Friendship is Magical- A Hogwarts roleplay/story.
This story is written by four friends: Kaitlyn (Amy Trelawney), Sarah (Destiny Black), Raven (Nikki Madison), and Mandy (Anja Zimmerman). Hogwarts and the like are © JK Rowling, so: "Don't know, don't own, don't sue."
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Amy stood at the platform, staring in amazement at the scarlet train sitting in front of her. Children dashed around her, hauling trunks behind them and squawking parents mingled with the noises of the animals some carried. She herseslf held a snoozing white cat in her arms, barely and adult he was. She sighed and released the handles of her suitcase and pushed her glasses up her nose. This was her first year at Hogwarts- she had attended a wizarding school in America, but that school was thousands of miles away now. She was a fifth year and she knew absolutely nobody except for her aunt, who taught at the school. She was the astronomy teacher, and at times she was a bit over the edge, but she was still family.
"All aboard! All aboard the Hogwarts Express!"
She dashed onto the train right before it started to move. She looked out the window as the door slammed, watching the people slowly start to drift away, along with her sanity and her courage. She felt her knees give a little, but she regained her posture and started to make her way towards an empty room.
Nikki waited in the small room. She was all by herself except for her cat, Midnight, who was sleeping at the other end of the seat. As she looked out the window, she could sense that something was coming. Her eyes glowed a light blue. That "something" was getting closer, and closer, and... "BAAAM!" She snapped back into reality and noticed that someone was at the door. Midnight was hissing at the shadowy figure. Who was it?
"Sorry... I didn't mean to frighten you."
It was a girl with short blonde hair and glasses. Her cat lept out of her arms and went straight to Midnight. The two fought with backs arched and claws out.
"ENOUGH!" screamed Nikki. The cats went back to their owners. Nikki picked Midnight up and stroked him as she looked up into the other girl's eyes and said, "Just who, may I ask, do you think you are?"
"I... I'm Amy... I'm sorry about Artemis, he's never really been around another cat since he was vary little," she looked at the girl standing in front of her, wearing her uniform already. She was in Griffindor, Amy could tell from the striped tie. She sighed. Great, five minutes on the train and already she made a fool of herself. She lowered her head, for she could not look the other girl in the eyes. Her hair fell around her face, the blue streaks blending with her eyes. Artemis peered up at her and mewed apologetically for his irrational actions.
"Wait, are you Amy Trelawney?" the girl said, turning her head to better see her.
"Yeah... Tammy Trelawney is my aunt... I've come to live with her during the school year." Amy's head rose a little bit as she looked at her once again. She looked to be the same age as her, a fifth year as well.
"Ha, Trelawney talks about you all the time, her 'little psychic prodigy'."
Amy froze in place and watched Nikki. She knew? That means so many people will know of her. Didn't even get a chance to fend for herself, to be a different person than she was in America, and she ruined it.
Anja had been settled in a compartment by herself, but now people who had just gotten on the train began to fill her little quiet space, and it became cramped. Hastily, she grabbed her tings and shoved out of the packed compartment with a huff.
MehMeh hooted happily in his cage and fluttered his wings a bit.
"I'm glad you're having fun," she said, her german accent sliding through her voice. "But vould you keep that rucous down!"
She made her way down the hallway to find a less crowded place to sit, and she spotted a compartment with only two oher girls. A slight grin crept upon her pail face as she slid the door open, the other two girls' heads snapping toward her.
"Hope I am not interrupting anything." she jabbed her thumb behind her. "All the other compartments are full." She gave a small cough.
Destiny Black smiled softly as she stepped onto the Hogwarts express.
"Ah. Finally." she breathed. But before she could bask in the moment, she was pushed forward and aside by Gregory Goyle and Vincent Crabbe who were, as always, muscling a path for Malfoy. He sneered at her as he went by, tuging one of her pigtails. Des glared back, not letting herself wince in pain as Pansy Parkington stomped purposefully on her foot. Naitomea hissed from his traveling basket. Des whispered, "Nai, hush. I'm fine." to her jet-black cat. He quieted, but his crimson eyes glittered with malice. His attitude clearly said, "But mom, I only wanted to scratch his eyes out..."
Destiny was to be thirteen in November. She'd been at Hogwarts for the second half of last year, having transferred from America. She'd made no real friends yet- only enemies. Having grown up where everyone was to be treated equally, Des firmly believed that she, a "pure-blood," was no better than anyone else. She often kept to herself. Most thought her stuck-up; except those who realized all Slytherins may as well see her as a Gryffindor. But even they didn't approach her.
Des pulled her headphones down off her ears and turned her CD player off- it had previously been playing her My Chemical Romance CD on the lowest volume; just in case someone, anyone, called to her.
She hoisted Nai's basket higher on her hip, causing him to give a disgruntled mew as she made her way down the corridor. Everywhere was jammed full, it seemed, except one compartment with three girls in it. She poked her head in after Anja, and flushed shyly. They all looked older than her... and all from other houses- which she didn't know yet if it was good or bad.
"Hi. I'm Des. Mind if I, um... join you?" she said softly, her cheeks brightening as their eyes scanned her attire. Naitomea purred, sensing other cats.
Nikki rolled her eyes, sat down, and thought, Oh my God! Here I am in my peaceful world when all of a sudden, not one, not two, but three girls come in here and invade my space! Then all of a sudden it got quiet. Nikki looked up to see that everone else was sitting down with all eyes on her. Twenty minutes of an awkward silence went by, then Nikki decided to break the ice.
"So..." she said, "Is everyone here from different places other than England?"
The dark haired girl with one blind eye looked at her and nodded. "Ja, I am from Germany."
The pink-and-purple-tipped haired girl looked up next and replied, "I'm from the USA."
The blonde tom-boy jerked her head up and said "So am I!" She then turned to Nikki and asked, "What about you?"
"Born in England, but raised in America."
The half-blind girl gave a weak smile and asked "Should ve introduce ourselves? I'm Anja." The tom-boy said, "I'm Amy, pleasure to meet you all!" The goth girl blushed shyly and emitted something like, "My name's Destiny, but you can call me Des." "I'm Nikki! Nikki Madison!"
The other girls' jaws dropped. "You're the daughter of the second richest man on the planet!" Des exclaimed. Nikki blushed on the spot, but she got even redder when a familiar face appeared at the door.
Harry opened the door to the compartment and said, "Sorry, Nikki, didn't mean to bother you." Nikki jumped up and said, "You can never bother me." Harry smiled and said, "We'll chat later, m'kay?" ha winked and he left as quickly as he came. Nikki sat back down and sighed.
Amy stood up and started chanting, "Nikki has a crush! Nikki has a crush!" Nikki blushed and replied, "He's not my crush... he's my boyfriend."
"But he's still a crush." Amy smiled as she sat back down.
"Who wuss'e anyways?" Artemis jumped up into her lap and circled once, then flopped over. Amy rested her hand on him as she watched the other girls, Destiny, Anja, and Nikki. Amy flipped her hair out of her face and raised an eyebrow, noting the odd looks she was receiving.
"That was Harry Potter! Do they not teach you that wherever you came from?" Nikki said, a slightly arrogant tone to her voice.
"No... I'm from California, we didn't really care much about anything other than the beach." Everyone still stared. "I may not be good at casting spells, but I sure can hang ten." Amy decided to hang up and try her call again osme other time.
"I'm sure you'll learn everything there ist to know about Harry this year." Anja mumbled.
Des flashed a hurt, meek look at the others as Harry left, before looking downward to let Nai out of his basket. He lept onto her lap, pussing and immediately flopped.
"Harry and I are... somewhat distantly related. I'm his godfather's niece. But Harry doesn't even know I exist. I haven't gotten the nerve to approach him. I mean, how do you approach someone with that? 'Hiya, Harry! You don't know me, but I'm Sirius' illigitamite niece, Destiny Black!" she said, exasperated. "I mean, I don't know, but... my uncle is dead, and Harry's dad was his best friend. From what I know, my dad was rotten... But if I could find out something... decent... about the family I never knew... I'd feel better, you know?" she finished, suddenly realizing she just opened up to these complete strangers.
Des blushed immediately and hung her head, mumbling "Sorry," as Nai rubbed his head agaiinst her hand. I can't believe I just did that, she thought, How do I know if I can trust them? Well, I have to find out about my biological family somehow...
Anja smiled and rested a hand on Des' shoulder, hoping to comfort her.
"I know nothing of the Black family, other than vhat everyone else knows. But I vould like to help you, und I vill do all in my power to help you find the truth."
Mehmeh gave a hoot from his cage. Anja opened the little door and stroked his feathers gently.
"You know..." she started, "I could... try to contact the other side... for information..." she looked up to see the other girls giving her looks. She thought it wiser to keep her mouth shut about her "abilities," as she was used to others flouting her whenever they found out. She shrugged and stared out the window.
Nikki turned her head toward the window also; The train had finally come to a stop. She could hear people scrambling to get their things together, but her compartment was still and quiet.
"Well..." she said, standing up, "I guess this is where we go our separate ways." Midnight lept onto her shoulders as she gathered her things.
"It was a pleasure to meet you all, it truly was." she grinned.
Everyone else started to get their things. To everyone's suprize, she hugged them all. "I do hope we all have classes together!" Amy looked at her and said, "You're not so bad after all." she smiled and Nikki walked away. She found Harry waiting at the carriages. She looked back and saw all three girls getting into a carriage and thought for a moment, then looked at Harry.
"I think I'll go sit with my new friends!" She kissed him on the cheek and ran over to the other carriage, smiling the whole way.
Neville walked up next to Harry and watched the four girls get into the carriage.
"What a woman, eh Harry?" he chuckled, Trevor snuggling up to him in his pocket.
"Yeah... I'm glad she's making new friends..." He smiled, still watching Nikki. Neville watched as well until he saw Amy, then his eyes grew wide.
"I'm glad too... who is that blonde with Nikki?"
"Not sure... she must be new."
Neville smiled and continued to watch them, and right as Amy was about to leave his sight, she noticed him gawking at her stupidly and then ducked into the carriage.
"You guys... some weird guy standing with Harry was staring at me..."
"It was probably Ron, that skirt chaser." Nikki huffed, Midnight glowering at Artemis.
Anja glanced out the carriage and shook her head. "Nu, that vas Longbottom... or Neville." she said quietly after masking a cough. "He ist excellent vhen it comes to Herbology."
Amy's eyes lit up at the sound of it.
"Herbology? I didn't know your curriculum involved it!"
The carriage jerked into motion and wheeled along. By then it was nighttime and dark clouds had befallen the sky, leaving the carriage dark except for the swinging lantern outside of the cart.
"Lumos." Amy mumbled, the end of her wand glowing brightly now.
"So, what houses are you all in?" Des asked, shyly playing with her pigtail.
"Hufflepuff." said Anja.
"Gryffindor." said Nikki.
"Ravenclaw." said Amy.
"Well, I'm in Slytherin." Des proclaimed, almost sounding ashamed.
"Well... you're the nicest Slytherin I've met yet."
Amy shifted in her seat, unsure of what to say. Her admittance letter said she was in Ravenclaw, but everyone else were in other houses. She never did understand it much, her school was underwater back in California. It was a sunken pirate ship to a muggle's eyes, but with the right enchantment, you could unveil their own little Atlantis.
"I can't wait for Divination, that's my favorite class."
"My aunt Trelawney teaches Divination!" Amy chirped, glancing around the carriage. It was silent for a moment, then everyone burst out into laughter.
"No wonder! I can't believe the glasses didn't give it away!" Nikki chuckled.
Amy frowned and lowered her head, her eyes growing dark and sad.
"Don't pick on me..." she mumbled, clenching her teeth. The cart rattled and her wand-light glowed red and blinked out like a light bulb. The carriage rattled a bit more and then stopped. Everyone looked at each other and then back at Amy.
"Okay... sorry." Nikki grumbled, watching her out of the corner of her eye.
"Oh! Look! You can see the school!" Des cheered, leaning to the side to look out the window. Amy did so as well. Because of the oncoming storm, the school resembled a haunted castle you see in those old-school black and white movies.