Chapter 2
A/N: OK, so, here we are in Chapter 2 where, as I mentioned in the previous one, we have the train ride, the Sorting and, of course, the Feast! Thanks to my beta Lyratearsx!! Enjoy!
Angela walked past the train compartments looking for a particular one with a certain girl inside it- her best friend, Jane. They had been practically family since their first year at Hogwarts, after they had bumped on each other in the Hogwarts Express. While Jane was a very amusing person to be with- very funny, loud, enthusiastic and very caring- Angela was quite the opposite- quiet, shy, serious and unsociable. Jane was also brave, being in Gryffindor, whereas Angela was in Ravenclaw. Angela had the brains and Jane had the guts. It was the perfect match.
She finally found the compartment she was looking for and opened the door, smiling widely. There she found Jane, with her wand in one hand and her hair in the other, which was slowly turning from dirty blond to bright pink!
"What the bloody hell are you doing to that head of yours?" she exclaimed, quite worried that her friend had gone nuts.
"Hello to you too, Angelina!" Jane answered in return, and then stood up to greet her friend.
"Ugh, don't call me that! You know I hate it!" Angela replied, mocking anger. After a second of intensity between them, they hugged each other.
One hour later, Angela was reading a Potions book while Jane was once again trying to change her hair colour. Occasionally, Angela would shoot curious looks at her, but Jane didn't seem to pay any attention. So, she closed her book with a loud thud and crossed her arms.
"Why are you trying to change your beautiful hair colour into this disgusting bright pink?" she asked, looking at Jane's hair, which was beginning to change colour.
"Because it's nice and it's different. It's cool and it's funny," Jane said simply.
However, Angela retaliated: "I can't see the fun in that! Where did you get this idea from, anyway?" she asked.
"From Nymphadora Tonks," Jane informed her.
"Nymphadora who? Tonks?" Angela asked, her eyes wide in surprise. She was wondering why Jane would be inspired by an Auror's hair.
"Yes! You know, the Auror! The one who was with the Weasley family," she answered, her wand still pointed at her hair.
"Oh. That was her? Yeah, I noticed her hair too. What was she doing with them, anyway?" Angela asked curiously.
This time Jane put her wand beside her, leaned towards Angela and whispered with seriousness, "She's with the Order, you know, the Order of the Phoenix. That's why there were other wizards with the family, they were protecting Harry. The world's gone crazy, Angie…We might not see it yet, but Voldemort is gaining power…More power than we can imagine…It is said that he's gone recruiting the giants…Crazy stories…It's getting serious, I think…" she ended and took her wand again.
Angela nodded. She knew all this; she could actually see it. She had noticed her dad and brother speaking quietly together over the summer and she could tell something was wrong from the look on her mother's face when she had heard the news about Cedric Diggory's premature death. Of course, Angela had suspected all this, but didn't dare ask, because most probably they would dismiss her worries with consoling words.
Suddenly Jane spoke and interrupted Angela's reverie. "OK, now that my hair is ready, I'm going to see the reactions," she giggled happily.
'It's fantastic how that girl changes moods in seconds!' thought Angela.
"Wish me luck!" Jane added standing up, her hair now perfectly pink.
"Isn't my reaction enough? Anyway, good luck with the dungbombs they are going to throw you, because of the ridiculous hair of yours!" Angela said sarcastically.
Jane stuck her tongue out playfully before closing the door behind her. Angela just couldn't help but smile.
"Welcome, welcome to another year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!" Dumbledore said.
The night of the Sorting began! Angela sat at the Ravenclaw table, very excited to be back. She listened carefully to the song of the Hat, as she did every year, and she could understand that even the Hat was warning them against the danger that was coming.
Jane and she would share nervous glances occasionally, but it wasn't long before Dolores Jane Umbridge, a Ministry witch and apparently their new DADA teacher, made a long speech that exhausted most of the audience. However, what impressed Angela about Umbridge's speech was that the Ministry actually denied the comeback of Voldemort and to make things worse it was interfering at Hogwarts! Now, it was an undeniable fact that they were going to have a hard time with her at Hogwarts.
After that, the platters were filled with food and, after it was all gone, with desserts. Soon, all the students were feeling tired and sleepy, so they were dismissed to their dormitories.
On her way back, Angela approached Jane, whose hair was still pink, and they started talking about what happened that first night at Hogwarts.
A/N: OK, now the boring stuff is over. I hope you find the next chapter more interesting! Remember, in the next one Angela meets Fred! Constructive criticism is welcome! Read&Review!