Disclaimer: We do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters. We do own, however, our characters (Tamber and Atala). Also, this is not set in any of the books. This is just a random HP fanfiction.
"It's so great to be going back to Hogwarts!" Tamber exclaimed. She was a Ravenclaw with brown, shoulder-length hair and blue-grey eyes.
"I wonder what teachers I have. Man, if I had my schedule, I could be so prepared for the school year," Atala said, mainly to herself. She was trying to drown out the jargon of her best friend, Tamber, who was currently sitting beside her in a compartment on the Hogwarts Express.
Tamber, not even hearing Atala, continued to blab. "I wonder if we'll have any classes together. Too bad we're in different houses. If we weren't, we could have all our classes together!" When Tamber said this, she was referring to the fact that she was in Ravenclaw and Atala was in Gryffindor.
"Well, the chances are that we'll at least have one class together," said Atala, putting emphasis on 'one'.
A knock was heard at the door and both the girls found themselves looking up at Neville.
"Why, hello there, Neville!" Tamber greeted, getting up to hug him. She found his confused disposition rather cute.
"Excuse me, but have either of you seen Trevor?" he said, letting himself out of the hug. Both girls shook their heads while watching him check under the seats.
"Neville, if you don't mind me asking, but… why don't you just buy a cage or something for him?" Atala asked.
"Or you could just use the old 'Petrificus Totalus' on him!" Tamber suggested, gesturing with her hand as if it were holding a wand.
Neville just shook his head and sighed. "I need to go continue my search for Trevor. Sorry for the interruption, girls."
"It was no trouble at all. Seeya later, Nev!" Tamber said, ushering him out of the compartment, accidentally pushing him into Harry Potter, who had just happened to be in a confrontation with Draco Malfoy.
"Watch it, Neville!" Harry said, sounding rather irritated.
"Well, well… look who it is. The doofus, Neville, and someone whose name escapes me," Draco said, staring at Tamber for the last part of the sentence.
"Tamber," she said, folding her arms across her chest and leaning on the wall. She wasn't expected to be known school-wide, but when someone in her own year which she had at least a few classes with didn't even know her, she got peeved.
"What's going on out here?" Atala asked, stepping out of the compartment. She tucked her auburn hair behind her ears, waiting for someone to speak up.
"Everyone, just stay out of this," Harry said, standing with his wand out, pointing it at Draco.
"Dude, is the blonde-haired dude worth getting expelled from school?" Atala stated, looking at Harry. She was right, but boys tend to be rather stubborn.
"Besides, this whole "rivalry" thing is getting rather old, don't you think? I say we all go find the food cart and get some cake!" Tamber said, somewhat sarcastically, yet somewhat seriously. Excitement got her in the mood for sweets.
"Besides, school's so much more fun when you don't fight!" Everyone rolled their eyes at Atala, her intelligent side showing up at her last comment.
"Think you're so smart, eh?" Draco started to say, reminding Tamber of a Canadian with the sudden use of 'eh'. He then looked to Harry. "You and your little Gryffindor girlfriend better stay out of my way." With that, Draco and his goons stalked down the hall.
"What's his problem?" Atala said, staring evilly at the back of Draco.
"How could someone so hot be such a weenie? It's a pity, really," Tamber added. It was true; Tamber did find Draco very attractive, but the fact that he was such a jerk was the only thing keeping her from liking him.
"So, who are you?" Atala asked Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Ron and Hermione had both been in the hall during the whole thing, but had restrained from saying anything.
"I'm Hermione, this is Harry, and that's Ronald," the girl with bushy, brown hair said, gesturing toward the boy with black hair and glasses, then to the red-headed, freckle-faced boy. "By what I heard you say earlier, you must love school as much as I do! We should discuss books sometime. I'm surprised I haven't seen you before. I mean, we are in the same house."
"We're not very popular people," Tamber answered for Atala.
"It's very rare for me to actually start a conversation with people I don't know, and as for being popular, I don't really see a point to it," Atala explained to them. "Well, Tamber and I should probably go change into uniform. I guess we'll see you later, then."
With that, the two groups parted their ways, but not before Tamber hugged Neville goodbye. She found him as being a very huggable person, and Tamber was very expressive with her feelings.