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BPOV
"So, this is the Hogwarts Express! One of the fastest ways to get to Hogwarts!" Fred announced as soon as we got to the other side of the wall. I know my eyes were bugging out of my head as I stood there staring at the train! I turned and grinned at Fred.
"This is awesome!" I squealed as I jumped up and down, clapping my hands! It was a beautiful looking train. It was mostly black and red! On the front of the train in gold lettering spelled out 'Hogwarts Express.' and the numbers '5972' under it! I smiled to myself as I looked the train over. I've only been on a train once, it was in kindergarten, my school in Arizona took us on a train ride to California and back. They just wanted to us to experience riding on a train. I don't remember much about it, but I do remember liking it. I've been wanting to ride on a train ever since.
"Bella!" I looked up to see the other twin, George; I think, come running towards me with a trolley. "Here are your belongings." He said as he scooted it over to me. I thanked him and blushed as he winked at me. I'm not used to guys paying any attention to me. Most guys usually just ignore me. I wouldn't say that I'm ugly or anything, but I also wouldn't consider myself pretty. I'm learning to make my own beauty. Dad says I will redefine what beauty is. I hope he's right.
"Come along Bella!" Fred called, breaking me from my silly thoughts. "We'll introduce you to our friends." Fred said as started walking ahead of me with his trolley.
We walked closer to the entrance of the train where several people were standing. They all looked a little older than me, but they did seem pretty nice. Just be yourself Bella. I thought to myself and took a deep breath and walked behind Fred and George.
"Fred! George!" I looked up to see a boy with dark skin with brown dreadlocks for hair. He had a great smile, one that was so big; you couldn't help but smile right along with him. I saw as the three boys greeted each other. Asking how their summers were and if the twins had thought of new pranks. I felt a little uncomfortable, the boy noticed me first and stopped talking and looked at me.
"And who is this?" He asked with that same big smile on his face. I grinned right back at him. Fred came over to me and ushered me over to him, tickling me as he pushed me along.
"This is Miss. Isabella Swan, first year." He said to the boy, who extended his hand to me and a shook it politely.
"Nice to meet you Isabella, I'm Lee Jordan, third year." I let go of his hand and I could feel the blush rising to my cheeks.
"It's nice to meet you too, but you can call me Bella, that's what all my friends back home call me." I said to him and looked up to see two girls walking over to us.
"Where are you from?" Asked the first girl, she also had dark skin, brown hair that she wore in two breads and had pretty brown eyes.
"I'm from Washington." I said to them and they all just stared at me.
"Where's Washington?" Asked the second girl. She had light skin and long brown hair, she was really pretty.
"It's in America." I said to her and they all gasped. "What's wrong?" But the two girls just started giggling excitedly. They were kind of freaking me out and turned to Fred.
"Did I say something wrong?"
"No, not at all," He looked pretty surprised too. "So you're a muggle born from America?" I just nodded my head yes.
"No way! Are you serious?" Asked George. I just nodded my head to him. "Percy!" He called over to his older brother, who was talking to a few older students. He looked over at us and George beckoned him over with his hand.
"What is it George?" He sounded a little annoyed at his brother.
"Guess where Miss. Bella is from?" Percy rolled his eyes at George.
"Go on Bella! Tell him." Fred said from the other side of me. I have no idea why everyone's getting overly excited about this.
"I'm from America?" I said it like it was a question and I watched as Percy's face went from annoyance to a full on smile that lit up his eyes.
"Are you serious!" Why is everyone asking that! Of course I'm serious. Percy turned to look at his friends who were watching us. "She's from America!" He called to them and I saw their eyes grow big and then they ran over to me.
"America! Really?"
"Do you know anyone famous?"
"What are the beaches like?"
"I heard that a movie star is mayor or was it a governor there!"
They were talking all at once and I had to laugh at their questions. I tried answering a few of them, but more people started coming over to look at me. Including Ron, who had a girl with bushy brown hair with him. Now I know how animals feel at the zoo. It's a little overwhelming having people gawk at you.
"What's going on here?" Said a familiar voice. I snapped my eyes to him, at the same time that he found my eyes.
"Oliver!" I said as I waved and ran over to him. He pulled me into a hug and reluctantly let me go and turned to look at everyone.
"Why are they staring at you, Bella?" He leaned over to whisper in my ear, but everyone heard him.
I saw Fred walk over. "First of all, how do the two of you know each other?" Said Fred with a little bit of sass in his voice at the end. I grinned at his sassiness. "Secondly, why didn't I get hugged like that?" He played being hurt, then turned to me and winked. What is with these twins winking at me? I
"Bella and I met a little while ago, in Diagon Alley. I explained Quidditch to her." He said to Fred and then turned to grin at me. "I'm sorry Fred, I didn't know you wanted a hug from me."
"No, I didn't mean-I meant Bella." He said a little flustered, blushing furiously. We all laughed at him. Oliver tossed his arm over my shoulders and pulled me close to him.
"Now why is everyone pestering you?" He asked as we walked back over to the group. A few of them shook Oliver's hand as he came over.
"They wanted to know where I'm from, and I told them, but they all started freaking out and asking me questions." He started laughing as I told him.
"Oh! Is that all?" I nodded my head with a grin plastered on my face. "You guys couldn't figure out by her accent, where she's from?" He asked as he turned to look at everyone. "It's pretty obvious!" He stated. "She has that lazy cowboy accent, only American's can sound like that." He said jokingly as he tapped my chin with his finger, letting me know he was only kidding.
"It's true y'all! American's sure do sound a bit different from ya." I laughed as I did my best Southern accent. It made me think of my best friend, Jasper, he and his family moved to Washington from Houston about a year ago. I miss him. Everyone laughed at my exaggerated accent. We heard the whistle blow from the train and knew that we had to get going.
Thankfully everyone got distracted and turned to load their belongings onto the train, leaving me with Oliver and Fred.
"Will you sit with me?" They both asked at the same time and I watched as they glared at each other. I laughed at them and decided to find someone else to sit with, not wanting to cause an argument on my first day. With George's help, I got my things loaded on the train and thanked him as I went to go find a seat. Most of the train cars were filled up, but I walked past one that only had one boy sitting in it. I knocked on the door and he looked up at me and smiled. I opened the door and poked my head in.
"May I sit with you?" I asked the boy.
"Yes, of course! Please do." He said politely. I smiled at him and as I walked in and closed the door behind me. "I'm Harry Potter, by the way." I looked at him and smiled and stuck my hand out to him and he gave it a little shake. He was giving me and kind of funny look, like he was expecting me to say something.
"Oh! I'm Bella Swan." I said as I sat down, but the look on his face didn't change. "Is something wrong, Harry?"
"You aren't going to ask about my scar?" I looked up and noticed a faint scar on his forehead. It was kind of different, almost looked like someone had carved a lightning bolt into his forehead. I guess he was a little self-conscious about it. I shook my head no.
"No, it's none of my business." I said politely to him, but again his face didn't change.
"You don't know who I am?" He asked me.
"No. Should I?" His face finally relaxed a little.
"So, the name 'Potter', doesn't ring a bell?" He asked he sat forward with his elbows on his knees.
'No, it doesn't. Are you famous or something?" I said half joking. "I only found out a few weeks ago that I'm a witch. I didn't even know unicorn's existed and I had never heard of Quidditch before." He smiled at that.
"So, I take it you've met Oliver Wood." My eyes brightened at his name.
"How'd you know?" I asked him as I pulled a sandwich out of my backpack and offered him half of it. He took it graciously.
"Oliver got to me about it too. I'm kind of in the same boat as you. I only found out that I'm a wizard a few weeks ago too, but I guess I am famous or something. Everyone seems to know me, or my parents." I could tell that there was more he wanted to say, but he stopped talking and took a bite out of his sandwich. I saw his eyes light up as he quickly took another bite.
"This is amazing! What is it?" He asked me in between bites.
"A Waldorf Chicken Salad Sandwich." I said to him. I heard him moan as he took another bit.
"It's soo good! What's all in it?" He asked me as he took the last bite and popped it into his mouth.
"Chicken, of course, apples, mayo, walnuts, honey mustard, a little bit of lemon juice... it's supposed to have celery in it too, but I hate celery so I added in a few more walnuts and some dried cranberries!" I watched as he savored the last of the sandwich. "Here you can have the rest of mine."
"Really?" I nodded my head! He looked a little on the thin side, like he hadn't been eating enough food. I saw him frown. "My aunt and uncle hate me. Anytime I do something even the tiniest bit wrong, they punish me by taking my food away." I frowned at that, he looked worried, like he had told me too much. I put my hand on his knee and he looked up at me.
"Your secret is safe with me! I pinky promise!" I said as I stuck out my right pinky. He laughed as we 'pinky promised.'
A few hours later we arrived at the Hogwarts' Castle. It was huge, much bigger than I had expected. It was even surrounded by water and had a bridge leading up to the castle door. A large man named, Hagrid greeted us upon our arrival and led the way up to the castle. Harry and I talked the whole way. We had a lot in common and easily found things to talk about. Not everyone at Hogwarts was raised the same way we were raised, so I think we found a sort of bond in each other and became fast friends.
"Welcome to Hogwarts! First years, come follow me and everyone else… well, you know what to do." Hagrid said as he turned around and walked up a set of stairs. Oliver saw me and ran over to me.
"I see you've met Potter!" Oliver said as he stopped in front of me. "You should both try out for Quidditch. We really need a seeker and a chaser." He said, almost begging. I laughed at him and he laughed with me. "I have to go, but I'll see you both inside. Think about it though. Tryouts are next week." He said as he ran towards Fred and George and then the three of them walked into a room with double doors.
"He seems to like you." Harry said and I didn't miss the jealous tone in his voice. I rolled my eyes at him playfully, but otherwise ignored what he said.
"Come on, Harry!" I said as I pulled him up the stairs to meet up with the rest of the first years. At the top of the stairs stood an older teacher, who was dressed in black dress, robe and pointed hat. She looked stern and reminded me of my third grade teacher. I was worried for a moment, that year of school was horrible.
"Welcome to Hogwarts, students. I'm Professor McGonagall. Before the feast begins, you will all be divided up into houses." She said as she looked at various students and then smiled kindly. "The four houses are Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor." I saw the smile fade a little. "And Slytherin." She said and then abruptly turned around and started walking towards the room that I saw Oliver, Fred and George disappear into. We followed quickly behind the professor and into the room. It was a dining room that had four rows of tables, each representing one of the four houses. The professor walked right up to the front of the dining room and moved behind a small chair that had a pointed hat on it. "When I call your name, you will come and sit on the chair and I will place the hat on your head." She said as she picked up the hat.
"Hannah Abbot." A slightly round, pink faced girl walked over and sat on the chair and the professor placed the hat on top of her head.
"Hufflepuff!' The hat shouted, scaring all of the first years. The older students and teachers started laughing. Then everyone started clapping as she went to join her table with the other Hufflepuffs.
"Susan Bones." Professor McGonagall said and the students quieted down, as Susan went to sit down on the chair.
"Hufflepuff!" The hat shouted again, and Susan hurried off to sit by Hanna at the Hufflepuff table.
"Terry Boot!"
"Ravenclaw." The Ravenclaw, table clapped as Terry went to join them.
"Draco Malfoy." I got an eerie feeling as I watched the slick, blonde hair boy walk over to the chair and sit down on it. He wore a cocky grin on his face. He seemed very sure of himself and I saw him look to me and smile at me, like he knew something that I didn't know.
"Slytherin." The hat called out and I watched the creepy boy slide of the seat and go over to the furthest table and sit down. Why do I get a bad feeling about him?
"Ronald Weasley" Ron was behind me and squeezed past Harry and I and walked up to the chair. He looked worried and I gave him an encouraging smile as he made eye contact with me. I knew he really wanted to be in Gryffindor.
"Awe yes! Another Weasley. I know what do with you… Gryffindor!" I saw the relaxed smile on Ron's face and watched him run over to his brothers who were all cheering and clapping for him. It made me smile to see that.
"Hermione Granger." I turned to see the bushy brown haired girl from earlier, rudely push past me as she went to sit on the chair. What was that for?
"Gryffindor!" She shot a forced smile at me and pushed past me again, as she went to go take her seat by Ron. What was that all about?
"Harry Potter!" Harry noticed her rude behavior too and was staring after her, missing his name being called. I gave Harry a friendly nudge and he turned around to see the professor looking at him.
"Oh this is an easy one. Gryffindor!" I clapped for Harry as he went to sit down across from Ron at the Gryffindor table, the strange part though was that everyone at the table was cheering 'We've got Potter.' It was a little strange.
"Isabella Swan." Her voiced startled me, but I went to sit down in the chair and she raised the hat and placed it on my head
"What is this? Is it really an American here in Hogwarts?" The hate seemed to be thinking, I didn't understand what the big deal was. "First one ever, you know." The hat said to me. Maybe that's why? Am I really the first American to join Hogwarts? "So… where shall we place you?"
"Gryffindor, please!" I whispered to the hat.
"Gryffindor? You would do well there, but you seem like you'd well in Hufflepuff too. Hmmm. Well, alright. GRYFFINDOR!" The hat shouted. I squealed and hugged the hat before giving it back to the professor and ran full speed over to the Gryffindor table. Everyone was clapping as I slid into the seat in-between Oliver and George! Both hugged me and welcomed me to Gryffindor.
It took another half hour before everyone was sorted into their houses and I saw an older man approach the edge of the tables, where the sorting hat and chair had once been.
"Welcome everyone." He said "Welcome to the new year at Hogwarts School of Witch Craft and Wizardry. Without further ado…" He flicked his wand and all sort of bowls and plates appeared in front of us on the tables, filled with piping hot, delicious looking foods. "Enjoy!" I smiled at the food in front of me and didn't hesitate to start digging in.
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