Because that's what he wants to be called, we'll call him Phoenix) hand and then flew out. The boy tore open the top and began to read the paper:
"'HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCH-' yeah, yeah, yeah. Screw the introduction. 'Dear Mr. Blazen, we are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31. Yours sincerely-' More intro crap. Okay, the books..."
Phoenix took out another piece of parchment from the envelope that contained all of the books he would need. Looking down the list, the boy counted about 15 books he would need. He didn't need to bring anything "equipment", for he had everything he needed at his house, so he'd just bring them with him to London.
"Two electives eh? Well, that's easy. Magical Armor and Magical Weap- HEY! THERE ISN'T ANY MAGICAL ARMOR OR MAGICAL WEAPONRY ELECTIVES! WHAT KIND OF SCHOOL IS THIS? Ah well, let's see. Care of Magical Creatures sounds good. Okay, I'll do that and... Divination. I might be able to get some sleep in that class..."
Phoenix took out a third piece of parchment.
"'Mr. Blazen, due to the fact you do not know how to get into the magical world at England, enclosed are several pieces of important information: 1) The place where you get your supplies is called "Diagon Alley" and is located in London. To get there, you go to the "Leaky Cauldron", an Inn which is the gateway to the magical world in London. You go to the back where you will find a brick wall and a trashcan. Using the trashcan as a reference point, you will count three bricks up and two across, and tap the specified brick with your wand. You will then have access to Diagon Alley. 2) To get to the Hogwarts Express, you must arrive at King's Cross Station before eleven 'o clock. Your train is on platform nine and three quarters. We look forward to seeing you at the start of term.' Wow, no introduction crap. Amazing. Hey, what's this little piece of paper? Oh, it's the train ticket. Never mind."
The boy then turned to the owl.
"Well Flame, I guess I should tell mom that I'm off to London soon."
With that, Phoenix walked out of his room and towards the living room, where his mom was...
A/N: So, what do you think? Any good? Utterly brilliant? Really dumb? Tell me in a review! wink, wink