Monique Halestone and the Cave of Whisperers:
Chapter 2: Compartment 23
As they walked through the train, she found that nearly everyone's heads turned as they made their way to a compartment. Mainly the girls were staring at her brothers. But then their eyes saw a small object and turned their attention to that, said small object being Monique.
"So that's their sister" said a scrawny boy with mouse brown hair.
"Do you think she's how they described her?" said a girl.
"Oh, how lucky, she got to spend ALL summer with them" said a very unpleasant looking girl.
'Blonde and airheaded' thought Monique.
"Here you go, compartment 23 Madame" Jack said with a dramatic bow as Flynn and Hunter stored her luggage in the overhead compartments.
"We're going to be in compartment 32 if you need us" Flynn said.
"Okay" she smiled.
"Don't hesitate to get us if you need something" Will smiled.
"Why, so I can see you snog the daylights out of some poor girl with low self-esteem?" she quipped.
"Okay so maybe you shouldn't find dear William, come find me" Damien smiled.
Monique felt better about that.
"You gonna be alright kid?" Jack asked.
"Yeah, I'm all good" she smiled.
"Are you sure? Because we'll come if you need anything" reminded Flynn.
"And we've extra galleons if you get hungry" Will told her.
"We packed you your favourites if you don't feel like sweets" Hunter informed her.
"Yeah, there's two ham and cheese sandwiches, your strawberry jam sandwich, Will's made you some-" Jack began only to be cut off.
"I'm fine! I'm not going to cry as soon as you leave me!" she said flaring up at once.
"We know" Jack smiled fondly at her.
Huffing she told them to leave and they did. As they were walking out she heard Flynn mutter "so much for not flaring up".
Monique sat in peace for two minutes, just thinking about what Hogwarts would be like, in real life. She'd get to learn things and meet the war heroes and see everything her brothers had told her about.
Her silence was interrupted by knocking. She looked up to see two girls and a boy standing at the door.
"Hello there, do you mind if we sit in here with you?" the boy greeted.
"No, not at all" Monique said getting up and moving closer to the window.
The three guests made themselves comfortable.
"I'm Nathaniel Harvey Parker III" the boy introduced proudly holding his hand out, almost as if he was royal. Ignoring the slightly snobbish tone, Monique politely introduced herself.
"Monique" she smiled.
"What a lovely name you have" he smiled a million dollar grin at her. The more she heard his voice, the more royal he sounded. He definitely looked the part. He had a very appealing face. He had slightly tanned skin due to the fact that the summer had just passed; he had hazel eyes that twinkled and copper brown hair. His hair was styled almost to perfection when she looked at it. Short on the sides and at the back, but long at the top. It reminded her of David Beckham, the muggle soccer player. She always did like the muggle sports.
He was dressed well too. He was in a navy blue blazer, white and red striped t shirt, red chequered scarf around his neck, navy blue skinny jeans and had a pair of navy converse on his feet. Overall, Monique was impressed.
"Holly Matthews" said one of the girls.
Monique was taken aback by her beauty. For an 11 year old she was beautiful, like one of those girls you'd see modelling children's fashions.
She had hair that was something between silvery blonde and ash blonde hair, bright blue eyes and was rather tall. She too was dressed well, not that she needed too. She could wear a potato sack and still pull it off. She had a pale pink long sleeved A line dress on with matching flats and looked like a ballerina. Tall and graceful would be the best way to describe her.
"Phoebe Stokes" the last girl greeted.
Mouse brown hair and dull brown eyes is what Monique took in. This girl looked rather displeased with well- everything. She had a simple but flattering black dress and had matching black boots on her feet.
She then took in her own appearance, navy skirt flaring out, horizontally stripped navy and white half sleeve top and navy studded boots that went to her upper ankles. She couldn't help but feel nervous about her appearance.
"Are you all in first year?" Holly asked.
They all nodded.
"Maybe we'll be put in the same house" Nathaniel said excitedly.
"Don't be ridiculous!" said Phoebe at once. "The chances of that are slim to none" she said indignantly.
"How would know if any of us are brave or loyal or intelligent or ambitious, not like you tested us" Nathaniel retorted.
"The hat chooses what house to put you in based on what traits you have. Not what simply pleases you" Phoebe declared.
Monique had the feeling this girl was a know it all. She didn't like her all too much. She just sounded so rude.
"It takes your opinion into account as well, it can't put you somewhere without that" he argued.
"He's right you know, it's only logical" Holly voiced with a thoughtful expression in her face. "The hat would need to take more than simply what traits you have" she continued.
"Well I've read Hogwarts: A History, have you?" Phoebe pressed with her nose in the air.
"Yes" Holly answered simply.
Phoebe looked slightly taken back. Monique knew this because all she said was "Oh".
Nathaniel looked very happy with Holly's response.
"I'm going to go change" Phoebe proclaimed getting up and leaving.
"Well isn't she a ray of sunshine" Monique mumbled earning a smile from Holly and a laugh from Nathaniel.
"Yeah, she kind of attached herself to me when she saw me" he said sorrowfully.
"Poor you, she is really is quite rude, don't you think?" Holly asked.
"Yes, indeed" Nathaniel nodded agreeing.
"I don't think I've ever been so unusually greeted in my life" Monique informed the two.
"Unusual? She was flat out rude!" Nathaniel protested.
"Yes, yes, I know" she agreed.
"Then why don't you just say she's rude?" Holly asked with a puzzled look on her face.
"Grandmother, positive energy, no being negative or judgmental and that cheerful crap" Monique muttered.
This earned a giggle from Holly and a wide grin from Nathaniel.
"So where do you think you'll be sorted?" Nathaniel asked.
"I don't know, perhaps Hufflepuff, but Gryffindor sounds way cool" Holly thought aloud. "What about you Nathaniel?" she quizzed.
"Please, I'm always Nate to my friends" he insisted.
"Oh thank Merlin, Nathaniel is a mouthful" Monique breathed.
"Yes it is, is it not?" he asked chuckling to which the girls nodded. "I think Gryffindor. Dad was a Gryffindor you know, mum went to Beauxbatons" he told.
"What say you, Monique?" Holly asked.
"I honestly have no idea. My family is all mixed" she told them.
"You mean you have some in Slytherin?" Nate asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, a few Aunts' and my older brother is in Slytherin too" Monique said thinking about it.
"They weren't you know- dark witches or anything were they?" Nate suddenly asked.
"Nate!" Holly scolded.
"No it's okay and no they weren't but some members of their family were" she said.
"Wow, no kidding" Nate said raising his eyebrows.
"Yeah, but they never supported Voldemort" Monique said.
Voldemort was a horrible, evil wizard who tried taking over the wizarding world when their parents were in school. He had done a lot of bad things. He had killed thousands. He persecuted the muggles and muggleborns, the half-blood even some of the pureblood wizards and witches.
"My parents don't like saying the name" Nate mumbled.
"Well they grew up in that time, imagine all the horrible memories you'd get out of that" Monique said. "Who are your parents anyway? Were they involved in the war?" Monique asked.
My mother is originally from Denmark, my father is from here though. Julianna and Exton Parker. Dad was a few years older than Harry Potter. Dad says he was in fourth year when Harry Potter was sorted. He was friends with Cedric Diggory." Nate explained.
"Who?" Holly asked.
"Cedric Diggory" Monique answered.
"Who is that?" Holly asked.
"Oh come on! Surely you must know! You remember how the war actually began at the end of Harry Potter's fourth year?" Nate said.
Holly nodded.
"The Triwizard Tournament?" he asked.
She nodded again.
"Well there were a series of three tasks to be completed. One of them they had to fights dragons, which was the first. The second task they had to go retrieve something precious from the Black Lake which turned out to be a person they would miss the most. Harry Potter saved two people because one of the girls couldn't save her person. The third task they had to go into a maze. Now this maze would change them and they had to get to the Triwizard Cup, kinda like a trophy of sorts" Nate told.
Holly was looking very curious indeed. She was holding on to Nate's every word.
"Now what the judges and champions didn't know that a death eater Barty Crouch Jr, had taken a potion that allows you to take on the form of another and posed as the Auror Mad-Eye Moody and jinxed the entire tournament. He made the Goblet of Fire choose four champions instead of three, Viktor Krum from Durmstrang, Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory from Hogwarts and Fleur Delacour from Beauxbatons" Nate went on.
"Yes she's a Veela" Holly said.
"That's beside the point, but in the last task the Triwizard Cup was cursed, Barty Crouch had turned it into a portkey and it took Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory into a graveyard where death eater Peter Pettigrew resurrected Voldemort. Cedric was killed" Nate said.
"All of this is in the National War Museum, it's really quite fascinating. There are tributes to heaps of students that helped out in the war and the Battle of Hogwarts, you should see it!" Monique told her.
"I've never been, I hope I'll see it eventually" Holly said.
Monique could barely believe what she was hearing, she'd never met a witch or wizard that hadn't been to the Museum.
Suddenly a voice called out, slightly shaky but loud none the less.
"Anything from the trolley. Anything from the trolley" the voice hollered.
"Oooh" Nate said jumping up immediately, his eyes sparkling.
"Anything from the trolley my dears" the trolley lady said finally coming to their compartment. She was a jolly looking woman, round and plump with rosy cheeks. Honey coloured eyes and honey coloured hair that was greying ever so slightly accompanied her warm smile. Her badge read Annie.
"Packet of droobles and a canary cream please" Holly smiled.
"Here we are young lady" Annie said giving Holly her food.
In Monique's opinion she looked like the perfect grandmother.
Annie then turned to Nate. "Anything for you my dear?"
"Ummmm" Nate said unsurely.
Annie gave a small chuckle. "What is it you're feeling like m' boy" she asked him.
"Chocolate Wand and a chocolate frog, please" he smiled sheepishly.
"Here you go dearie" she smiled.
As soon as she handed it to him his face lit up like a Christmas tree.
Monique was grinning like the Cheshire cat when she walked up to Annie. "Bertie Botts, Chocolate Wand, Canary Cream, Pink Coconut Ice and a box of Fudge thanks" Monique smiled.
Annie looked momentarily surprised as she scanned the skinny girl.
"Sure you can handle all that?" She asked Monique.
"Yep" she confirmed gleefully.
Annie handed Monique her food and walked off humming a tune unfamiliar to Monique.
Just then Phoebe walked back in. Immediately Holly got an annoyed look on her face and Nate's cheerful grin faltered slightly.
"Goodness, how unhealthy" she said scrunching up her nose upon seeing Monique's sweets.
"No one's forcing you to stay and watch" Monique shot back before she could stop herself.
Phoebe looked up at her with a disdainful look before continuing.
"Did you know, statistically speaking, wizarding lollies account for 17% of witch obesity and 28% of wizarding obesity in children" She said as if reading straight out of a book.
"Did you know, statistically speaking, that children who think they know everything, actually grow up to be unpleasant individuals who look like mountain trolls" Holly said mimicking Phoebe, from her tone, to her facial expressions, to the speed of how she said it to the position she was sitting in.
Nate immediately chuckled and Monique snorted while swallowing the remainder of her Chocolate Wand. Phoebe seemed to go rather quiet after that.
At least for ten or so minutes.
This was because after ten minutes a boy appeared in their doorway.
"Well, hello ladies" said the boy leaning against the doorframe. His tanned skin and green eyes making him look rather exotic.
Nate made a face of disgust at being acknowledged as a girl.
"Who are you?" Monique asked rudely.
"Jordan, Kai Jordan" he grinned.
"Okay, a, the James Bond intro doesn't work unless you're in a suit and b, what do you want?" Monique asked rather annoyed.
"I'm Kai Jordan, everything works on me" he grinned.
"Well Jordan, Kai Jordan, mind getting lost" Nate said losing his patience.
"KAI JORDAN! YOU LEAVE THOSE GIRLS ALONE!" a voice screeched.
Then a beautiful girl appeared in the door way, blonde flowing hair and sparkling blue eyes, she seemed rather familiar, then Monique looked at Holly who had the same coloured features.
"My apologies, Kai over here is rather daft" she said.
"I AM NOT!" he objected.
"Are you leaving now?" Nate said losing his patience.
"Yes, do make yourself scarce" Holly agreed.
Kai looked at Holly, suddenly got a dreamy expression and walked off saying "my wife".
The girl looked at Holly intently, like she knew something about her before turning on her heel and walking behind the boy.
"What a strange individual" Nate noted watching him as he walked off.
"Yes, very strange" Phoebe noted. "Holly where is your family from?"
"Absolutely none of your business" Holly snapped.
"Did you know who that was?" Nate said in awe.
"No" Phoebe said flatly.
"That was Dominique Weasley" he said.
"Weasley you say?" Holly asked.
"Yeah, her mother is a part Veela" he said.
"That explains it" Holly muttered.
"Guys?" Nate asked.
"Yeah?" Holly said looking up.
"We need to get changed" he said.
"Crap" Monique muttered before rushing to get changed.
When they returned to the compartment Phoebe awaited them with a superior sort of look.
"Told you it was time to change" was all she said.
The only response she got was three sets of eyes rolling.