a/n: So this is my random story that I can't really think of what category to say it's under. It's just a story I have had running threw my head latly and thought...hey that might make a good fan fiction..
Hope it is...
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Have you ever just sat down to think about anything and everything? Well I do, a lot actually. More recently because I've been having a hard time coping with the fact that everyone around me is growing up and they all seem to know where they're going and what they're going to do with their lives. I have no idea what I want to do. Honestly the thought of having a job or a role for my whole life scares me. Really though all your life you grow up thinking about being an adult and all the "cool" things you can do. Then you have school with your friends that you waste all your time thinking about "what you want to be when you grow up".
Well this thought was even worse for me. You know those kind of thoughts normally are when your around the magical folk. And even more when your parents are muggles and they expect more out of you. Then with that fact those "pure-blood is the way to be" inbred Nazis expects nothing out of you. So I just want to prove them wrong.
My name is Katie Bell and I'm what you would call a witch. I've been going to Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry for the last 6 years and on the Gryffindor Quidditch team for 5 years. I am living in the school at the same time as the world famous (at lest the magical world) Harry Potter. So of course I've seen some pretty interesting things happen here. Things deaths of "possessed" teachers, the "opening" of the Chamber of Secrets, and then last year with Tri-Wizard Tournament. Now I'm here for my 6th year at the school. God only knows what kind of weird happenings will take place this year, but honestly its not even close to the thing I'm the most worried about. For me this year is good-bye to a number of friends close to me. I guess that's what I get for only being friends with people on the Quidditch team and then someone who's in one of most classes so I have someone to talk to threw out History of Magic because I can get good grades in that class without having to even listen so it mainly just bores me. It's even worse because of Professor Binns mind-numbing voice. The point though is that most of my friends are graduating this year and are moving on to bigger and better things.
In case you were wondering lets list off all of my friends and then list the ones I will have left shall we? Leaving there is Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Lee Jordan, Alicia Spinnet, and Angelina Johnson. Might I add that they are basically the ENTRE Quidditch team? Now left with me is Hanna Dale, Abby White, and then if I can really count them as friends Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger. Oh and at times I hang out with Ginny Weasley because she will help me cope with losing Fred and George.
I've never really been one to go out of my way to make a ton of friends. I just need the ones that matter. If I have to do anything to impress you, then you're not worth my time.
I've been friends with Angelina and Hanna sense my first year. Hanna and I met in line to get sorted and then bonded when we got put in the same house. Then one weekend she and I were just being our crazy old selves when Angelina came in and thought we were just the funniest thing so we started to hang out with her. Then the next year Angelina convinced me into trying out for the Quidditch team. Harry and I were the last people to join team Wood. That was one team that we will never be able to duplicate. Then with Oliver making practice everyday possible I didn't really get a chance to meet many more people and got really close with the rest of the team. This in the end might not have been such a bad thing, because it might have helped us get the best Quidditch scores since Charlie Weasley's team.
Now I am super close to the twins, Lee, Alicia, Angelina, and Hanna. We all have pretty much done everything together for it seems as long as I can remember anymore. I can't image life without them and unfortunately after this year I kind of have to. Because they are going out into the world to find a job and a husband or wife and start a family and I will still be sitting in the Gryffindor common room with Hanna doing homework and reflecting on all of the great times we've had with the crew. All of the pranks we pulled at Hogsmade. The random things we've thrown out the Hogwarts Express window to see if we could charm it to stay with the train. The thousands of little kids we scared into not wanting to leave their dorms. We've had some great times and this is our last year.
Now here I am packing and thinking about how sad and depressed I'm going to be this year. Well so I guess I should stop writing and finish packing before I miss the train.
Its way to weird to think this is the last train ride to school that we are going to have to stuff all 7 of us into one compartment on the train. I know you're thinking "7 of you in one of those little room things you should be happy they are leaving". Well it's like this, my third year we didn't want to separate and we wanted to see how many people we could get into the compartment so we are all stuffed into the area sitting on each other cracking up at the looks on people's faces as they walked by. We sat like that for half of the ride until Fred starts cracking up. We, knowing Fred, assume he farted or something so we are asking him what's so funny while continuously smelling the air to see if he did fart. Until he finally goes "We are so stupid, here we all are sitting like this and we are bloody magic we could have just made the compartment bigger!" at that he pulls out his wand and says some spell and suddenly we are all on the floor with a lot more space to sit in. From then on we pick a compartment and enlarge it before we sit down.
This year we are all sitting in our normal seats just talking and laughing about old times and all of the things we still have to pull before they leave the school. I was laughing too but inside I just wanted to bust out crying.
No matter how many times I tried to tell myself to be happy and enjoy this time I still just wanted to cry. If only there was a spell to freeze time so we could live in these moments forever. I mean we have spells to change form, cause instant death, even to fall in love; but no where in my 6 yeas of school have I seen a freeze time and be happy forever spell. Where is the genus witch or wizard who can make that spell for me? Shit we are almost to the school!
I can't believe I spent all that time on the train writing and just talking. We have no last train to school prank memories! Now we are here in the great hall listening to some bitchy lady talk like she owns the place.
"What does this lady think she is?" Fred asked.
"Everyone knows she will only last a year!" George continued
"Why is that?" I asked
"She's the Dark Arts teacher" Fred answered
"And everyone knows the Dark Arts position is cursed!" George continued
"Oh you don't really think You-Know-Who cursed a job at this school" Angelina said
"Why not? If I had that power I would curse random objects just because I could!" I said laughing.
"So let it be known that if Katie suddenly gets a load of hidden magic. No Object is safe!" Hanna said reaching for her quill she dropped while writing a letter to her Mum.
"Careful guys the toad queen is glaring at us" Alicia said staring up front
We all looked up and the woman talking up front was indeed looking at us. She stopped talking when our eyes met with hers and she sort of cleared nothing out of her throat and then continued talking.
I was trying very hard to not burst out laughing because I just realized the reason Alicia referred to the woman up front as a "toad queen". She looked like what would happen if magic went wrong and a toad and a person had a child. I could tell everyone else was coming to the same awareness at the same time as me because we all had that goofy look on our faces you get when you're trying not to breath in fear it would exhale with laughter.
Finally the woman stopped talking and food appeared. Enough people started talking to where it was loud enough for our laughter to not stick out so much so we all let go at the same time. I may have laughed until I was purple and then laughed harder after Alicia snorted.
Finally we calmed down enough for us to eat with out it coming of our nose or choking because we were laughing.
Fred and George were talking to Ron, Harry, Ginny, and Hermione about their latest invention they call the "Extendable Ear". So Angelina, Alicia, and I started to talk about quidditch in the silence of the boys not talking to us.
"Oh yeah does anyone know who the new captain is going to be now that Wood is gone and the tournament is over?" I asked
"You didn't hear! I'm surprised she didn't fly to your house to tell you, Angelina is the new captain" Alicia said half mockingly
"I sent you an owl. You didn't get it?" Angelina asked after shooting Alicia a mean look.
"No…must have gotten lost in one of those random checks at the ministry." I answered thinking while looking at the weather of the ceiling.
"But that's amazing! It might be fun to have you as a captain! I don't know what that's like from Wood being my captain my whole career." I said jokingly when I came back to the world.
"Yeah, it's going to be hard to live in Oliver's shadow though. I only hope I won't make an idiot of myself." Angelina said sounding half worried.
"You'll be amazing. Kind of sucks that you only get to be captain for your last year though" Alicia said to cheer her up
"Yeah, Wood was captain for most of his time here and we only won his last year so don't expect to compare yourself to him because they are not fair time spans" I said cheering her up even though it made absolutely no sense.
"That reminds me I need to think about finding a new Keeper." Angelina said scanning the table.
"Well let's not worry about it now. There is time to find a good one." I said winning the cheering up competition between me and Alicia. (Did I ever mention I'm a slightly competitive person… and when I say slightly I mean extremely)
Just then Hanna appeared next to me. I didn't even realize that she left.
"Blimey, when did you leave?" I asked jumping because she startled me when she sat down.
"I was talking to Harry about all the things they say about him in the Prophet" She said looking at me weird for jumping.
"I didn't ask where you went I asked when. I never even noticed you weren't next to me!" I said glaring at her for looking at me weird
"Oh well thanks! But I went when you were all still laughing about Alicia snorting" She answered.
"I did it on purpose!" Alicia said
"No you didn't because we can tell when you do it on purpose. They are short when you don't mean to do it and that one was short" I said twirling around to face Alicia as I was talking to her and then back to Hanna after I was done.
"But what is the Prophet saying about Harry?" I asked once back facing Hanna
"Haven't you been reading? They think Harry has been lying all along and he just wants attention. Even worse they think he and Dumbledore are lying about You-Know-Who coming back. That's why Mrs. Frogface is here, the Ministry thinks that Dumbledore is going crazy in his old age and they want to make sure that nothing against the law happens here." Hanna answered sounding concerned and upset at the same time.
"That's crazy what would happen here that is against the law" I asked in disbelief
"Well some think it's because Harry used magic out of school this summer and they have something against him lastly" Fred said as he returned.
"What did he use it for?" I asked in shock
"He used a patronus to save him and his stupid cousin from a pack of lunatic loose dementors." Fred answered.
"The Ministry doesn't believe it though. My dad says they are acting as if it was a story from out of the Quibbler." George said joining the conversation.
"Understandable, but when has Harry ever lied?" I ask still finding this whole story to end in JUST KIDDING!
"See that's the thing. The Prophet is saying that everything he has ever said is a lie and just a means to get attention." Hanna added
"That's crazy! Like he wants to get thrown from hundreds of feet in the air by dementors? That must suck to go through all of that and now everyone thinks your just some thrill seeking teenager!" I said getting louder because of the aggravation with the idea.
"If he and Dumbledore are just making it up then what's the Ministry's answer to what happened to Cedric?" I asked still finding this all a bunch of bull shit.
"That it was just an accident in the tournament" Alicia said looking around for anyone that was offended by me bringing up Cedric in such a loud voice. "And quiet down about that!" she ordered shortly after.
"THAT'S BULL SHIT! He was too good of a person to just die on accident! He was like prefect! He was handsome and the quidditch caption and seeker! You just don't get better then that and they just think he tripped in the maze and died!" I yelled and then after getting looks quieted down some.
I still can't believe all of that. Poor kid, I guess Harry is having a worse year then me as always. The rest of dinner was kind of quiet because I was mad now and didn't feel like talking and took the charm off the quill in my bag that writes everything down that was being said. Now it's reaching 10 o'clock and Angelina, Alicia, Hanna, and I are in Hanna and my dorm just kind of talking. Angelina put a spell up so that Hanna and my other roommates couldn't hear what we were saying.
"It's weird to think this is our last year here 'lic" Angelina said
"Yeah you're leaving me and Hanna here friendless for next year!" Finally I get a chance to talk about this it's been on my mind since … well you've been reading this you should know.
"Make new ones" Alicia said laughing
"Yeah that's a good idea go up to people we have ignored for 6 years and ask them to be our friends for a year" Hanna said sarcastically
"I wish I could figure out what I'm going to do after I get out of here…" Angelina said looking around the dorm room
"Isn't it obvious you're going to do the same thing you've always done Ang" Hanna says
"What's that?" Angelina asked
"Boy hunt of course!" Hanna said joking and laughing
"Well that's the thing. I've always thought I would find a nice boy here and marry him as soon as we got out of school and then just be a stay home mom and raise a family…but I guess I'm not going to find said boy." Angelina said seeming to leave us and go into a form of dream world
"Nonsense Ang there is always Fred!" Alicia said joking and diving for cover behind me onto my pillows and then bouncing on to the floor next to my bed and launching me forward onto Angelina.
We all had a good laugh at that for awhile and I laughed so hard I rolled onto the floor next to Alicia who was curled up into ball from laughing so hard.
I'm really going to miss the nights like this. You have to wonder if I will ever be telling my kids this and if they will find it as funny as it is right now. I'm already thinking about telling my kids these stories? It's only the first night of my sixth year. To bad I can't like skip a year and graduate with everyone, and Hanna will skip too. Then we can all buy houses near each other and get married and never move and make our own little town, with no "Dark Lord" or war against him.
It's really amazing the random things you can think of when you're depressed and trying to get to sleep…
So I reeeally hope you enjoyed my story...
