Okay, here is another story. It's a HP/Sm one. I haven't done enough of those. The pairings are
still undecided as of yet. Well, I don't know if there'll be any, considering this takes place
during the third book, and The Three Muskateers are still very young. But, that's just me. I
might make a pairing later on. We'll have to see. Anyway, on with the story.
~*~*~*~*
A New Dawn
~*~
Chapter One
~*~
"You know, mum, I don't know why you had to put all the messy ingrediants in this cake. All it's
doing is making everything all messy." said Ilene's youngest child, Serena Tuskino.
"You hush up," said Ilene measuring the right ammonut of water to go in the cake.
"Hey squirt," said Serena's older brother, Josh, ruffling her hair. She scowled. The two things
above which she hated the most that her brother did was call her 'squrt,' and ruffle her hair.
He was two years older than Serena was. She was glad she had an older brother to watch out for
her at school, considering everything that went on there between her and a certain Slytherin. And
a certain Gryffindor student, now that she had come to think of it.
Just then Serena's second oldest and last sibling walked into the room. She was one year older
than Serena was and was a blond haired blue eyed beauty. "Hey mom, big bro, and lil' sis." she
said, grabbing an apple off of the cluttered kitchen table and sitting on a bar stool that was
next to the bar table and watching her mother and Serena make the cake.
"Hey Mina," said Josh, eating a banana. He grinned as he looked at Serena. She had chocolate ALL
over her face.
Mina also grinned. She liked having a younger sister who would sacrifice her time and do things
with Mina, like help her choose what she wanted to wear that day, or what she wanted to do.
Serena loved helping her siblings out. She just loved having them, which, coming from a little
sister, is very rare and unusual.
Serena put the cake in the oven. As soon as she got it in there alright, an owl came flying
twoards the window. Ilene opened it in a hurry. The owl flew in, dropped a big envolope on the
floor then left.
Ilene got the envolope off of the floor, opened it up and handed all the kids their Hogwarts letters.
"I can't believe how grown up you guys are getting. It seems like only yesterday that you all were
born." said Ilene, smiling at her three children.
"Don't start getting gray hairs yet, mama. Josh hasn't even started dating yet." said Mina
grinning. Josh smiled while shaking his head and looking down at his list.
In Serena's opinon, she was really surprised that no girls threw themselfs on him. He was tall,
had dark brown hair, tan skin, and light icy blue eyes. Had he not been Serena's brother,
Serena would have thought he was cute. But, she knew too many things about him, and the fact
that he was indeed her brother, stopped her.
"Hey Serenity, why don't you go get cleaned up and dressed?" said Ilene, sending her daughter
out of the room on purpose. She used Serena's full name, which made Serena scowl. She thought it
was too formal.
After Serena had gone, Ilene turned to the other two. "Looks like we're going to have to
go to Diagon Ally pretty soon. We've got to get your school stuff, and," she lowered her voice,
"your sister's birthday presents." she finished. Mina and Josh nodded, then went to go get dressed
themselfs. Serena came back into the kitchen all clean. She was wearing Navy flares and a
red 3/4 sleeve shirt with a black tank top under it, because the front went too low.
"Hi, honey." said Ilene, cleaning up the eggs that they had used. Serena went and helped her
mother clean, while insisting that she wasn't going to get dirty.
"Hey, Rena, what would you think about going to Hotaru's today for a while?" asked Ilene, hoping
the answer would be good. The thirteen year old looked a little disappointed, but said, "Sure."
Ilene went to call Hotaru, but she wasn't there. She looked at her youngest and said with a grin,
"Think you can handle being on your own for a while?" Serena nodded franticly. She loved being
home alone. It gave her time to think about things.
"Alright, but you've got to be good. And don't forget the cake, either." said Ilene, and she
went and grabbed her cloak and Floo Powder. After the rest of her family left, Serena got the
cake out, and went up in her mom's room and looked at what DVD's she wanted to watch. Just
when she had decided on watching Freaky Friday, she heard the phone ring. She went to go get it.
"Hello?" she said, picking it up. It was Hotaru. "Did one of you just try to call over here?"
she sounded like she was in a bad mood.
"Yeah, my mom did earlier to see if you were home so I could go over there. But, it's okay now
because they left for Diagon Ally." said Serena, getting a piece of cake.
"Oh, okay." was all Hotaru said. Serena frowned. Hotaru was never usually like that.
"Hotaru, is there anything I can do for you?" asked Serena, looking at the phone with concern.
Hotaru stayed quiet. "Why don't you come over here, and we can talk?" suggested Serena. She
wanted to do something for her mother's friend (and her's, too.) that had done so much for them.
"Okay. I'll be over in a minute. Are you sure, Serenity? You might get into trouble." said Hotaru.
Serena sighed. "Yes, I'm sure, Hotaru. And another thing-"
"Don't call you Serenity, I know. It's too formal." interrupted Hotaru, laughing.
~*~
Hotaru showed up an half an hour later, and had a piece of cake with Serena, while they watched
Freaky Friday and talked about everything under the sun.
Hotaru had gone to school with Serena's mother and had been one of her very best friends. Now,
it seemed, Hotaru and Serena were best of friends, chatting about things and joking together
and talking about future hopes and dreams.
Hotaru talked about school in her time, and how Serena's mother, and Harry's mother, before she
died, and her were all in a group together, and played tricks to rival those of the Marauder's.
Serena loved hearing of the Marauder's. Her mother never talked about them enough, and nobody
else knew anything about them, excpet the Professors at Hogwarts, and they were too busy to
talk to a thirteen year old girl, anyway.
Hotaru was married, and was only able to have one child. Her daughter's name was Kaitlyn. Her
hubby's name was Andrew Anderson. They were a wonderfuly happy family, until now, that is.
"And now, he want's a divorce." said Hotaru, and her eyes started watering.
'The jerk! She's better off without him if he's doing everything Taru say's he's doing. And not
to mention he's a controlling dummy.' thought Serena furiously, while comforting her life long
friend. "It's going to be okay, Taru. I promise you it will. It will take time. Everything will
turn out right in the end. It always does." she said, patting Hotaru's back.
Hotaru smiled, and happened to look down at her wrist watch. Her eyes nearly bulged out of her
head when she saw what time it was.
"Rena, I've gotta go now! He'll be home from work any minute, and I still haven't gotten his
dinner ready!" said Hotaru, jumping off of the couch.
"Wait, Taru, take some cake with you. Maybe it'll cool him down a bit. Tell him you got it
especially for him." said Serena, going into the kitchen and grabbing the rest of the cake.
"Only, you'll need to make, um, more of it, so to speak. It's almost all gone." said Serena,
sheepishly.
Hotaru grinned, and said, "Put it on the counter, and I'll fix it." she said.
Serena did as she was told, and put the cake on the counter. She watched in awe as Hotaru took
out her wand, waved it, and there stood a delicious looking cake. It was bigger than it had been
originally and had chocolate covered strawberries on top with a nice looking whipped chocolate
frosting. And there was little chocolate chips spinkled all over it.
After that, Hotaru said a hasty good bye, and left.
~*~
"Serena, we're back!" shouted Ilene. It was later than they had originally planned on. It was
11:30 at night.
"She's probaby asleep, mum." said Mina, depositing all of her shopping on the couter, which was
sparkling clean.
"Most likely," replied Ilene, going up to Serena's room and checking on her. She was sunggled
in her bed with her favorite stuffed animal bunny and curled under the pink Tweety Bird
comfortor. Ilene smiled at her youngest child.
Ilene couldn't believe that she was going into her third year at Hogwarts already.
"Good night, honey." whispered Ilene. Serena curled up more and smiled.
Ilene backed out of the room, and closed the door.
Little did either Serena or Ilene know, a big, shaggy dog with bright blue eyes was at the
window looking in.
~*~
End of Chapter One. Alrighty, a new story. Should be fun, huh? And next Chapter will be the
one where they all go to Hogwarts. So I hope you enjoyed this, and R&R if you wish. If not, I'm
happy you're reading this. ;)
still undecided as of yet. Well, I don't know if there'll be any, considering this takes place
during the third book, and The Three Muskateers are still very young. But, that's just me. I
might make a pairing later on. We'll have to see. Anyway, on with the story.
~*~*~*~*
A New Dawn
~*~
Chapter One
~*~
"You know, mum, I don't know why you had to put all the messy ingrediants in this cake. All it's
doing is making everything all messy." said Ilene's youngest child, Serena Tuskino.
"You hush up," said Ilene measuring the right ammonut of water to go in the cake.
"Hey squirt," said Serena's older brother, Josh, ruffling her hair. She scowled. The two things
above which she hated the most that her brother did was call her 'squrt,' and ruffle her hair.
He was two years older than Serena was. She was glad she had an older brother to watch out for
her at school, considering everything that went on there between her and a certain Slytherin. And
a certain Gryffindor student, now that she had come to think of it.
Just then Serena's second oldest and last sibling walked into the room. She was one year older
than Serena was and was a blond haired blue eyed beauty. "Hey mom, big bro, and lil' sis." she
said, grabbing an apple off of the cluttered kitchen table and sitting on a bar stool that was
next to the bar table and watching her mother and Serena make the cake.
"Hey Mina," said Josh, eating a banana. He grinned as he looked at Serena. She had chocolate ALL
over her face.
Mina also grinned. She liked having a younger sister who would sacrifice her time and do things
with Mina, like help her choose what she wanted to wear that day, or what she wanted to do.
Serena loved helping her siblings out. She just loved having them, which, coming from a little
sister, is very rare and unusual.
Serena put the cake in the oven. As soon as she got it in there alright, an owl came flying
twoards the window. Ilene opened it in a hurry. The owl flew in, dropped a big envolope on the
floor then left.
Ilene got the envolope off of the floor, opened it up and handed all the kids their Hogwarts letters.
"I can't believe how grown up you guys are getting. It seems like only yesterday that you all were
born." said Ilene, smiling at her three children.
"Don't start getting gray hairs yet, mama. Josh hasn't even started dating yet." said Mina
grinning. Josh smiled while shaking his head and looking down at his list.
In Serena's opinon, she was really surprised that no girls threw themselfs on him. He was tall,
had dark brown hair, tan skin, and light icy blue eyes. Had he not been Serena's brother,
Serena would have thought he was cute. But, she knew too many things about him, and the fact
that he was indeed her brother, stopped her.
"Hey Serenity, why don't you go get cleaned up and dressed?" said Ilene, sending her daughter
out of the room on purpose. She used Serena's full name, which made Serena scowl. She thought it
was too formal.
After Serena had gone, Ilene turned to the other two. "Looks like we're going to have to
go to Diagon Ally pretty soon. We've got to get your school stuff, and," she lowered her voice,
"your sister's birthday presents." she finished. Mina and Josh nodded, then went to go get dressed
themselfs. Serena came back into the kitchen all clean. She was wearing Navy flares and a
red 3/4 sleeve shirt with a black tank top under it, because the front went too low.
"Hi, honey." said Ilene, cleaning up the eggs that they had used. Serena went and helped her
mother clean, while insisting that she wasn't going to get dirty.
"Hey, Rena, what would you think about going to Hotaru's today for a while?" asked Ilene, hoping
the answer would be good. The thirteen year old looked a little disappointed, but said, "Sure."
Ilene went to call Hotaru, but she wasn't there. She looked at her youngest and said with a grin,
"Think you can handle being on your own for a while?" Serena nodded franticly. She loved being
home alone. It gave her time to think about things.
"Alright, but you've got to be good. And don't forget the cake, either." said Ilene, and she
went and grabbed her cloak and Floo Powder. After the rest of her family left, Serena got the
cake out, and went up in her mom's room and looked at what DVD's she wanted to watch. Just
when she had decided on watching Freaky Friday, she heard the phone ring. She went to go get it.
"Hello?" she said, picking it up. It was Hotaru. "Did one of you just try to call over here?"
she sounded like she was in a bad mood.
"Yeah, my mom did earlier to see if you were home so I could go over there. But, it's okay now
because they left for Diagon Ally." said Serena, getting a piece of cake.
"Oh, okay." was all Hotaru said. Serena frowned. Hotaru was never usually like that.
"Hotaru, is there anything I can do for you?" asked Serena, looking at the phone with concern.
Hotaru stayed quiet. "Why don't you come over here, and we can talk?" suggested Serena. She
wanted to do something for her mother's friend (and her's, too.) that had done so much for them.
"Okay. I'll be over in a minute. Are you sure, Serenity? You might get into trouble." said Hotaru.
Serena sighed. "Yes, I'm sure, Hotaru. And another thing-"
"Don't call you Serenity, I know. It's too formal." interrupted Hotaru, laughing.
~*~
Hotaru showed up an half an hour later, and had a piece of cake with Serena, while they watched
Freaky Friday and talked about everything under the sun.
Hotaru had gone to school with Serena's mother and had been one of her very best friends. Now,
it seemed, Hotaru and Serena were best of friends, chatting about things and joking together
and talking about future hopes and dreams.
Hotaru talked about school in her time, and how Serena's mother, and Harry's mother, before she
died, and her were all in a group together, and played tricks to rival those of the Marauder's.
Serena loved hearing of the Marauder's. Her mother never talked about them enough, and nobody
else knew anything about them, excpet the Professors at Hogwarts, and they were too busy to
talk to a thirteen year old girl, anyway.
Hotaru was married, and was only able to have one child. Her daughter's name was Kaitlyn. Her
hubby's name was Andrew Anderson. They were a wonderfuly happy family, until now, that is.
"And now, he want's a divorce." said Hotaru, and her eyes started watering.
'The jerk! She's better off without him if he's doing everything Taru say's he's doing. And not
to mention he's a controlling dummy.' thought Serena furiously, while comforting her life long
friend. "It's going to be okay, Taru. I promise you it will. It will take time. Everything will
turn out right in the end. It always does." she said, patting Hotaru's back.
Hotaru smiled, and happened to look down at her wrist watch. Her eyes nearly bulged out of her
head when she saw what time it was.
"Rena, I've gotta go now! He'll be home from work any minute, and I still haven't gotten his
dinner ready!" said Hotaru, jumping off of the couch.
"Wait, Taru, take some cake with you. Maybe it'll cool him down a bit. Tell him you got it
especially for him." said Serena, going into the kitchen and grabbing the rest of the cake.
"Only, you'll need to make, um, more of it, so to speak. It's almost all gone." said Serena,
sheepishly.
Hotaru grinned, and said, "Put it on the counter, and I'll fix it." she said.
Serena did as she was told, and put the cake on the counter. She watched in awe as Hotaru took
out her wand, waved it, and there stood a delicious looking cake. It was bigger than it had been
originally and had chocolate covered strawberries on top with a nice looking whipped chocolate
frosting. And there was little chocolate chips spinkled all over it.
After that, Hotaru said a hasty good bye, and left.
~*~
"Serena, we're back!" shouted Ilene. It was later than they had originally planned on. It was
11:30 at night.
"She's probaby asleep, mum." said Mina, depositing all of her shopping on the couter, which was
sparkling clean.
"Most likely," replied Ilene, going up to Serena's room and checking on her. She was sunggled
in her bed with her favorite stuffed animal bunny and curled under the pink Tweety Bird
comfortor. Ilene smiled at her youngest child.
Ilene couldn't believe that she was going into her third year at Hogwarts already.
"Good night, honey." whispered Ilene. Serena curled up more and smiled.
Ilene backed out of the room, and closed the door.
Little did either Serena or Ilene know, a big, shaggy dog with bright blue eyes was at the
window looking in.
~*~
End of Chapter One. Alrighty, a new story. Should be fun, huh? And next Chapter will be the
one where they all go to Hogwarts. So I hope you enjoyed this, and R&R if you wish. If not, I'm
happy you're reading this. ;)