The Worst Summer of Her Life

Harry Potter Alternate Universe: First Year

Disclaimer: I own nothing you recognize nad some of the stuff you dont

September first came faster than anyone expected, it was nine-thirty when Becca came to Harry's room. Everyone was still asleep because they didn't need to wake up until ten. She climbed into Harry's bed and woke him up.

"What's up Beccs?" Harry asked rubbing his eyes and putting on his glasses. She would always go to Harry if she had a nightmare, got scared or was upset.

"I heard dad crying in his room last night. Maybe I shouldn't go, maybe I should stay here with dad." Becca said, Harry sat up and put a hand on her shoulder.

"Beccs, Sirius will be fine. And you've been looking forward to Hogwarts, I'll drag you if I have to. Plus, Sirius would be hurt if he thought he was the reason why his princess wasn't following her dreams." Harry said, he wiped away a couple of her stray tears and smiled.

"You're right. Are you all packed?" She asked, almost jumping in anticipation. Harry laughed at her.

"Yes, remember, you beat me, Luke and Draco into doing all our packing last night." Harry said, she smiled and hopped off his bed.

"Might as well use all the hot water while the boys are still sleeping." Becca said and Harry laughed as she headed out.

"She's a bloody genius." Harry said as he rolled out of bed still smiling at his cousin's evil plan.

Soon they said their sad goodbyes to Sirius and Draco's mum and boarded the train. They found an empty compartment and sat down, Harry and Becca on one side and Draco and Luke on the other.

"I guess this is goodbye." Draco said, they had to pretend to hate each other at school because of Draco's father and they said that Luke should be on his side.

"And don't be too mean." Becca said, the boys smiled at her.

"I'll still step in if I think someone's messing with you." Luke said and pulled his sister into a hug.

"Same here. But we'll meet in secret to update each other and stuff." Draco said and pulled Becca into a hug.

"Have fun." Harry said as they left. Harry and Becca began talking when the door slid open to reveal a small red-headed boy.

"Do you mind if I sit in here? All the other compartments are full." He asked, Harry looked at Beccs then turned back to the boy

"Yeah, sure." Harry said, the boy sat next to the window on the side opposite Harry and Becca. "Is it your first year too?" The boy looked at Harry.

"Yeah, but my brother's came here. Three of them already do, I'm Ron Weasley." The red head said, Harry shook his hand.

"Harry Potter." Harry said, the boy's mouth dropped open.

"Wow, wait 'til Fred and George hear about me meeting Harry Potter before them." Ron said, Harry rolled his eyes.

"I'm Becca Black, Harry's cousin. Though I don't expect as much awe at my name." Becca said, Ron looked at her with wide eyes, Harry smiled and covered up a laugh.

"N-nice to meet you." Ron said, Harry turned and looked at Becca.

"Sorry about her, she hates it when people judge me by my name." Harry said and Ron quickly nodded. It was quiet for a couple minutes, then the door slid open. This time revealing a bushy brown haired girl with beautiful chocolate brown eyes, Harry looked at the girl and felt something weird in the pit of his stomach.

"Have any of you seen a toad? A boy named Neville's lost it." She asked, Harry smiled at her. She looked around at them.

"No, if we'd seen a toad we would've thrown it out a window." Ron said, the girl shifted her eyes to Ron.

"And you'd find it funny if you'd lost your rat and I tossed it out the window?" She said, noting the horror on his face and nodded. "I thought not. Thanks anyway." She was about to go when Harry stood up.

"I'll help you look." Harry offered, Becca noticed the soft tone he used with this girl and how she lit up his eyes. She looked out at the corridor and smiled.

"Never mind, they've found him. Thanks though, I'm Hermione Granger." She said and extended her hand, Harry looked at it then shook her hand.

"Harry Potter." He said and to his relief the girl said nothing more, she just smiled knowingly.

"Nice to meet you, Harry. I hope we'll see a lot of each other this year. By the way, you might want to get into your robes, we'll be arriving soon." She said and with a smile she walked off, Harry shut the door and fell back onto his seat.

"Hermione Granger, eh?" Becca asked, Harry shook his head.

They had finally got to Hogwarts, it was better than any of them had imagined. They rode on boats over, the boat held six people so in Harry's boat there was Becca, Luke, Draco, Ron and Hermione. Becca sat with Hermione at the back of the boat talking in low voices. Luke and Draco admired the castle, while Ron was talking to Harry but Harry was only half-listening. He kept glancing back at Hermione.

When they got to the Great Hall, they met an older woman with gray hair that was tied back into a tight bun.

"Before you join your classmates, you must be sorted into houses. Your house will be like your family whilst at Hogwarts. There are four houses, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Follow me please." She said and led them into the hall, Harry hadn't paid attention to anything until he heard Luke's name. "Lucas Black." Luke made his way up to the stool, McGonagall put the hat on his head.

"Slytherin!" The hat yelled, Luke smirked at Draco, Becca and Harry then made his way over to the Slytherin table.

"Rebecca Black." Becca took a deep breath, Harry put a hand on her shoulder and she smiled at him. She sat on the stool nervously.

"Gryffindor!" The hat yelled, she smiled at Harry then made her way over to the Gryffindor table.

"Hermione Granger." Hermione took a deep breath and said something to herself as she made her way up.

"Mental that one." Ron said to Harry.

"Shut up Ron." Harry shot back, Ron muttered a sorry.

"Gryffindor!" The hat yelled and a sigh of relief could be heard by Hermione, she went over and sat next to Becca. A couple other names were called and sorted into Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff.

"Draco Malfoy." Draco and Harry exchanged looks, then Draco went up to the hat. Before it was all the way on his head it shouted out, "Slytherin." Draco smirked at Harry and made his way over to Luke. Some more names were called and sorted. "Harry Potter." The hall went silent, Harry stepped up.

"Is there a problem?" He heard Becca say, he smiled and sat down.

"Gryffindor!" The hat yelled, he made his way over to the cheering Gryffindor table and sat across from Becca and Hermione.

"Its like they never heard of you!" Becca said angrily, Harry laughed at her.

"We're gunna win the house cup this year with Potter!" He heard someone yell followed by some other cheers. Harry looked at Hermione and smiled, she smiled back then they looked away but Becca noticed. More names of people Harry didn't know were called and he found himself looking at Hermione more than paying attention to the sorting until he heard a familiar name.

"Ronald Weasley." Ron walked up and sat on the stool.

"Another Weasley, I know just what to do with you. Gryffindor!" The hat said and Ron smiled as he moved over to sit next to Harry.

"Good going Ron!" One boy said, he was two years older then Harry and had the same hair as Ron. Harry also noticed he had a twin.

"Oh, Harry, this is Fred and that's George. They're my brothers, well two of them any way. Fred, George, this is Harry Potter and Becca Black. We met on the train." Ron said and the twins smiled at them. Becca noticed how Hermione looked down at her food when she noticed Ron didn't say anything about her. Harry was trapped in a conversation with the Weasleys so Becca turned to Hermione.

"We haven't met properly. I'm Becca Black, Harry's cousin." Becca said and extended her hand to Hermione. Hermione looked up startled, then took Becca's hand.

"Hermione Granger." She said and shook her hand. Becca smiled at her which Hermione returned.