Anita: Well, here's chapter 2!
Rachel: Get started why don't yah?
Amanda: Yea!
Anita: Ok. Let's get the show on the road!
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone or any quotes from Harry Potter. They strictly belong to J.K. Rowling. I ownly own Anita and any changes to the story I put in. Thank you.
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The early morning sunlight shown through the windowa as the three girl went through the chaos of pasking their trunks, and having some difficult at doing that.
"Crimedy! Rachel, can you help me with this?" asked Anita, who was having a bit of trouble closing her trunk.
"Sure."
Rachel went over and plopped down on the lid of the obnoxious trunk. Seeing as the trunk had yet to close all the way they inlisted the help of Amanda. The lid finally closed all the way and the blonde latched it shut.
"Yay!" exclaimed Anita, her blue/green-orange eyes shinning. (FYI: My eyes are weird. Don't ask. Thank you)
"What time is it?" asked Rachel.
Amanda looked down at her watch and read the black numbers on it, "It's 10:30."
"Well, I say we head downstairs and wait for the car to come and pick us up," suggested Anita.
"Okay."
So the three proceeded to drag there trunks and animal cages, minus that Anita's kitten sat in a basket. Anyway, they took their trunks down and waited in the pub, talking about random things. Soon enought, Tom went out for a second and then poked his head back in and announced, "The cars from the ministry are here."
The three went outside with their trunks and put them in the trunk of the emerald car. They got inside and sat down. On the short ride to King's Crossing the three talked about what it would be like at hogwarts and ended up insulting random people.
When the car stopped they all put their things on a trolly and went off to find the train.
"Which colum is it again?" asked Anita.
Rachel looked around and pointed at one which some people had dissappeared throught, "I think it is that one."
Anita looked at the people dissappeared and smiled, "Ok. Let's go throught that one."
When they got to the colum Rachel and Amanda went behind Anita.
"You go first," they said in unision.
"Okie dokie," she said back smiling.
She ran forward and just when the two thought she was going to hit the wall, she vanished. They then followed her and found themselves on Platforms 9 3/4. They looked around and saw Anita waving at them.
A whistle blew and the three hurried onto the train.
"You guys, lets go find the dudes!" suggested Anita.
The two looked at her for a second before answering, "Sure."
So the trio went down the hallway and looked for an empty/the on the harry potter gang was in. (Anita: I'm an idoit.) They came upon the last one and heard voices inside. Anita, being the fearless person she was, knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" asked a femine voice from inside.
"Uh. there isn't any more room in the other compartments so yea," replied the blonde.
The door slid open and a girl stood in the doorway. Her bushy brown hair hung down and she stepped inside, letting the three in. After Anita put her trunk on the rack she ploped on the floor and held her kitten.
"You know Anita, you still haven't named her," commented Rachel.
"O. O yea. hm... um...," she put her hands under her chin as she thought, "How about Tiddlywinks?"
Everyone looked at her and she smiled, "What?"
"Your hopeless Anita," said Amanda.
Someone coughed and all the people in the conpartment looked at the bushy haired girl.
"I think introductions are in order," she said, "I'm Hermione Granger."
"Ronald Weasly," said a red head next to her.
"Harry Potter," said the boy on the other side of the compartment with messy jet black hair and emerald eye behind a pair of glasses.
"I'm Rachel Tan," said Rachel.
"Amanda Johnson," said Amanda.
"I'm me!" exclaime Anita.
"SHHH!" shhed Hermione, pointing at the sleeping man in the corner.
"We know your you." said Rachel.
"Okay. I'm Anita Fike," she said.
She took a black ribbon from her bag and tide it around neck of her little kitten. "There you go Tiddly."
Anita then got up and sat across on the same side as Harry. Ron looked at the kitten, "Could you put her away. Cats like rats."
"Well, she doesn't," said Anita as Tiddlywinks got up and sat in the empty seat by Anita and curled up into a ball, her green eyes closed and soon she was asleep.
"Well, I'm bored now." proclaimed the blonde.
"When are you not bored?" asked Amanda.
"I don't know," she replied.
A blanket of silence came over the room and then Hermione spoke, "What years are you three in, I've never seen you three before?"
"Third. We're starting this year," explained Rachel, "and before you ask we don't know why."
"Yeah," said Amanda.
The silence from before returned and Anita was getting quite annoyed with it.
"C'est trop calme. Je m'ennuie. Pourquoi parle-t-j'en français ? O bien. Je ferai l'anglais de conversation maintenant," she said in fast french. (Translation: It's too quiet. I'm bored. Why am I talking in french? O well. I'll talking english now.)
"Not again with the french!" excliamed Rachel.
"Oui. Encore avec mon français," said the blonde. (Translation: Yes. Again with my french.)
"You take french?" questioned Hermione.
"Oui," Anita replied, putting her hair in a pony tail.
For the next three hours the six of them talked about random things and got to know each other. Of course with Anita adding in her french just to annoy Amanda. At around one o'clock a plump witch came around with a cart filled with food and Ron looked over at the sleeping Professor Lupin.
"D'you think we should wake him up?" he asked, "He looks like he could do with some food."
Hermione got up and approach the sleeping Professor.
"Er--- Professor?" she said. "Excuse me-- Professor?"
The sleeping Lupin didn't budge or move in the slightest. (Just so you know. I don't like the way the act looks for Lupin or Sirius. Thank You.)
---------------------- My (Anita) POV (Why you ask? Well... I hate writing in third person. I HATE IT! Plus it easier for me. Merci beacoup.) ----------------------
I looked over at the food cart witch as she spoke, "Don't worry dear. If he's hungry when he wakes up, I'll be up front with the driver."
"I suppose he is sleeping," said Ron, "I mean--- he hasn't died has he."
I tried to hold down the laugh that came up my throat, but to no avail. Ican't put it any other way. I laughed.
"Sorry, alot of things make me laugh," I apologized to everyone.
"Ok then," said Harry.
I went over to Lupin and put my ear near his face. Breathing came to my ears and I sat back down, "He's not dead though, he's breathing."
I flipped myself around in my seat so my head was near the floor and we talked somemore for the next few hours. After awhile I looked out the window and saw it was beginning to rain.
"Cool. It's raining." I commented quietly. I didn't anybody heard it, but Harry did.
"You like the rain Anita?" he asked.
"Yeah. Its nice to go for walks in the rain." I replied.
So, for about an hour afterwards I talked with Harry about different things and learned about Malfoy and about Professor Snape. When he mentioned Professor Snape, I smirked.
"What?" questioned Harry.
"Well, back home, at my old school, we had this old health teacher named Mrs.Crowell. Well, I kinda had the tendency to correct the teacher, make random comments, and kinda annoy the teacher with stupid questions," I said smiling.
Harry, well he laughed. "I guess that'll be a good thing," he said.
"Yep. I probably will," I said.
The door slid open and in walked three boys which I recognized as Draco Malfoy with his two 'bodyguards' Vincent Crabbe and Greggory Goyle. They were wearing Slytherin robes and looked around at the seven people in the compartment.
"I don't believe we've meet," said Malfoy standing infront of me. He grabbed my hand and began to put it to his mouth when I pulled back, disgusted at his actions.
"Uh... I don't think I want to know you and your um... boyfriends," I said to him, point to his uh... boyfriends.
I could tell he was pist off at my words. Well, everyone else in the compartment started laugh, which made it worse. Malfoy looked absolutely pist off.
"You'll regrette that," he said through gritted teeth.
"Sure, yeah right," I said back, "Now, bu bye."
I pushed him and his cronies out the door and shut the door. I turned around and clapped my hands, "Well, that was interesting."
I sat back down in my seat and looked at Harry, Ron and Hermione, who looked shocked.
"What?"
"You just dissed Malfoy," said Ron.
"And? No one kisses my hand," I said simply.
"Ok then. Enough of that," said Rachel.
Right after that we jumped right back into talking like nothing ever happened. As they got futher and further into the train ride, the rain got heavier and heavier. Then the train started to slow down.
"Are we there yet?" Amanda asked, looking at her watch.
Hermione looked at her watch, "We can't be there yet."
"Then, why are we stopping?" I asked, then it clicked in my head, the dementor. I looked over at Rachel and she nodded, getting it as well. She then whispered to Amanda and she widened her eyes for a second, but then they went back to normal.
I got up and went to the door. I slid it open and poked my head out, and I saw people with confused expressions ans closed the door.
I sat back down and shrugged. With a creak the train came to a halt and the sound of luggage falling came to my ears from the other compartments. Then the lights went out and I could see a thing, the only source of light was the light that came in through the window, which gave off an eere glow.
"What's going on?" asked Ron from somewhere behind me.
"Ouch!" gasped Hermione, "That was my foot Ron!"
I looked around and helped Harry back into his seat. I looked back as Ron took his hand and wiped away the fog on the glass. Tiddlywinks mewed and I petted her.
"There's something out there," he said. "I think people are coming aboard."
(Yes, and since I am the director and there are seven people in the compartment already there will be no Ginny and Neville in the compartment okay? Good.)
"Quiet!" said a hoarse voice in the dark.
From what I could see it appeared that Lupin was now awake. He held in his hand what looked like little flames, which gave of a small bit of light to the dark room. The light illuminated his tired face, his gray eyes were looking around for any sign of the people who came upon the train.
"Stay where you are," he commanded in his course voice. He stepped closer to the door, only thing was it opened.
In stepped a hooded figure, a scent of decay and death hung off it like a shadow. I looked up at its hood head, it drew in a rattling breath and it felt like I was being plunged into a bath of freezing water, it filled my lungs, but I was not about to let myself sucomb to the darkness. I sat still and watch as the dementor looked in my direction. I heard a thump behind me and I knew Harry was now probably unconcious. (How else can I put that?)
'Why do you not fear me?' a voice said in my head.
'I do not need to be afraid of you, you fucker.'
A dead hand appeared from within the folds of the robe and gripped my hand. It felt like burning fire and I feel to my knees on the floor, but I was not about to let this... whatever it was get the benifit of making me weak.
'Your different from the others. I can not sense and doubt in your mind.' it said in the back of your mind.
'Glad to hear that.' I smirked through the pain in my arm, which it had not ceased, nor had the fact that the dementor still had my arm in it's grasp. Instead it pulled me from my kneeling position and I found my feet no longer touching the ground anymore.
I could feel its breath on my face and I stared into its hood.
'You know more than your letting on. Where is Sirius Black?' it questioned.
'I do not know,' I replied.
A bright light blinded my vision and I felt my arm being let go of. I feel in a heap on the floor, and gave in to the darkness that ebbed at the edge of my mind. Drifting awaying in the cold darkness.
"Anita! Wake up you monkey!"
Slowly I opened my eyes and looked up at the faces of my two best friends, Amanda and Rachel.
"Hi!" I said and sat up.
"You okay?" asked Rachel.
"I guess," I replied. I looked around the now lighted compartment and saw everyone else in their seats, watching me, Harry didn't look too well.
I got up off the floor and sat down next Harry and put a hand on his shoulder, "You okay?"
"I guess so," he replied, he looked at my arm and his eyes widened, "Anita... your arm..."
I looked down to see it burned, in the shape of a hand mark. The skin was a deep purple and bled at the edges.
"I'll be fine," I said smiling at him. He returned the gesture weakly.
The sound of breaking chocolate echoed in the room and Professor Lupin handed everyone a piece.
I accepted the chocolate and only looked at it. I looked at Harry who was looking at the something and followed his gaze to the door.
"What was that thing?" he asked Lupin.
"A dementor," said Lupin, "One of the dementors of Azkaban."
I just looked at him as he crumpled the wrapper and headed for the door.
"Eat," he said, "It'll help. I need to speak to the driver, excuse me..."
With that he left out the door and down the corridor.
I popped the chocolate into my mouth and ate it. Instantly a welcoming warth spread over my body and I stretched. I smiled and got up onto my seat. I reached over to my trunk and opened it. After looking around for a bit I pulled out my new robes and an old pillow case from I-really-don't-know-where-it-came-from.
I plopped back down in my seat and it struck me, "Where's Tiddlywinks?"
Everyone shrugged and a meow came from under the seat. I looked under and saw Tiddlywinks the corner, her green eyes wide with fear.
"Sh... it's okay," I said and reached my hand to the frightened kitten.
When my hand got close enough to her she came right up and began to rub against my offered hand. I picked her up and put her back in the seat.
"There you go," I said and petted her head.
I took the pillow case and ripped it. Carefully I wrapped up the bleeding bruise on my arm and tied it. While we were waiting for Lupin to come back we all got dresses in our robe and started talking again. Being the sleeve hater I am I pulled up my sleeves, which did look out of place, but like i care.
Lupin came back and sat down, "Well be at Hogwarts in ten minutes. You sure your alright Harry?"
"Fine," he replied simply.
"Hows the arm Anita?" he asked.
"Okay," I replied.
The remainder of the trip was relevently quiet and when we got off, I bounced about like a frog with Tiddlywinks in my arms.
"Clam down Nita!" exclaimed Rachel.
"But, it was too quiet," I whined, I hated silence, it was... to quiet.
As we all got off the train a voice thick with a british accent called out, "Firs' years this way!"
Harry, Ron and Hermione looked to the right and Rachel, Amanda and I looked over to see gaint man carring a lantern. He had black beady eyes and black scragly hair with a beard.
'Wow. Hagrid is taller than I thought.'
Before Hagrid could say anything he was lead off to go take the first years to the castle. We followed the flow of kids till we came upon the stagecoaches that went up to the castle. Since there were six of us we split up into two groups, one was Rachel, Amanda, and I and the other was Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
When we got inside the coach we sat down and watched the scerny of green go past the window.
"This is going to be an interesting year," I commented.
"Why wouldn't it be? Your the craziest person I know," said Amanda.
"I'm proud to be the hyper moron I am," I said pointing to myself.
We all broke into a fit of laughter which subsided as the carriage came to a halt at the bottom of the stairs.
After we climbed out I saw The others ahead of us, with Malfoy. An idea popped into my head.
"Hey, Malfoy! Why don't you go off and play with your little boyfriends why don't yah!" I called.
His ice blue eyes glared at me and he stormed off up the stairs. I smirked and high fived with my friends.
We ran to catch up with the three and we all went inside the large double doors. Once we got inside though a voice called out over the crowd, "Potter! Granger! Fike! I want to see you three!"
I looked puzzled, but followed next to Harry and Hermione. I then looked to see who I assumed was Professor McGonagall. From her appearence it made me believe we were in trouble. Her hair was all nice and tiddy in a tight bun and her sharp eyes peered at us from behind her square shaped framed glasses.
"There's no need to look so worried-- I just want a word in my office, " she said to us, which didn't exactly make me feel any better, but what the heck.
We followed behind her for awhile until we came upon a door which she opened and we stepped into her office. Once inside we were welcomed by a large roaring fire in the fire place. She motioned to the chairs oppisite her desk and we took a seat in them. She went and sat in the chair behind the desk.
"Professor Lupin sent an owl ahead to say that you were taken ill on the train, Potter, and that you were injured Miss. Fike?" she said from behind her desk.
I opened my mouth to speak but the door opened and in stepped Madam Pomfrey, the nurse.
'Good night! I'm fine! What don't people get about that?'
"I'm fine," said Harry, "I don't need anything--"
"Yeah. It's nothing..." I chimed in.
"Oh, it's you isn't it?" said Madam Pomfrey, ignoring the fact that Harry said he was fine she still got up close and looked at him. "I suppose you went off and did something dangerous now did you?"
"It was a dementor, Poppy," intergected Professor McGonagall.
Then she proceed to examin Harry and muttering things about how stupid it was that Dumdledore had allowed the dementors to be placed around the school and how they had an effect on delicate people.
"I'm not delicate!" retorted Harry crossly.
She began mumbling again and checked his pulse. She then walked over to me and I held my arm, "I'll be okay. No need to worry about me!"
She completely ignored what I said and grabbed my arm. She unraveled my makeshift bandages and examined the black and purple bruise on my skin, she poked it and I flinched. From within the folds of her robes she pulled out a vile of orange liquid and popped the lid off of it. She then poured some of the substance onto her hand. When she touched it too my skin I fought off the urge to pull back as the skin burned with pain. Madam Pomfrey carefully rubbed the liquid into the bruise and she rewrapped it in the bandage.
"That should heal by the end of the week, now don't go off doing anything stupid," she said sternly.
I nodded in reply and let my fore arm rest in my lap.
"What do they need?" asked Professor McGonagall sharply, "Bed rest? Perhaps a night in the hospital wing?"
At the sound of the options I jumped from my seat, "I'm fine!"
I heard Harry's voice echo mine and I looked at him. The heat in my cheeks rising. I sat down and didn't listen as Professor McGonagall asked Harry a few questions.
'Gosh! Do I like Harry?' (Me:Of course I do!)
I was shaken from my thoughts as McGonagall's voice reached my ears,"Miss. Fike? You need to hurry to the hall to get sorted. You two may go."
"Uh. Ok."
With that I walked out the door and waited as Harry came out after I did. We walked back in a relatively empty silence and when we got in the hall, the short Professor Flitwick was calling the names of the first years to be sorted into the four houses.
"Anita Fike," he called.
"Crap!"
"Go!" said Harry pushing me. I ran down the right side and quickly hopped up onto the stool that was placed out. Professor Flitwick then placed an overly large hat on my head and I could barely see out from under the rim.
'Hm... lets see what we got here... you are very bright... perhaps Ravenclaw... and yet... I sence a whole lot of courage, you have a fearless mind...' said a old, yet wise voice.
'Please Gryffindor, please Gryffindor.' I told the hat.
'Well... I guess it'd better be...'
"Gryffindor!" the hat proclaimed.
The hat was removed from my head and I jumped off the stool. Cheering came from the Gryffindor table and I ran over there. Amanda and Rachel were waving at me and I sat down in the empty seat that was inbetween them.
"Yay! Now we're all in the same house!" exclaimed Rachel. She held her hands up for a high five and I high fived her.
Then from the teachers table stood up the firmiliar Albus Dumbledore. "Welcome! Welcome to another year at Hogwarts! I have a few things to say to you all, and as one of them is very serious..."
After he started his speech I zoned out and thought about how class was going to be tomorrow and completey random stuff, like ramen noodles. Soon enough a loud clapping noise came to my ears and I jumped in my seat. When the noise stopped and Dumbledore continued, I went back off to think about random things. Like music for example.
'Why am I thinking about random things? O well...'
The sound of the table pounded broke my thoughts and startled me.
'Gosh! Why does everyone keep interupting my thoughts?'
Well, since the speech seemed to be at an end I paid attention to his last words, "Well, I think that's everything of improtance. Let the feast begin!"
I looked at the gold plates as they soon filled with food and joined in as everyone began to eat. Durring the time I chated away with my friends and met Ron's brothers Fred and George, plus the forgetfull Neville Longbottom. After the meal Harry, Ron, and Hermione got up to go up to the teachers table and we followed behind them.
We went up to the teacher's table and went up to Hagrid.
"Congratulations, Hagrid!" squealed Hermione.
"All down ter you three," said Hagrid. He looked past the three and saw us in the back he waved, "I don' believe I've mee' yer three."
"O! Hagird, meet our new friends Anita, Amanda, and Rachel," said Hermione pointing at each of us.
"Why hello!" greeted Hagrid.
"Hi!" I said and waved.
"You all should head off to bed, I'll see yer tomorro'," Hagrid said as he ushered us away.
We all headed out the doors and joined the group of Gryffindors, going up to the portrait of the fat lady.
"Password?" she asked.
"Coming through, coming through!" came a voice whom I assumed was Percy. He came through the crowd and face the protrait, "The new password's 'Fortuna Major'!"
With that said the portrait opened and revealed the common room, all comfy and warm. Everyone then began to head up the stairs to their dormitories to turn in for the night. I followed behind Hermione until we came to a door which she opened. Inside were six four poster beds, each with someones trunk on the end.
I found Tiddlywinks on my bed and moved her over, seeing she was right in the middle. We all changed into our pajamas and fell asleep for the night, all warm and toasty in the warm covers.
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Anita: Yay! That took me awhile.
Rachel: Yup, sure did.
Amanda: Please read and review.