Dislcaimer: I do not, most definitely do not own any of the characters, or anything along that lines. That is all from J.K. Rowling's wonderful mind.
AN: I don't even know what the heck that means but... Well everyone this is my first ever fanfic (you probably already figured that one out).Don't know if it is good or not, I guess my fellow writers will have to be the judges of that. So I would appreciate it, if you would read my first chapter and review. Thank you so much! And if you guys like it, even if I only made one person's day then I would be happy enough and gladly continue on with the story.
And now, on with the story...breathes in deep and starts to type the first chapter
Chapter 1: First day of school
Keira woke up and rubbed her eyes. She sat up and looked around the girls' dorm at all of them sleeping soundly. She sighed and pushed off the covers and placed her feet on the cold, wood floor. She was very excited to be here at Hogwarts, for she had just transferred from another school across teh continent for her sixth and seventh year. This was her first day, and besides that she didn't know anyone, but she hoped that would soon change. Little did she know that it would.
She walked over to lookat herself in the mirror, and sighed again, then went into the washroom and slipped into her school robe. Then Keira walked back over to the mirror and laughed, reached down and grabbed a bursh and ran it through her wavy, but not bushy, golden brown hair. She pulled half of her hair into a ponytail, and then brushed her bangs that weren't long enough to go into a ponytail. She walked over to her trunk and pulled out a book, that she started the week beofre, and quietly left the room and walked down the stairs into the common room.
She saw in a big red armchair that was closest to the window so she could watch the sun rise. It was a tradition, she always woke up before dawn and watched the sun send a beautiful crimson glow across the land. She loved it, and didn't think anything else was more beautiful.
Keira smiled, then opened her book and started reading.
Ron woke up and stretched, then slipped him robe back on. He knew he couldn't go back to sleep so he wasn't even going to try and then decided to go down to the common rom and sit by the fire.
When he reached the bottom of the stairs he looked up and saw a girl reading by the window. 'Oh great', he thought to himself, 'another Hermione'. Then he coughed the 'I am announcing my presence, just to let you all know' cough.
Keira looked up and saw a tall red-head about her age, possibly a year older, she couldn't tell.
"Oh, hello there." She smiled politely.
"Erm...ello. I am not intruding on any...uh..thing am I? I mean because if I am I can uh go back up to my...erm, well you know...the place where you sleep." Ron said motioning up the stairs. 'Way to go Sherlock. No she probably thinks your an idiot.' Ron said scolding himself.
Keira smiled. "No nothing really. Just reading, and besides I think that there is enough room for another person to be down here." She said jokingly.
'Blimey' Ron thought, 'Pretty and has a sense of humor'
The more Ron looked at her the more he noticed that she was not like any ordinary girl, or one that he had ever seen for that matter. She had, not just brown, but it was a golden brown color, and beautiful brown eyes with a light shade of green in them. He was about 10 feet away from this mysterious girl but her eyes shone brightly from across the room.
Ron rubbed his head, and walked over to the fire.
About half an hour later fellow Gryfindors started piling into the common room. Then they all started heading to breakfast.
Keira looked up and saw the red-head walk away amongst the crowd. She gently closed her book and followed everyone to breakfast.
She saw a girl with red hair almost identical to the boys' hair that she saw earlier. They must be related, if not brother and sister.
Keira motioned to the seat next to the girl, and asked, "Do you mind if I sit here?"
The girl smiled and shook her head, "No, thats fine."
Dumbledore stood up and raised his hands, the room went quiet, "Welcome to yet another year at Hogwarts!" Everyone cheered and clapped. Then he continued on, "And I would like to welcome our transfer students from across the world!"
Everyone clapped again.
"And foremost, I hope you take the time to get to know each and every one of these wonderful trandfer students; and please do not treat them differently because they are from another school,"
Dumbledore added while scanning each and every table carefully. "Now let us eat," he snapped his fingers and food appeared acroos the tables.
Ron nudged Harry and pointed to the mystery girl he met, but not formally,"She is new."
Harry looked up and in the direction in which Ron was pointing and saw her, and smirked, "Yep, she sure it."
"I met her this morning, well not exactly."
Harry who was actually interested in hearing this, swallowed his bite of eggs and said "...and..."
Ron shrugged, "She seems really nice."
"Ah. So you know her name then?" Harry raised his eyebrow.
Ron snorted, "Yeah, right mate! I could barely say 'hi' to her without breaking into a human water fountain."
"You were going to cry?" Harry's mouth dropped.
"No of course not...blimey Harry, are you really that daft? No I was sweating." Ron laughed. "Well we know you aren't the brightest crayon in the box".
Hermione interrupted before Harry could comment, "Well I don't suppose you think you are now Ron, do you?
Ron glared, 'Man she is good'. "No Hermione, that spot is obviously taken already." Ron said sarcastically. 'But not as good as me'
Hermione cocked her head, "Why thank you Ron. I am honored. I would like to thank my mother and father for raising me, and..." She trailed off returning to her food.
Harry laughed, then looked over at Ron, whose face was about as red as a stop sign.
Ron continued as if that never happened, "Yes, well I met her this morning, in the common room. She just happened to be reading."
Hermione's head bolted up and looked at Ron, "Really?" Then she looked at Keira, "well she does seem like...
"You." Ron blurted.
Hermione laughed, "I was going to say the bookwormy type but that works too."
"Well yes, she was reading," Ron said taking a bite out of his bacon.
"Interesting..." Hermione looked at Ron and rolled her eyes, "Ronald! Please eat with your mouth shut!" She reached over and hit his chin upwards, as in to close him mouth.
"Oy! Hermione that hurt," Ron wined.
"Don't be a baby, Ron." Hermione sighed.
Harry just laughed at the two of them bickering like a old, married couple. Then he glanced at Keira once more then went back to eating his scrambled eggs.
Keira looked up and saw the redhead again. She tilted her head. Next to him was a guy, failry attractive too, with jet-black hair going in every direction, and glasses. Then there was a girl with bushy brown hair. They were in deep conversation about who knows what. 'Must be close friends', Keira thought.
As Keira walked out of the classroom, she thought to herself, 'well I survived the first class'.
She glanced at the people walking past her as if she wasn't there and sighed. Then saw a platinum-blonde haired boy walking straight towards her. 'This must be Draco Malfoy, or as people call him, the bouncing ferret', she thought. She knew about him because some 5th years talking about how terribly foul he was.
She tried to avoid him, but he walked right up to her and hit her books down, causing them to scatter all over the hallyway. And besides that, the papers were getting stomped all over from the passerby's.
"You watch where you are going!" He snickered.
Keira didn't feel like arguing about the point that it was actually him who bumbed into her, but she didn't want to get into it. "Sorry," she mumbled.
"Yeah, you better be." He glared then stalked off.
Keira sighed and bent down and started to pick up her scattered papers, but oh, how she wished she could turn him into a pile of mucus., or possibly a slug...but that would draw to much attention to herself, and he wasn't even worth it.
Harry turned around the corner and saw the girl Ron was talking about at breakfast, and she was trying to gather all her papers before they got swept away. He saw malfoy stalking off and knew immediately that Malfoy had picked on yet another student.
Harry walked over and started picking up some papers to help her out. "Here." He handed her some papers, "Don't let him bother you, he's a jerk." He said pointing at Draco who was now, by the looks of it, threatening a 1st year.
He glanced up and saw her smile.
"Thanks. I'll try to remember that." She said taking her papers out and sliding them into her book.
"I'm Keira," Keira stood up holding out her hand that wasn't holding her books.
"Harry," he replied, shaking her hand. 'Wow, she has smooth hands', he thought to himself then added, "well it looks like we are gonna be late"
"Yeah, it looks that way doesn't it?" Keira said looking around the empty hallway, whenever it became empty she did not know, "And I don't even know where Potions is."
Harry smirked, "Well that just happened to be my next class. I would be happy to show you there."
"That would be great, thanks!" Keira said smiling.
Harry turned and started walking and Keira soon followed. 'She has a pretty smile, and Ron was right, she is nice.' Harry thought to himself smiling.
When Harry and Keira entered the the classroom, Snape yelled at them, and called them, (in his words) "very irrisponsible Gryfindors", then took 5 points from Gryfindor for both of them.
Keira saw Harry lookat her and she mouthed, "Sorry".
Harry smiled and whispered, "It's okay."
Keira walked into the Great Hall for lunch and looked around for Ginny, they had gotten to know eachother at breakfast, and had become friends. As soon as she spotted her, she went over and sat down next to her.
Harry looked at Ron who was watching Keira go sit down.
Harry asked smirking, "You fancy her don't you?"
Ron stammered, "Who? Keira?...Oh I don't kno, she is really nice though.
"Yes she is." Harry added.
"Well I like her!" Hermione said defensively, "She is cool, and knows her stuff, but there is something very...special about her."
Ron drank some pumpkin juice, "Got some competition, 'eh 'Mione? Afraid she might have a couple more brain cells then you?" Ron said tapping her forehead.
Hermione sighed as she hit his hand, "Ronald, please...use your common sense."
"Ron, yes, please do." Harry laughed, once he saw Ron's face.
"But she is like a...ever flowing fountain of knowledge. Have you heard her in class?" Ron said looking at Keira
Harry nodded, "Pretty amazing."
George and Fred looked up, "MAIL'S HERE!" They yelled together.
Keira looked up, searching the owls for her pet falcon that he Dad gave her as a going away present. She spied him, as did everyone else. Suddenly there wasn't a noice in the room. Shadow, her falcon, dove and glided over every table until he reached Keira. Shadow then rested on her shoulder as she untied the letters around his legs.
She looked up and saw that everyone was looking at her, and she smirked. She always got that reaction.
"Good boy, Shadow," Keira said, as she stroked his head and gave him two treats.
She whispered in Shadow's ear, "Please go and greet my nw friends Hermione, Harry, and Ron. And while your at it, just fly by all the teachers."
Shadon nodded, the best that falcons can nodd, and then flew off.
Harry saw the falcon coming towards him...
Ron whispered, "Is the falcon coming towards us?"
Hermione sighed, "No Ron, he coming over here to eat your food!"
Ron covered his food, and turned to look at the bird, who was now resting on Harry's arm, and said "You will never get my food you little..."
Harry and Hermione both laughed, then Hermione said, "I was only joking Ron."
Shadow was resting gently on Harry's arm and then rubbed his face afainst Harry's cheek. Harry laughed. Then Shadow did the same to Ron and Hermione.
Ron was a little freaked out, because he still thought that the bird was going to steal his food, but Hermione just smiled.
Everyone watched the falcon fly by all the teachers and then fly out the window and soar into the distance.
Harry looked over at Keira and saw her smiling.
Keira looked over to Dumbledore, who nodded approvingly. Then looked over to Ron and saw his owl run into his plate of food, and laughed.
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