Blah I Need a Title Llama
ByKira Akiana
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of J.K. Rowling's characters. I do, however, own Kira, Val, Aliana, and Lara.
Chapter One: New Students
Kira Akiana walked through the train station, looking fervently for assistance. Her shoulder length black hair swished around her face as she whipped around at the mention of a word.
"These damn muggles. Don't know how to get on a bloody train."
She spied the speaker, a blonde boy, with ice grey eyes, and even without meeting him , she knew he had a temper. Walking up to him, she didn't feel the least bit intimidated, as other would have. Perhaps if she had known who he was, though it is doubtful.
"Excuse me. I'm new and I don't know how to find Platform 9 ¾."
He turned to snap at her, but was halted by a hand on his shoulder.
"Now, now, Draco," a man, who had the same blonde hair as the boy, said. "Let's show your new friend where to go."
The three of them walked to the wall between Platforms nine and ten, and the blonde boy calmly pushed his trolley through the barrier. The man, his father she assumed, motioned for her to do the same. She wheeled her trolley towards the wall and experienced an unusual sensation as she passed through. Suddenly she was in front of a scarlet steam engine. She could see students leaning out of windows waving to their parents. She boarded the train and found an empty compartment. Upon stowing her trunk, she sat down to wait for the departure.
Aliana McGregor blushed as her mother kissed her good-bye for the millionth time.
"Come on, Ma! I'm going to miss the train!" she whined.
"Oh, alright. Here is your trolley, dear. I will miss you so much!" Her mother sighed and got into her car. "Now you be a good girl, and mind your teachers!" her mother called as she drove away.
Aliana glanced around embarrassedly to see if anyone had noticed the exchange. Satisfied that no one was paying attention, she shook her head and pushed her trolley towards Platform nine. She looked around uneasily as she tried to remember the instructions her British friend had given her.
"Okay, so I run straight through the wall here?" she muttered. "I hope this works…"
She ran towards the barrier, and before she knew it, she was facing a long red train lazily spewing steam into the air. The crowd milled around her as she walked to the train. She searched the compartments, finally happening upon one that was almost empty.
"Mind if I join you?" she asked the black haired girl in the seat next to the window.
"Whatever…" the girl replied..
Aliana stowed her trunk and sat down. She extended a hand to the girl across from her.
"I'm Aliana McGregor. Pleased to meet you!"
The girl looked at her hand and, without shaking it, muttered, "Kira," dully and turned back to the window.
"Kira, huh?" Aliana asked. Determined to start a conversation. "That's a nice name." Kira said nothing. Aliana sighed.
'This is going to be a long ride,' she thought.
"Do you think the sky is blue because it's sad?"
Valetrian Saranna was asking one of her deeply profound questions again. Her best friend, Lara Salina was a few steps ahead of her.
"I don't know Val. Maybe."
"Maybe that's why it rains. Because the sky is crying."
Lara just shook her head and kept walking. Val was always saying things like that. She was an…interesting person. Lara consulted her ticket. She was the sensible one of the two. She was always getting Val out of trouble. Being Mormon, she didn't do things most kids their age did, and she didn't let Val do those things either. Which was definitely for the best.
"Here we are," Val said, stopping at a blank wall between Platforms nine and ten.
"What are you talking about, Val?"
"Look…" Val pressed her hand to the wall and Lara gasped when Val's hand disappeared.
"Wow…how did you know that would happen?" Lara asked. Val shrugged and passed through the wall. Lara quickly followed. When she reached the other side, she found Val staring thoughtfully at a rather nervous looking boy.
"Come on, Val. Don't scare the poor guy." She grabbed Val's shirt and pulled her onto the train. The only compartment they found room in was occupied by two others.
"Mind if we sit here? Everywhere else is full."
The girl with black hair said nothing, while the other girl smiled and said, "Come on in."
They stowed their luggage and sat down, Lara next to the smiling girl, and Val next to the black haired one. Finally, the train started to move, and they could see parents waving at students on the train.
"I'm Aliana," the smiling girl said brightly.
"I'm Lara." She shook hands with Aliana.
"The name's Valetrian. But most people call me Val." They all looked expectantly at the other girl.
When it was obvious that no response was forthcoming, Aliana said cheerfully, "That's Kira."
"I can speak for myself, thanks," Kira snapped. Rain began to pelt the windows of the train.
"Look Lara. The sky is crying." Everyone looked curiously at Val.
"Yeah, Val. I guess it is." Lara smiled at her friend.
"So…um…where are you guys from? Or…were you already here?" Kira asked quietly. Val smiled contently and began searching her bag for something.
"Well, I'm here from Ireland. Me Ma didn't like the school there. Said they focused 'a little too much on the Dark Arts,'" Aliana told them.
"Val and I are from America," Lara said. "She's like, my adopted sister. Her parents aren't around much, and when our school was closed down, we were sent here."
"That's cool," Kira said. "I'm from Japan. Not originally of course. I was born in England, but my parents travel around a lot. For their job, you know. I've been to schools in Japan, America, Scotland, Germany, Italy, and India. But I'm glad to be home."
"AHA!" Everyone turned to look at Val. The contents of her bag were scattered all around her. She was holding an object in her hand and laughing.
She said, "Ha ha…tangerines are funny…ha!" Suddenly they all fell into fits of laughter. When it subsided, they all changed into their robes.
Kira stood up and announced, "I'm going to go investigate." When she reached the door, she paused and looked back. "I'm glad I met you guys." She smiled at them and left.
Suddenly there was a blinding flash of light.
"Ha ha, tangerines are funny."
"Yes, Val…but not as Aliana's head. Now help me remember the counter curse."
Kira wandered the hallway, randomly peeking into compartments to see what kind of people she had to 'look forward to' dealing with. She shook her head.
'I'm glad I found some friends, but I also need to find some people like me,' she thought. Walking past one particular compartment, she saw that the door was open. Sticking her head inside, she spied the boy she had seen earlier. He seemed to be arguing with a pug-faced girl clinging to his arm.
"Listen Pansy, I don't give a damn what your mother 'promised' you. I don't love you. I'm not dating you. And frankly, the thought of it makes me sick, so fuck off."
Kira watched the girl huff and brush past her as she left.
"And what do you want?" the boy snapped at Kira.
"Nothing. I'm just standing here. Not against the law is it?" He looked at her curiously, as if he wasn't used to being challenged. The two burly boys with him looked at her menacingly, but made no move.
"What's you're name?" the boy asked.
"Mine is a sacred one, boy, and I shall not reveal it without one in return. " She smirked at him, as she saw amusement in his eyes.
"Touché. Well, fair maiden, my name is Draco."
"Dragon…interesting. Then mine I shall tell thee since thou hast shared thine with me. Thou canst call me Kira."
He looked pleased. "You don't look familiar. Are you new?" he asked.
'More pleasantries,' she thought.
"Yes. I moved here from Japan, but I'm from England originally," she told him.
"Yeah, the accent is kind of a giveaway." He smiled at her. She blushed and smiled back.
"Well…I should probably…" she started to say.
"Do you want to stay here for the rest of the trip?" he asked. She smiled gratefully sat down next to him.
'This year might not be so bad.' she thought.
"Hey, look guys. I found a toad!" Val held up the wriggling animal and scrutinized it carefully. "I think it talks. Helooo little toady…hello?" She shook the toad slightly. "Huh…must speak Spanish. Hola! Que tal? Hola! Hm…well…I'm going to go find his owner."
She got up and started for the door.
"Okay, but stay out of trouble." Lara waved at her as she left. Val walked down the hallway, unsure of how to go about her search. Luckily she was spared this, because at that moment, the boy she was staring at earlier came down the corridor.
"Have you seen Trevor?" he asked her. "He's my toad."
"Is this him?" she asked, taking the toad out of her pocket.
"Trevor!" the boy cried, and grabbed the toad out of her hands.
"He's the quiet type isn't he? He wouldn't talk to me, even when I asked him who he belonged to so I could return him." The boy looked at her strangely.
"Well, in case he gets lost again, I'm Neville Longbottom."
"The name's Bond. James Bond." Val pulled out her wand and muttered a spell. Suddenly, the music from an old James Bond movie started playing. She held her hands up like a gun and snuck around the hallway.
"Actually," she said as the music stopped, "I'm Valetrian Saranna. But you can call me Val. Or Bond. Whichever." Suddenly she grabbed Neville and hugged him fiercely.
"RANDOM HUG!" she yelled, and ran back to her compartment, leaving a very startled Neville in her wake.
"So is she always like that?" Aliana and Lara were alone in the compartment. She was, of course, referring to Val.
'"Yeah pretty much. She comes across as slow sometimes, but she's really smart, and really gifted at magic." Lara understood why so many people misunderstood Val. When you first meet her, she says such random things, you might think she wasn't right in the head, but people needed time to realize that she wasn't.
"So I heard about the Hogwarts houses. Did you?" Aliana asked.
"Yeah, I heard. I think I'll get Hufflepuff from what I hear. I just hope Val gets the same house as me. I need to be able to keep an eye on her. What house do you think you'll get?"
"I don't know. I hope Gryffindor. I hear it's the best. But I don't really care. Except, I do NOT want Slytherin. That bunch sound like the very epitome of evil." Aliana exclaimed.
"I agree. I think-"
Just at that moment, Val burst into the compartment, singing a song she had apparently made up herself.
"Wow, Lara! I just met the GREATEST GUY EVAH!" She slumped into the seat, breathless.
"Jeez, Val, it hasn't even been one day and you've already got a guy picked out. New record, isn't it?" Lara teased.
"Ha ha Lara…not. You didn't meet him! He owned that toad, and he laughed when I said I was James Bond, and he didn't even run away when I randomly hugged him! He's PERFECT!" Exhausted from the whole ordeal, she fell over onto Kira's empty seat, asleep.
"Well, at least we'll have some quiet now."