Worse Than That

By Trixie0828

This story is a fan fiction and anything dealing with muggles, Hogwarts, the wizarding world and the characters are not mine they are Rowling's. The only thing that is mine is Isabelle, anything else is not mine and it all comes form Rowling and my being a fan of her books. This is only my interpretations of what i think her characters would do in this kind of situation.

Most of this stuff may not make complete sense because I'm not that great at writting and it made sense in my head when I did it. Read if you like if you don't its no skin off my nose. But it is also okay if you do.

Chapter 1: Fears and Worries

Ring Ring "Hello?" Isabelle answered very sleepily "Good morning Miss Winthrop this is your wake up call it is now 9:00 am check out is at 11:00 Am." the bubble female voice said on the other end of the telephone. "Mmm…ya thank you." "You have a nice day now." "Ya I will bye" "Buh-bye". Stupid bubble, happy freaks, and its 9:00 A.M…grrrr.

Isabelle thought as she walked to the bathroom to have a shower, taking her long golden brown hair out of its ponytail, her hair fell to her middle back. And she had ocean blue eyes, she was about 5'4", not really skinny but not fat. Isabelle never really wore jewellery except for a small white crystal pedant that she never took off. Isabelle was not much of a morning person and in her traditional graceful style she fell twice before 10:00 am. Once she was all packed for her trip to King's Crossing and eventually Hogwarts, it took her and the cab driver to get everything in to the cab it was like a huge puzzle.

And when she got in the cab and the cab driver asked "So where to Miss?" Isabelle was so tempted to say the airport and then she would just show up in Norway where her dad was and miss the beginning of the school year and not have to go. But she replied "King's Crossing please." While thinking stupid conscience… one day I shall be rid of her! The cab arrived at King's Crossing at 10:40 am she had 20 minutes to get to figure how to get on the platform and get on the train.

Oy! It only took about 10 minutes to get the stuff out of the cab and get a trolley so off to Platform 9 ¾ . Well she reach a point between platforms 9 and 10 and started looking around for a clue to where the barrier would be. Then out of the corner of her eye Isabelle saw two tall dark haired boys walk through a wall between platforms 9 and 10 and it clicked. Of course she walked over to the same wall and checked for no one looking and walked through.

After an odd sensation that she couldn't describe Isabelle saw a dozens of people all and a train that said "Hogwarts Express". Yeah I did it she thought looking at her watch and with 5 minutes to spare. Then an old man with a kind of bell boy suit came up to her and said "I'll take your trolley for you my dear and you can find a sit on the train you better hurry" "Oh, yes thank you."

Looking at Pippin, she didn't really want to leave him alone, the man must have seen this in her eyes and handed her the cat and took the rest of the luggage to the train. And just as she began to walk towards the train a short ratty boy came running through the barrier and smashed right into Isabelle causing her to drop Pippin thankfully in his cage and fall over the nearest trunk and land in the arms of one of those talk dark haired boys she had seen go thought the barrier who caught her and the other caught Pippin.

Both of the boys were very handsome the one who had caught Pippin had short dark messy hair andhazel eyes, and the one who had caught Isabelle had slightly long dark hair andmoon greyeyes and a really nice smile.

Then the messy haired boy yell at the boy who ran Isabelle over "Pettigrew you knocked over this poor girl here, how many times do we have to tell you, you don't have to run that fast through the barrier." "Oh dear I'm sorry James."

The boy that was holding Isabelle stood her up but didn't let go of her waist and looked right into her eyes and then she heard "Sorry about that his a bit of an idiot." the another boy who must have come from behind the boy they call Pettigrew who was also very handsome with shoulder length light brown hair chuffed the boy up side the head.

And said "Don't apologize to James apologize to her, she the one you knock over." The boy looked very familiar but she couldn't think of how she knew him or why he looked so familiar. "Oh I'm alright; I don't need any help being a klutz." Isabelle smiled at the rat like boy who hit her then turned to the boy holding Pippin in his cage who was having a fit over the whole experience.

"Thank you for catching my cat." "No problem." he replied and then Isabelle looked at the chocolate brown eyes of the one who caught her and said "Thank you for catching me." He smiled and said "It was a pleasure." "Well…ah you can let go of me now you now." Isabelle said smiling back at this sweet, gorgeous, hunk holding her still. "Oh ya I guess."

Then the messy haired boy handed her Pippin and said "Well we're going to find sits on the train I guess we'll see you at Hogwarts." "Ya, see you there." Isabelle said as she watched all the boys walk away.

Sigh…they all seemed sweet and other than that boy who knocked me down their all pretty hot too. Isabelle stared off into space until it hit her that she should get on the train too; she ran to the group of people getting on the train and followed them on.

Well mission one getting on the train was now complete now mission two finding somewhere to sit began. Isabelle looked in on many different compartments and they were all full, then another car down Isabelle came upon an empty car.

It sucks that I'll have to sit by myself she thoughtBefore taking her seat she took pippin out of his cage and sat down by the window and began to wonder about the year ahead. Am I going to be seating alone all the time, and if I do have friends will they find out and if they find out will they abandon me like before…

Just then the door slid open and a red haired girl with bright green eyes poked her head in and said, "Hi! I was wondering may a couple friends and I sit with you everywhere else is full?" "Oh of course!' after that the red head and four boys walked in the car.

They were the same four Isabelle had run into earlier. The boy who caught Pippin and the boy who bumped into her sat on the opposite side of the car with the red haired girl. The boy who Isabelle knew she knew some how sat down beside her and tall dark and handsome who caught her sat on the same side.

After everyone was seated the red head began the introductions. "Well thank you again for letting us share the car with you." she said with a smile "My names Lily Evans." "Isabelle Winthrop." they shook hands and she continued. "To my right is James Potter and on my left Peter Pettigrew." "Hi nice to meet you Issy", he said with a grin "is it okay if I called you that?" "Oh yes most people do." "Good." Peter just waved and smiled. Then Lily continued the introductions "On you left is Remus Lupin and on your right is Sirius Black.", Remus smiled a very sweet smile and said "It is a pleasure to meet you Isabelle."

For the remainder of the journey they all took turns asking Isabelle questions about why she was starting Hogwarts now and why she hadn't before.

"Well I'm not sure, about the same time I would have started at Hogwarts or any other magic school my father and other members of my family started to teach me. I asked them also why I wasn't going to a school like they all did and all they told me was that since father needs to move around a lot he figured it would be more cultural enriching for me to be taught on the road with him. I really didn't question it after that I got to see the world and many different creatures magical and not so it wasn't a big deal." Isabelle told them she kind of liked moving around and seeing the things she did.

"The only reason I'm going now is because of O.W.L's and the fact in a couple years I will need to take N.E.W.T.'s." "So what house are you going to be in?" Sirius asked with hopeful eyes that the whole ride had not moved from Isabelle's face. "Um…I believe I'm supposed to be in Gryffindor." Isabelle replied.

"Wonderful all of us are in Gryffindor, will be able to see each other all the time." Lily said smiling at Isabelle, "So do you know who you will be sharing a room with?" Lily asked with a smile, "maybe it will be with me and the three other girls I live with, it's always been the four of us and usually there are five."

"Well let me check I have them written down, they told me what room I'm in so it would be easier for me to fit into the swing of things." Isabelle rummaged through her bag and pulled out a folded piece of paper, then said with extreme excitement.

"Oh I am staying with you, and a Rebecca Williams, Stacey Walker and Jessica Sanders." Lily and Isabelle began to jump form joy and talking about all the things they could do.

Then James, Sirius, and Remus started jumping up and down too mocking them. Then the whole compartment laughed out loud.

They all carried on talking and asking more questions Isabelle had taken Pippin out shortly before they all join her and he sat purring on her lap. "So what's your cat's name?" Lily asked petting him, "Oh his name is Pippin."

"Pippin? Where did you get that name from?" Sirius asked trying to pet Pippin who hissed every time he tried. "From The Lord of the Rings, it's a book by J.R.R. Tolkien, I love all of his books I'm only missing The Lost Tales, its been really hard to find it."

After a long laugh they all changed into the uniforms and shortly after the train stopped and then Lily grabbed Isabelle's hand pulled her through the crowd of students and got to a horseless carriage.

Isabelle looked at the place where the horses should have been but none were there, then she felt a tap on her shoulder it was Remus "There Threstals the only people who can see them are those who have witnessed a death." Isabelle got a frightened look on her face and Remus added "Don't worry they will not hurt."

And with that he gave a reassuring smile that made Isabelle feel very calm. Remus opened the carraige door and held out his hand to help Isabelle in she took his hand all the others were already in the carriage. Isabelle and Sirius this time sat on the same side a Peter and James, Lily and Remus were on the opposite side. Sirius still could not take his eyes off on Isabelle and Sirius gave a snort every time Remus did something charming or made Isabelle laugh. Sirius tried to be charming and make Isabelle laugh, but Isabelle thought he was a bit arrogant, and sometimes he succeeded to make her laugh. But most of the time he just made her irritated.

When they reached the castle this time Sirius got out before Remus and when Isabelle was trying to get out something made the carriage move forward quickly and Isabelle fell out into Sirius' arms. And once again Isabelle was looking into those deep chocolate brown eyes and had those strong arms wrapped around her.

"Lily are you alright?' James ran to her helping her up, the Threstal even though unseen almost stomped on Lily. Then there was an evil laugh and a greasy dark haired boy with a crook nose appeared from the front of the carriage, "Careful mudblood, you wouldn't want to get hurt." the crooked nose boy said it with an evil smile.

Then James got right in his face, grabbing the front of his shirt and said "You better apologize to Evans Snivellus." "James back off, it's the first day. I'm sure it was just an accident." Sirius told him and James then looked at Remus who finally emerged from the carriage and then Sirius who was still holding fast to Isabelle.

The three exchanged glances and then James tossed the boy to the ground and grabbed Lily's hand and walked into the castle with out another word. Remus looked at Isabelle who was still held by Sirius and said "Are you alright?" holding out his arm. "Yes I'm fine Sirius caught me. Once again!" Isabelle said looking at Sirius and he slowly let her out of his arms and she took Remus' arm, the rest followed James and Lilly to the castle.

When they reached the Great Hall they sat at the Gryffindor table, James, Lilly and Sirius sat on one side of the table and Peter, Remus and Isabelle sat directly opposite. There of course was first the sorting of the first years, then Dumbledore's speech and then came the food now Isabelle wasn't used to having so many choices at dinner so she had a bit of everything.

And the six joked all though out dinner and as Sirius spent most of his time debating one thing or another with Isabelle. Remus and James were making Isabelle laugh a lot and Sirius did as well when he wasn't provoking her into an argument. Remus couldn't stop smiling at Isabelle and after a debate with Sirius he made sure to get her to laugh. Isabelle couldn't even eat without Remus, James making her laugh or Sirius arguing with her, it was so much fun. This is something she never had before, not even when her and Remus were little, it was different she had friends not just a friend.

This even carried on into the common room the six stayed up all night laughing and talking, and they had a whole weekend to continue it, then classes started and that was something Isabelle had dreaded. About 12:00am they all finally went to bed, all the boys said goodnight and Lily and Isabelle went up stairs to the girl's dormitory and got ready for bed. After changing Isabelle went over to Pippin picked him up hopped on her new comfy bed and pet him and right away him began to purr.

And just about to nod off to sleep Lily spoke "So what do you think of the place so far?" sleepily Isabelle replied "I love it, and I kind of wish I would have come here when the rest of you did." "I'm glad…so what do you think of the boys?" "Well their nice, and funny, Sirius seems to like getting me all worked up. With moving around a lot its always been hard to make friends…and keep them." Isabelle said as she thought of how her friendships always ended.

"Well it wasn't that hard this time was it. I just hope you don't have to see the boys when their being idiots." "What do you mean Lilly?" "Oh well they play a lot of pranks on people especially James and Sirius and they sometimes pick on people for no reason or really poor ones." "So you mean sometimes their big bullies." "Ya kind of...well goodnight." "Ya goodnight."

Bullies…oh boy I hope they don't find out and start picking on me. Isabelle thought about this holding the crystal around her neck as she slowing fell asleep with Pippin curled up around her neck.