Reality Check
~* Hey everyone! My faithful readers and reviewers! I'm glad to hear that you like the story, and yes, Caprice's parents will have a lot to do with the plot in upcoming chapters! *~
Chapter 5 ~ Away She Goes
Harry hadn't been allowed out of his room for the whole holidays. He had watched kids running around playing hide and seek, pretending to be pirates, running around, and basically having fun. All Harry could do was lean on his windowsill, press his nose up against the cool glass, and wish he was out there too.
Caprice hadn't been around to see him since he had been locked in his room. She must have known something was wrong, and didn't want to make the Dursleys any angrier than they already were.
The hours crawled by, and night time fell. Harry was lying in his bed, staring up at the ceiling wondering what Caprice was doing at that very moment. Probably getting ready to go to the magical school, Harry thought bitterly. How he longed to be going to Hogwarts with her, instead of being stuck at the Dursleys boring house, where he was locked up like an animal.
Tap.
Harry jerked himself up into a sitting position.
Tap.
He looked over to the window.
Tap.
Harry got up and crept silently to the window, and looked down to the grass. Caprice was standing down there, throwing small stones up at his window. Harry slid the glass open and tried to stick his head through the bars, but they were too close together.
'Harry! I thought you might be locked up.' Caprice said.
'What are you doing here? If the Dursleys catch you here, you'll be in big trouble, and so will I!' Harry said, in a quiet voice so that he wouldn't wake the Dursleys up. Caprice seemed to have gotten the gist anyway.
'But Harry, I'm leaving tomorrow morning, at eleven am! I just came to say goodbye.' Caprice explained sadly. 'I wish you could come, that Ollivander guy said that you should be going to Hogwarts! I'll have a talk to mum and dad about it.' She continued.
'Thanks Caprice, but there's no way the Dursleys will let me go.' Harry replied.
'I'll see what I can do.' She said. 'Bye Harry! If you can't come to Hogwarts, I'll see you in the Christmas holidays.' She said, giving him a big wave. Harry waved back down to her, and watched as she sprinted away in the direction of her house.
~***~
Harry woke the next morning at nine thirty. He noticed a tray with one piece of soggy looking toast on the floor near the door. Harry grabbed his glasses from his bedside table, and scrambled out of bed. Before touching the toast, Harry tried the door. Locked. Could he ever get a break?
The minutes ticked past. Harry half expected that Caprice and her parents would come and break him out, but no such luck. Eleven o'clock came and went. Caprice was on her way to Hogwarts.
~***~
Platform nine and three quarters was crouded as Caprice stepped through the magical barrier separating the magical world from the muggle world. She stepped shakily onto the train, and found a compartment by herself. Caprice longed for Harry to be here with her. She missed him a lot. She knew that he was trapped in his bedroom, and couldn't even go outside for some fresh air. Caprice vowed to learn lots of magic and break Harry out during the Christmas Holidays.
A tall, red haired boy stuck his head around the door to Caprice's compartment. She looked at him in shock.
'Do you mind if I sit here? Everywhere else is full.' He said shakily.
'Sure, go ahead.' Caprice said. The red haired boy walked gingerly into the compartment and sat down on the opposite side to Caprice.
'I'm Ron Weasley.' He said, trying to make conversation.
'I'm sad.' Caprice said. Ron looked at her strangely.
'Why are you sad?' He asked.
'Because my best friend is a wizard, but his aunt and uncle won't let him come to Hogwarts with me.' Caprice told him.
'Really? What a shame. Who's your best friend?' Ron asked.
'Harry. Harry Potter.' This sparked the exact reaction which Caprice had been waiting for. Ron's eyes widened and his mouth dropped open.
'You know Harry Potter?' He asked, his mouth still wide open.
'Yeah, I've known him for about three years now, he's my best friend, we normally do everything together.' Caprice said.
'Do you know who he is?' Ron asked.
'Well duh! Of corse I know who he is!' Caprice said, like Ron had just asked her what colour the sky was.
'Oh, I just thought. . . oh never mind.' Ron said. 'So what's your name anyway?' He said changing the subject, but Caprice could tell Harry was still on his mind.
'Caprice Jenkins.' She replied.
'Cool.' Ron said. 'Do you want to see a spell that my brother gave me?'
'Sure, why not.' Caprice said, looking on anxiously. Ron pulled out his wand.
'Sunshine daisies, butter mellow, turn this stupid fat rat yellow.' Ron said, and pointed his wand at a large rat which was sitting on his lap. Caprice screamed, she had not noticed the rat before, and she hated the creatures.
'Get it away!' She shrieked. Ron looked at her in an odd fashion, but put his rat in his back pack.
'That there was Scabbers, he's been a faithful pet, doesn't do much though.' Ron said.
Just then, a small round-faced boy walked into the cabin, followed by a bushy haired girl who had a bossy look on her face.
'Has any of you seen Trevor? He's my toad.' The boy said. Ron and Caprice shook their heads. 'My name's Neville Longbottom.' He continued. Caprice swallowed a laugh. 'If either of you see a toad, would you let me know?' Caprice nodded, and Ron muttered a yes.
'My name's Hermione Granger.' The girl said, pushing past Neville. She spotted the wand in Ron's hand. 'Oh, you're doing magic already? Let's see it then.'
'Can't, Caprice here doesn't like my rat.' Ron mumbled.
'Oh, I've tried a few simple spells already, and they've all worked for me.' Hermione said in a bossy, know-it-all voice. She looked at Caprice and Ron in their muggle clothing. 'You should change into your school robes, I expect we'll be arriving soon.' Hermione was already in her Hogwarts Robes.
'Are you done?' Caprice said in a rather nasty tone. Hermione frowned.
'If you see the toad, tell Neville.' She said haughtily, and stalked out of the cabin, beckoning Neville to follow her.
'If I see the toad I'll squash it!' Caprice called after them. Hermione's head appeared around the door. She looked directly at Ron.
'By the way, you have dirt on your nose, did you know?' She said, rubbing her nose in the exact spot where Ron had a smudge of dirt. Hermione then disappeared, without a second thought.
Ron and Caprice exchanged glanced.
'Well she was rude.' Ron said after a while. 'I wonder if we'll get any more visitors?' He said, gazing out the train window.
After an hour had passed, and Caprice had ordered some wizard sweets from the witch walking around with a food trolley, three boys came into the cabin. One was slightly smaller than the other two, with white blonde hair, and a slightly evil look about him. The other two were big and clumbering.
'I saw you at Diagon Alley.' The blonde boy said, looking at Caprice. 'You had a friend with you, I was told he is Harry Potter. Do you know where I can find him?'
'Yes, I do.' Caprice said in a confident tone. A small silence followed this remark.
'Well, where is he?' The boy demanded.
'Number four Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey.' Caprice said, being serious.
'No way! Harry Potter not at Hogwarts? What is the meaning of this?' The boy cried, obviously outraged. He quickly redeemed himself, and stuck his hand out to Caprice. 'I'm Malfoy, Draco Malfoy.' Ron sniggered. Draco snapped his head towards Ron, pulling his hand away from Caprice. 'You think my name's funny do you? No need to ask who you are, red hair, and hand me down robes, you must be a Weasley.' Draco spat. Ron looked down, the corners of his ears going bright red.
Draco turned back to Caprice.
'You had better choose your friends wisely, you don't want to be stuck with the wrong sort.' Draco said, once again, offering his hand to Caprice. She looked from his hand, to his eyes, and to Ron, then back to Draco's hand, which she shook.
'Caprice Jenkins.' She said. 'Best friend of Harry Potter.' Caprice smiled proudly. Draco smirked at Caprice.
'I'll be seeing you around, Jenkins.' He said with a grin, and left, followed by his goons. Caprice turned back to Ron.
'Lovely guy, don't you think?' She said shyly. Ron glared at her warningly.
~***~
The Hogwarts Express came to a halt, and everyone piled off. Caprice walked by herself, not wanting to walk with Ron, who was obviously mad at her for accepting Draco's hand of friendship.
'Firs' years! Firs' years this way!' A really tall, really wide man called out. Caprice followed the sound of his voice, not being able to see over the heads of the people around her. She reached the man, and saw that they were at a dock, with lots of boats. The lake was large, and black.
'No way! I'm not going through that!' Caprice yelled. Draco came up beside her.
'Come on Jenkins, get in with me, Crabbe and Goyle.' He said, grabbing her shoulders and leading her to a boat with his goons already in it.
The boats magically rowed themselves to the other side of the lake, Caprice was sitting closely beside Draco so she wouldn't fall in.
'So, Jenkins, what house do you want to get in?' Draco asked.
'Well, Malfoy, since we're going on a last name basis, my parents were in Ravenclaw and Slytherin, so I'd like to be in either of those houses.' Caprice replied.
'My parents were both in Slytherin.' Draco said. 'If they tried to put me in Hufflepuff I'd go home, wouldn't you?'
'I don't know, I guess.' Caprice replied, wanting desperately to get off the lake. The boats finally reached the other side of the lake, and all the first years gazed up at the amazing castle in awe.
'It's beautiful!' Caprice said.
'Yeah yeah.' Draco replied, not really interested at all.
~***~
'Welcome to Hogwarts, I am Professor McGonagall, teacher of Transfiguration, and head of Gryffindor House. You will now be sorted into your houses. They are Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin and Hufflepuff. Your house will be your home while you are staying at Hogwarts. Good behaviour will be rewarded with house points, however, breaking the school rules will result in penalty of points deducted and a detention given. Please wait here.' The old Professor walked through the doors and left the first years to murmur amongst themselves.
Caprice stood nervously next to Crabbe, Goyle and Draco. She wondered what Harry was doing, and she was nervous about the sorting. Caprice tried to think of pretend ways which they would be sorted, but gave up because it just wasn't any fun without Harry to be there with her. She missed him a lot.
'This way please.' McGonagall said upon her return. She led them through the Great Hall, and to the front, where an old shabby hat was sitting upon a stool.
'Now, when I call your name, would you please sit on the stool, and I shall place the sorting hat on your head, and you will be sorted into your houses.' McGonagall said sternly.
'Hannah Abbott.' Hannah walked to the stool and sat on it. The sorting hat was placed on her head.
'HUFFLEPUFF!' The call called. Hannah walked calmly to the Hufflepuff table and sat down.
'Susan Bones.' Susan walked up nervously and the hat was placed on her head.
'HUFFLEPUFF!' The sorting hat cried, and Susan ran happily to the Hufflepuff table, where she sat next to Hannah. Draco let out a snort.
This went on, Caprice didn't really pay much attention until her name was called. She walked up and sat on the stool. The sorting hat was placed on her head, and she heard it talk to her inside her head.
'Hmm, you have the mind for . . . SLYTHERIN!' The hat said "Slytherin" out loud, and Caprice jumped down from the stool and over to Crabbe and Goyle, who were already Slytherins. She saw Ron turn around and glower at her, and Draco smiled at her.
When it was Draco's turn, he barely had to put the hat on his head before it yelled out;
'SLYTHERIN!' Draco went and sat with Caprice, Crabbe and Goyle.
When the sorting ceremony was over, an old wizard stood up at the teachers table.
'Good evening and welcome to Hogwarts. For all first years, and some older students who need reminding, the dark Forrest is strictly forbidden to all students. Also, the third floor corridor is off limits, for all of you who do not wish to die a horrible death.' The man said, and he sat down.
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~* What did you all think of me putting Caprice in Slytherin? When Harry does come to Hogwarts, there'll be some controversy with Slytherins and Gryffindors, or do we want Harry in Slytherin with Caprice? Have a think about it and let me know what you think. *~
~Gryffindor Gal~
~* Hey everyone! My faithful readers and reviewers! I'm glad to hear that you like the story, and yes, Caprice's parents will have a lot to do with the plot in upcoming chapters! *~
Chapter 5 ~ Away She Goes
Harry hadn't been allowed out of his room for the whole holidays. He had watched kids running around playing hide and seek, pretending to be pirates, running around, and basically having fun. All Harry could do was lean on his windowsill, press his nose up against the cool glass, and wish he was out there too.
Caprice hadn't been around to see him since he had been locked in his room. She must have known something was wrong, and didn't want to make the Dursleys any angrier than they already were.
The hours crawled by, and night time fell. Harry was lying in his bed, staring up at the ceiling wondering what Caprice was doing at that very moment. Probably getting ready to go to the magical school, Harry thought bitterly. How he longed to be going to Hogwarts with her, instead of being stuck at the Dursleys boring house, where he was locked up like an animal.
Tap.
Harry jerked himself up into a sitting position.
Tap.
He looked over to the window.
Tap.
Harry got up and crept silently to the window, and looked down to the grass. Caprice was standing down there, throwing small stones up at his window. Harry slid the glass open and tried to stick his head through the bars, but they were too close together.
'Harry! I thought you might be locked up.' Caprice said.
'What are you doing here? If the Dursleys catch you here, you'll be in big trouble, and so will I!' Harry said, in a quiet voice so that he wouldn't wake the Dursleys up. Caprice seemed to have gotten the gist anyway.
'But Harry, I'm leaving tomorrow morning, at eleven am! I just came to say goodbye.' Caprice explained sadly. 'I wish you could come, that Ollivander guy said that you should be going to Hogwarts! I'll have a talk to mum and dad about it.' She continued.
'Thanks Caprice, but there's no way the Dursleys will let me go.' Harry replied.
'I'll see what I can do.' She said. 'Bye Harry! If you can't come to Hogwarts, I'll see you in the Christmas holidays.' She said, giving him a big wave. Harry waved back down to her, and watched as she sprinted away in the direction of her house.
~***~
Harry woke the next morning at nine thirty. He noticed a tray with one piece of soggy looking toast on the floor near the door. Harry grabbed his glasses from his bedside table, and scrambled out of bed. Before touching the toast, Harry tried the door. Locked. Could he ever get a break?
The minutes ticked past. Harry half expected that Caprice and her parents would come and break him out, but no such luck. Eleven o'clock came and went. Caprice was on her way to Hogwarts.
~***~
Platform nine and three quarters was crouded as Caprice stepped through the magical barrier separating the magical world from the muggle world. She stepped shakily onto the train, and found a compartment by herself. Caprice longed for Harry to be here with her. She missed him a lot. She knew that he was trapped in his bedroom, and couldn't even go outside for some fresh air. Caprice vowed to learn lots of magic and break Harry out during the Christmas Holidays.
A tall, red haired boy stuck his head around the door to Caprice's compartment. She looked at him in shock.
'Do you mind if I sit here? Everywhere else is full.' He said shakily.
'Sure, go ahead.' Caprice said. The red haired boy walked gingerly into the compartment and sat down on the opposite side to Caprice.
'I'm Ron Weasley.' He said, trying to make conversation.
'I'm sad.' Caprice said. Ron looked at her strangely.
'Why are you sad?' He asked.
'Because my best friend is a wizard, but his aunt and uncle won't let him come to Hogwarts with me.' Caprice told him.
'Really? What a shame. Who's your best friend?' Ron asked.
'Harry. Harry Potter.' This sparked the exact reaction which Caprice had been waiting for. Ron's eyes widened and his mouth dropped open.
'You know Harry Potter?' He asked, his mouth still wide open.
'Yeah, I've known him for about three years now, he's my best friend, we normally do everything together.' Caprice said.
'Do you know who he is?' Ron asked.
'Well duh! Of corse I know who he is!' Caprice said, like Ron had just asked her what colour the sky was.
'Oh, I just thought. . . oh never mind.' Ron said. 'So what's your name anyway?' He said changing the subject, but Caprice could tell Harry was still on his mind.
'Caprice Jenkins.' She replied.
'Cool.' Ron said. 'Do you want to see a spell that my brother gave me?'
'Sure, why not.' Caprice said, looking on anxiously. Ron pulled out his wand.
'Sunshine daisies, butter mellow, turn this stupid fat rat yellow.' Ron said, and pointed his wand at a large rat which was sitting on his lap. Caprice screamed, she had not noticed the rat before, and she hated the creatures.
'Get it away!' She shrieked. Ron looked at her in an odd fashion, but put his rat in his back pack.
'That there was Scabbers, he's been a faithful pet, doesn't do much though.' Ron said.
Just then, a small round-faced boy walked into the cabin, followed by a bushy haired girl who had a bossy look on her face.
'Has any of you seen Trevor? He's my toad.' The boy said. Ron and Caprice shook their heads. 'My name's Neville Longbottom.' He continued. Caprice swallowed a laugh. 'If either of you see a toad, would you let me know?' Caprice nodded, and Ron muttered a yes.
'My name's Hermione Granger.' The girl said, pushing past Neville. She spotted the wand in Ron's hand. 'Oh, you're doing magic already? Let's see it then.'
'Can't, Caprice here doesn't like my rat.' Ron mumbled.
'Oh, I've tried a few simple spells already, and they've all worked for me.' Hermione said in a bossy, know-it-all voice. She looked at Caprice and Ron in their muggle clothing. 'You should change into your school robes, I expect we'll be arriving soon.' Hermione was already in her Hogwarts Robes.
'Are you done?' Caprice said in a rather nasty tone. Hermione frowned.
'If you see the toad, tell Neville.' She said haughtily, and stalked out of the cabin, beckoning Neville to follow her.
'If I see the toad I'll squash it!' Caprice called after them. Hermione's head appeared around the door. She looked directly at Ron.
'By the way, you have dirt on your nose, did you know?' She said, rubbing her nose in the exact spot where Ron had a smudge of dirt. Hermione then disappeared, without a second thought.
Ron and Caprice exchanged glanced.
'Well she was rude.' Ron said after a while. 'I wonder if we'll get any more visitors?' He said, gazing out the train window.
After an hour had passed, and Caprice had ordered some wizard sweets from the witch walking around with a food trolley, three boys came into the cabin. One was slightly smaller than the other two, with white blonde hair, and a slightly evil look about him. The other two were big and clumbering.
'I saw you at Diagon Alley.' The blonde boy said, looking at Caprice. 'You had a friend with you, I was told he is Harry Potter. Do you know where I can find him?'
'Yes, I do.' Caprice said in a confident tone. A small silence followed this remark.
'Well, where is he?' The boy demanded.
'Number four Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey.' Caprice said, being serious.
'No way! Harry Potter not at Hogwarts? What is the meaning of this?' The boy cried, obviously outraged. He quickly redeemed himself, and stuck his hand out to Caprice. 'I'm Malfoy, Draco Malfoy.' Ron sniggered. Draco snapped his head towards Ron, pulling his hand away from Caprice. 'You think my name's funny do you? No need to ask who you are, red hair, and hand me down robes, you must be a Weasley.' Draco spat. Ron looked down, the corners of his ears going bright red.
Draco turned back to Caprice.
'You had better choose your friends wisely, you don't want to be stuck with the wrong sort.' Draco said, once again, offering his hand to Caprice. She looked from his hand, to his eyes, and to Ron, then back to Draco's hand, which she shook.
'Caprice Jenkins.' She said. 'Best friend of Harry Potter.' Caprice smiled proudly. Draco smirked at Caprice.
'I'll be seeing you around, Jenkins.' He said with a grin, and left, followed by his goons. Caprice turned back to Ron.
'Lovely guy, don't you think?' She said shyly. Ron glared at her warningly.
~***~
The Hogwarts Express came to a halt, and everyone piled off. Caprice walked by herself, not wanting to walk with Ron, who was obviously mad at her for accepting Draco's hand of friendship.
'Firs' years! Firs' years this way!' A really tall, really wide man called out. Caprice followed the sound of his voice, not being able to see over the heads of the people around her. She reached the man, and saw that they were at a dock, with lots of boats. The lake was large, and black.
'No way! I'm not going through that!' Caprice yelled. Draco came up beside her.
'Come on Jenkins, get in with me, Crabbe and Goyle.' He said, grabbing her shoulders and leading her to a boat with his goons already in it.
The boats magically rowed themselves to the other side of the lake, Caprice was sitting closely beside Draco so she wouldn't fall in.
'So, Jenkins, what house do you want to get in?' Draco asked.
'Well, Malfoy, since we're going on a last name basis, my parents were in Ravenclaw and Slytherin, so I'd like to be in either of those houses.' Caprice replied.
'My parents were both in Slytherin.' Draco said. 'If they tried to put me in Hufflepuff I'd go home, wouldn't you?'
'I don't know, I guess.' Caprice replied, wanting desperately to get off the lake. The boats finally reached the other side of the lake, and all the first years gazed up at the amazing castle in awe.
'It's beautiful!' Caprice said.
'Yeah yeah.' Draco replied, not really interested at all.
~***~
'Welcome to Hogwarts, I am Professor McGonagall, teacher of Transfiguration, and head of Gryffindor House. You will now be sorted into your houses. They are Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin and Hufflepuff. Your house will be your home while you are staying at Hogwarts. Good behaviour will be rewarded with house points, however, breaking the school rules will result in penalty of points deducted and a detention given. Please wait here.' The old Professor walked through the doors and left the first years to murmur amongst themselves.
Caprice stood nervously next to Crabbe, Goyle and Draco. She wondered what Harry was doing, and she was nervous about the sorting. Caprice tried to think of pretend ways which they would be sorted, but gave up because it just wasn't any fun without Harry to be there with her. She missed him a lot.
'This way please.' McGonagall said upon her return. She led them through the Great Hall, and to the front, where an old shabby hat was sitting upon a stool.
'Now, when I call your name, would you please sit on the stool, and I shall place the sorting hat on your head, and you will be sorted into your houses.' McGonagall said sternly.
'Hannah Abbott.' Hannah walked to the stool and sat on it. The sorting hat was placed on her head.
'HUFFLEPUFF!' The call called. Hannah walked calmly to the Hufflepuff table and sat down.
'Susan Bones.' Susan walked up nervously and the hat was placed on her head.
'HUFFLEPUFF!' The sorting hat cried, and Susan ran happily to the Hufflepuff table, where she sat next to Hannah. Draco let out a snort.
This went on, Caprice didn't really pay much attention until her name was called. She walked up and sat on the stool. The sorting hat was placed on her head, and she heard it talk to her inside her head.
'Hmm, you have the mind for . . . SLYTHERIN!' The hat said "Slytherin" out loud, and Caprice jumped down from the stool and over to Crabbe and Goyle, who were already Slytherins. She saw Ron turn around and glower at her, and Draco smiled at her.
When it was Draco's turn, he barely had to put the hat on his head before it yelled out;
'SLYTHERIN!' Draco went and sat with Caprice, Crabbe and Goyle.
When the sorting ceremony was over, an old wizard stood up at the teachers table.
'Good evening and welcome to Hogwarts. For all first years, and some older students who need reminding, the dark Forrest is strictly forbidden to all students. Also, the third floor corridor is off limits, for all of you who do not wish to die a horrible death.' The man said, and he sat down.
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~* What did you all think of me putting Caprice in Slytherin? When Harry does come to Hogwarts, there'll be some controversy with Slytherins and Gryffindors, or do we want Harry in Slytherin with Caprice? Have a think about it and let me know what you think. *~
~Gryffindor Gal~