September first, 1938.
She stepped cautionly off the boat, not wanting to fall and wet herself. Glancing at the beautiful palace, Alex couldn't resist her eagerness. Walking fastly to the palace, following the teacher who's becoming the key-keeper, Alex can't help to guessed what Hogwarts keep in store, to keep her companied.
"Professor Dumbledore will take you up, and start the sorting. Good day." Just after that, the key-keeper or whatever he was called, parted, leaving the first years so easily. Noticing the boy from the train, Alex sent a little smile, however, the boy didn't return the nice gesture.
"Good Evening," Alex glance to the sound source, finding a man with white incredibly long beard. Maybe this is, that Dumbledore man the one that her parents boasted about. Her mother have told her too, about this man almost everytime when they're talking about Hogwarts, saying that he is an amazing wizard, intelegent teaher, and her father couldn't agree more with those statements.
"Welcome to Hogwarts, the first thing that you will do in the palace, is sorting. There is four houses, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin, and every houses, has each a remarkable histories, and each remarkable traits, so don't be angry when your house didn't settled well in your heart. Now, if you please follow me."
They all stepped into the great hall, all eyes widened on admiration. Alex must admit, this is not the way she expected the palace, she was expecting something more simpler, not that she dislike the real one. Then she took a glance at Professor Dumbledore, noticing him standing next to a tool, with a weird hat in top of it.
"Now, i will call your names, and you will step forward." Then the Professor took out an percament, and begin to read the names. Alex bite her nails nervously, hearing the names, and the sorted students, until she heard her own name being called.
"Prince, Alexandra."
Alex anxiously stepped into the podium, and sat on the tools. She closed her eyes, when she heard the voice.
'Hmm what do we got here... great wit, you are smart, of course you are. Cunning, definitely your father's daughter, creative, really like your anchestor. Bravery not showen, loyalty not importance for you. Where will you be...'
'Em... Mister Hat?'
'Yes, little one?'
'Is it only my feeling, or are we really took our time longer than the others?'
'Oh, it is not a problem to stay longer, because i need to be certain, i cannot put you on the other house, or it will be severely destroy my reputation. Now, now. Where to put you...'
'There's choices?'
'Of course there is, if there no choices, i wouldn't took time to shout your house, would i?' Alex grinned hearing the hat's sassiness that reminds her so much of her uncle Marcus.
'Ready for your house?'
'I thought you still need to pick the choices?'
'Want me to reconsider? It'll took longer if you'd like.'
'Well, as much as i wanted to hear it, i'm really starving, let's get to it. Where'll you put me, then?'
"You'd better be... Ravenclaw!"
The hat was taken of Alex's head, leaving the poor girl in confusion. Ravenclaw? She thought he said she's her father daughter? Not wanting to be the attention of the great hall, she walked toward the Ravenclaw table, and welcomed by her now, new family.
"Hi! My name's Liana, Liana Baltimore," she said, with smile and holding her hands out. Alex smiled, and shakes the girl hand.
"Alex Prince."
"Where did you came from?" Liana asked, making Alex smiled.
"Hangleton, you?"
"London, nice to meet you, by the way. Are you excited about beginning of our school?" Liana asked, making Alex happily nod. And that talk, is the beginning of something beautiful.
Like what Alex thought before she came here, Hogwarts so far is the best experience she ever feel. She friended with view other girls, like Lucretia, a Gryffindor girl who's two years older than her, and Aretha Lovegood, a class mate who live on the same dorm as she is, and many more.
And she become, an expert on potion class. Professor Slughorn said, she is the smartest student in her class, since her potion class is always with Hufflepuff or Gryffindor. Alex find the Jolly man is somewhat nice, but terribly loud. He is a great teacher for sure.
Alex often found Tom Riddle on library, or somewhere that quiet. She found it awkward when they locked eyes, since her first impression didn't really nice for him in her eye. But, even thought she didn't that close to Riddle, she noticed the tension between him and Professor Dumbledore. It is unknown to her, what's wrong between the two.
Even when she's still so young, every professor noticed her intelegence. She is smart, even thought she is loud and hot tempered. Once she got into a small fight with Walburga Black because the girl ask Alex to stay out of sight from the 'mudbloods' and 'blood traitor' and the result of the fight? Two broken noises, ten loose hair, and three night detentions with Professor Binns.
It was before the holiday, when Alex's second fight happened. The cause? Same old, same old. Walburga really does annoying, and now, she bring view older boys. There's Avery, Lestrange, Rosier, Mulciber, and Nott.
"Alex..." The girl steps stopped when she hears that sneaky voice. She knows better than unaware of a fights, so she sneaks her Phoenix core'd wand from her pocket, into her hand that holding books.
She turned to her back, finding the girl with five boys. The first thought that come into her mind, is that Walburga have five boyfriends. Checking her pocket, she smiled slightly, recognise the bottle on her robe.
"Good Afternoon, Walburga. How are you today?" Alex faked her smile, not caring if anyone seen beneath her smile. The Black girl just stared at her blankly, then stepped forward.
"I'm just reminding you, that you shouldn't friended with those mudbloods and blood traitors. You do remember who's your uncle and aunt, right? You're lucky that i didn't send them letters about your... behavior." Alex raised her brow, unbelieving what the girl saying. She's using her connection, now? She knows to well which her uncle and her aunt that she mean, it is Eileen's family that she talked about. Her aunt of her father side is one of the Black descendants, so they're cousin by relation. And by meaning of that, her uncle and her aunt, is caring too much about Blood Purity.
"So what? I don't care, what they're thinking, you bloody Medusa!" Her temper getting on the best of her, making her voice louder. Under his breath, Lestrange mumbling an Silencing Charm, so nobody heard their little encounters. Alex who's noticed, draws out her wand while she, clumsily let her books fallen to the flooe, the same goes with the other childrens.
"Look at you," Walburga said, with mocking tone. "Lonely, and pointed with wand. Dangers surrounding, and nobody bother to help."
Alex glares at the girl, and rolled her eyes. She knows many duelling spells, since she reads books about them, but she knows to well, that her knowledge won't be a very big help. This corridor is an isolation part of the palace, she even here just because she almost lost when she returned from the Library to common room.
"Well, at least i'm here alone, planning to play fairly. Unlike you, who bring along 5 boyfriends just to fight a single first year." Walburga freezes hearing what the younger girl just said.
"BOYFRIENDS? These gits, isn't my boyfriend!"
"Gits?" Lestrange asked, not accepting what the girl just said. Walburga rolled her eye, and shoot a spell at Alex. Fastly, she bow down, and ran into the nearest wall.
"Come out, Alex!"
The first year, tried to think how to get away. First, she needs distractions so she can continue her plan. She can't scream, because it is useless, silencing charm have stopped her, and instead of saving her life, it will only eased their wish to scare her.
Alex grab the vial out of her robe, and sneak a glance out, finding that they were standing behind of another wall. She don't know what happen when something else tickled her ears. There's foot steps from Walburga's direction, and right now, the girl and the boys tried to find a hiding side of walls.
Using the moment, Alex ran to her fallen books, and put the into her arms. And when Walburga notice her, and bring her wand forth, Alex throw the Mist vial, letting them occupied by blindness. Alex ran into the Ravenclaw tower, noticing Tom Riddle smirking self on the way.
Waddyathink? Hope you'd enjoy this... i am soooo nervous. This is the first time i write on , and i wonder, does it doing well?
Liya