Author's Notes: I hope this story was a smooth read, cause it wasn't such a smooth write. ;p Also i didn't think this fiction would be a long one, but seeing that its the fifth chapter and i just got to the train section... please be patient? sorry. Also thank you for all the reviews!
They had been talking about their summer break, what they did together and what they missed out on since their last meeting. The train had begun its movement, slow and steady before beginning to gain speed when all of a sudden, through their open window, a trunk came flying though, landing neatly just past their feet. In those few moments neither of them moved before Ginny Weasley reached out to touch it. That would be around the time a young man came rolling through, and knocking into what they presumed to be his trunk.
He lay there for a second or two, with a faint and heavy breath, before rising up and moving to sit across from them as if he had just walked through the compartment door. His face was a very pleasant sight to look at, that and how it could make others stare with his marble skin, sharp chin, and perfectly shaped nose. But all those features seem to pale in comparison with his bright talented eyes, which flickered with a bright green that could rival even Mrs. Potter's eyes. Ginny could only sit and stare with her friend, Rosalyn (Roz for short) Potter, at the mysterious student they had never seen before.
He broke the silence with an awkward, "This your first year too?"
Roz nearly fell from the randomness of the comment. "um… no. We're fifth years. How did you do that?"
He rubbed his chin slightly "Well, the train was leaving, so I ran.." he made a running motion with his arms, "and jumped after I threw that in."
He pointed to the trunk very matter of factly. Roz went to the window and looked out, closing it after she did. "Just in case you had some friends."
Everyone laughed and to hear his laugh was a delight. His laugh rang throughout the room seeping right into both their hearts before he randomly stood to grab his trunk. It seems he only chose to sat to catch his breath momentarily before heading out.
"Well, I'm off, sorry to disturb you." He said as he went to the compartment door.
Both Ginny and Rose stared at one another before Ginny cried out a weak "wait…!"
He stopped, and turned his head toward them.
Both of them shook their head, "If you want you can stay here. Most of the compartments are already full."
He didn't say another word but went back to sitting across from them. Roz took it upon herself to introduce themselves. "I'm Roz Potter, and this is my best friend Ginny Weasley."
The young man broke into a long yawn "Sorry, didn't get a wink of sleep last night. Evan Gauntless."
"Didn't catch a wink? What could you have possibly have been… " Rose stopped herself and blushed.
Evan laughed waving his hand, and looking to the window with droopy eyes. "No, no, nothing of that nature… The times between there and here are as different as day and night.. I just haven't had the time to adjust that's all."
Ginny's eyes brightened. She's never met anyone outside of Great Britain before. "You must be a transfer student then. Hogwarts gets at least one every couple of years. Where was your last school? You can still transfer into the same year that you left you know."
She would of continued asking him what year he left off at, but stopped seeing him nod off to the sun's warm rays. Rose stood and waved her hand in front of his sleeping face, but he never stirred. She even went as far as to touch him, but Ginny stopped her by pulling her back.
"C'mon Roz he's obviously tired."
"too tired to talk to two beautiful ladies like us? I think he's one of those 'were' folk like Moony." Roz said giving him a closer inspection. "there better not be a full moon tonight"
Ginny pushed at Roz "Oh please Roz, you're just mad that he hasn't started drooling over you., and a full moon isn't expected for another two weeks."
"That IS strange…isn't it? Do you think he might be a bit.. molly?"
Ginny laughed "No way, he's just too… "
"too what? I think you like him." Roz chided, having caught her in her stumble of words.
Ginny blushed slightly, but only slightly, until she came to realize something else. "You like him too, don't you?"
Roz gave a wide grin. Her hazel eyes gave a sparkle and a twinkle of delight. "Of course you know what this means."
Ginny returned only a confused look as Roz pointed her wand at her. "I challenge you Ginny Weasley to a duel to the death."
Both girls laughed out loud until they remembered they were in a compartment with Evan sleeping across from them. He was still as a statue and his face was void of any expression. He seemed very much like a living doll that's been put aside for the moment. As they both spoke to one another Ginny would often catch herself glancing towards Evan past the edges of her eyesight. She told herself it was to make sure he was still asleep, but there was something to her that told her she was catching to see if he was still there.
A little while later the compartment doors open to show Stephen Potter entering with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger in tow. Behind them as Ron shut the door, a crowd of students floated about trying to catch a peak of the inside. There seem to be an alarming more students than the usual Stephen groupies who followed him about like devotees.
Roz pointed to the crowd "That's a bit more than the usual isn't it?" she commented tilting her head as the door shut.
Stephen pointed to the sleeping Evan "Some students say they saw something jump into your compartment as the train kicked off. You two okay? Is this the Perp? Want me to remove him for you?" he said looking at Evan in a very threatening manner.
He went to take a good look at Evan, and even went as far as to wake him before Hermione stopped him " Honestly Stephen, He doesn't even look dangerous. Ron could probably take him on a good day."
It took Ron a moment to catch her comment.
"…HEY"
Everyone laughed out loud and Roz stood to pull Stephen down to where she and Ginny were sitting. Stephen seemed to forget about Evan as soon as he looked to Ginny with smitten eyes. Ginny put her hands on his face "You can put those eyes away Stephen, cause its never gonna happen."
Anger flashed in his eyes. "I just don't get you. Any girl would kill for a chance to be with me."
Ginny laughed "Well then you can ask them out then, I'll stick to average window jumping joes like him." She pointed to the sleeping Evan.
Stephen laughed louder "You would choose him over me? Who would choose anyone else but me? Besides I KNOW you are joking."
Now everyone was quiet as the intensity of their conversation grew and got louder. Every now and then Ron would whisper something to Hermione and she would whisper back to him while Roz squirmed uncomfortably in the corner next to the window as she looked out pretending that the landscape was much more interesting than their conversation. It had been a bad idea to pull her brother and Ginny close to one another. Roz eventually came and joined Ron and Hermione in whisperings letting Ginny and Stephen have at it like they usually did when put in a room together. Eventually like always Stephen would end up pounding on a wall and leaving, probably to heal a bit of his bruised ego that Ginny would tear down.
"So who's the new guy?" Ron asked pointing to sleeping Evan.
"Evan Gauntless. I think he may be distantly related to the Gaunts, but I thought that family died out generations ago." Roz said, noting the root of his last name.
"Gaunts?" Hermione whispered curious. Being a muggle born she knew little to nothing about wizarding families.
"The Gaunts were one of the most pure blooded wizarding families dating back to Merlin's age. They were known for their square jaws and chins that grew with each generation." Roz explained, using her hand to extend her chin by leaps and bounds "I heard they were so far inbreeded that sisters would marry brothers. "
All siblings in the room looked to one another and shook at such a gruesome thought.
"I could never imagine myself falling for my... brother" Roz said with her tongue out to Stephen.
He returned her look with his finger pulling his right eye downwards and sticking out his own tongue "Gross"
Hermione shook her head, and got back on topic. "Are you sure he isn't just like me? I mean why would an old wizarding family such as that just pop up after so many years of being practically non-existent."
Evan stirred for the first time in his sleep, as if his name had aroused him slightly. They all stopped talking about it for a bit, feeling a bit embarrassed about talking about him while he was still in the room with them. He didn't stop stirring, seemingly caught in a rough part in his dreams. Ginny stopped a bit as if realizing how loud their argument had gotten but Stephen was still crossed with his arms folded; he didn't care.
As they traveled the sun began its sink into the horizon and distant
clouds approached. Evan's face, once blank, was now filled with pain. His skin was no longer a fair complexion of marble, but instead paled the hollowed type that darkened his eyes. Every now and then he would shift or his arms would randomly spasm as if he had caught himself in a fall of some sort, or was bracing for a hit. Rain began to fall, and his worrisome behavior continued.
Ginny gave a worried look "Should we wake him? It looks as if he's having a nightmare."
"We are almost at school now, and he should get his school robes on before we leave…" Roz excused biting her lip.
Lighting crashed and Evan's arm sprang outward, right into to the window, crashing through with shards of glass and blood flying about a meter radius from the source. One pretty long piece of glass which broke away had flown towards the unknowing Roz, but Evan who had awoken with the noise seemed to catch it with his other hand, cutting at his hand as he did. She unshielded herself just in time to catch a glimpse of the glass just inches from her eyes before Evan dropped it in front of her. It clattered when it struck the ground and he unstuck his arm from the glass window and carefully as he could, grimacing a bit but not as much as they would expect someone who had just struck his arm through a window to react. Rain and wind poured into the compartment dousing Evan with cold rain, and dilutiong the blood that poured down from his arms. His dark hair became soaked instantly along with his shirt and pants, and revealing the firm subtle build of muscle. Maybe Ron couldn't take him, even on a bad day…
Roz fainted as everyone began to absorb the situation. Ginny ran over to her to try and wake her, but when she went to grab her, she suddenly felt weak for the first time. It took her a moment to realize that she too, was bleeding with a deep gash with a large piece of glass sticking from her leg that had been facing the window before it shattered.
Stephen also noticed, with rage filling his eyes as he rushed over towards Evan and grabbed him by the collar screaming, "Give me a good reason not to pummel you right here where we stand."
Hermione with Ron ran towards them, trying to separate Stephen from the obviously still confused Evan. They were halfway there when Evan's green eyes gave a rather sinister glint, and Stephen's body flew back knocking them down onto the ground. Ron took most of the blow, having pushed Hermione slightly out of the way. She flushed slightly at his kindness as she got up and glanced at him and Stephen. She then turned to Evan, who had now twirled a dark mahogany wand around his fingertips with the hand that had stopped the glass from hitting Roz. The other hand looked rather limp as blood seemed to gush and flow, dripping down onto the floor.
"You should know what you're dealing with before you start pulling tricks like that" he replied softly to Stephen.
Stephen rose with his anger skyrocketing with his wand already out. Ron who was crumpled under him, grumbled as he held him back. "STEPHEN, get a hold of yourself!"
Evan extended his wand and whispered a spell right under his breath that no one could catch. The glass flew every which way and placed itself neatly back onto the window with its bits of blood and sealed as if Evan never broke it apart. The glass from Ginny's leg flew out from her leg in such a quick manner, Ginny never even felt it leave, but she did notice that the blood increased its flow with nothing in the way to stop it's flow. She looked to Evan and saw the same, he wouldn't be able to stand soon, or even stay conscious for that matter. The bits of blood that where on the pieces were sealed in with the glass and left intricate lines like a spider's web on the window.
Distracted by what Evan had done, Ron loosened his grip and the still furious Stephen charged with his wand out, shouting out "Expelliarmus!"
The spell shot out like a bullet but barely missed Evan, hitting the window since he had fallen on his own accord, having fainted from the bloodloss as Ginny and predicted. It bounced, and hit Ron, who was then thrown back across the compartment and separated from his wand. Hermione ran over to him finding him knocked out cold by the wall. Anger swelled up inside her and she binded Stephen with "Petrificus Totalus". Stunned, Stephen's body went frigid and he fell backwards like a wooden log bouncing once on the seats before falling face down on the ground.
She looked to Ginny, the only one left that wasn't unconscious "Keep an eye on them, I'm going to get Mr. And Mrs. Potter. They'll know what to do."
Ginny nodded glancing to the fallen Evan "Hurry, Evan's lost a lot of blood."
Hermione nodded before running out and leaving the compartment door open. Ginny could only sigh as she tried waking Roz with a slight shaking on the shoulders. Every now and then she gave Stephen the most disgusted of looks wishing that her leg wasn't hurt so she could kick his pompus stubborn head, hoping to knock a few screws into place in there. Since shaking did not seem to help, she resorted to using a charm, pointing her wand to Roz and calling out "suscitatio".
Instantly Roz's eyes twittered open and she rose looking to Ginny and everything around them. "Why is everyone down except us?"
"You fainted dear, now help me up and lets go check on Ron and Evan." Ginny said attempting to rise with her injured leg.
"What about Stephen?" Roz asked pointing to her brother "Why's he bound like that?"
Ginny could only roll her eyes "For being a troll, he's the reason Ron's out like a light"
Roz sat Ginny down on one of the seats and proceeded to kick her brother before unbinding him.
"Oooow" he grunted with a half whine.
"Are you going to behave big brother?" she asked with her mother's stance and her hands at her sides.
"I thought you two were seriously injured!" he exclaimed defiantly "besides did you see that evil glint in his eyes when he knocked me down? Malicious. Does he even know who I am?"
Roz could only shake her head "Nevermind, just wait til mom and dad hear about this." She said adding the taunt, " you're gonna get in trouble..."
Stephen got up with a pout and crossed his arms with a grumble looking rather sour towards Evan's direction. He wasn't as mad as he was before, but he still had his suspicions about that new kid. There was just something about him that rubbed him the wrong way. His anger rose again when he saw Ginny getting off her seat and rolling the guy over onto his back. She looked at that guy with eyes she had never given to any other guy, the look that every other girl seemed to give him except her. It seems she wasn't kidding around when she mentioned that guy. He would of given anything to get that look for him ever since her first year, and yet here he was looking at her giving the look to some guy she just met, a guy who broke the window and gave her the huge gash that ran down her leg. He stood looking away from her, and left, slamming the door behind him as he did.
"HEY! You can't just leave like that!" Roz called after him, but he never returned and she turned to Ron, and woke him with "suscitatio". He woke sitting straight up with a dazed look, not knowing where he was really.
"what? Who?" he asked a bit dizzy still.
"Stephen's expelliarmus refliected back from the window and hit you square in the chest" Roz explained
"what about Hermione?!… Stephen?"
The train stopped and Roz's mom and dad arrived dressed in their professor robes as they rushed in, Mrs. Potter first. Correction, when they were wearing their professor robes Mrs. Potter donned the name Professor Evans, while Mr. Potter changed to Professor Potter. They had first kept their last names the same the first year they taught together but it had been a very confusing year. Mrs. Potter used her maiden name after that, and everything has been dandy since, well with the exception of the first years always being shocked that they were married to begin with. They fought every moment they had together about each other's teaching practices.
Professor Evans rushed over to where Ginny and Evan were first, following the trail of blood. She took one good look at Ginny and immediately put a stop to the bleeding with the point of her wand. Moving onto Evan she gasped, before swearing secretly under her breath with Ginny catching just the end of the swear. Evan had lost a lot of blood, and if weren't for his chest raising slightly up and down with his breathing, Ginny would of already been tearing up taking him for dead.
Professor Evans put her hand on his chest and oddly to Ginny's surprised reaction, let out a single tear that fell onto his face. Professor Evans, caught unaware she quickly wiped the tear from his cheek and looked to Ginny reflecting her own shock and surprise.
"How silly of me, to think of Harry in a situation such as this." She said with a slightly bitter laugh to Ginny before she whisked her wand, making the blood disappear and stopping his bleeding.
"Harry? Who's Har" Ginny began before Roz took a dive and knocked her down.
"ahhh.. Ginny are you feeling well? You did lose a lot of blood there." She said loudly.
Her father put his hand on her shoulder. "Roz honey, its quite alright. Harry was Stephen's twin."
Ginny's eyes grew wide with understanding. Stephens twin, He Who Must Not Be Named's last victim. The night before Stephen killed him by rebounding his own killing spell against him. Many say that infant Stephen, having discovered his twin brother dead, struck the dark lord with the same spell that killed his twin brother, while a few others claimed that it was his twins bond and unconditional love that saved him with mysterious twin magic no one knows of. Those that support that rumor say that it's the power of his twin that went into him that night giving the power he has now. There were many other rumors and stories but they never ever once mentioned his twin's name, and even though the Weasley's have been childhood friends with the Potter's, the Weasleys never once brought up the subject of the story, seeing how it was such a sore spot to the Potters.
There was a really long silence that made everyone uneasy for a moment before Professor Evans broke it with an akward laugh. "but enough dwelling on the past, James dear love, would you please help this young man to the hospital wing?"
Professor Potter gave his wife the most endearing look that signified that their love would be one for the ages. From one of his many robe pockets he withdrew a mini stretcher that they would usually use for students in Quidditch games, and enlarged it to fit the limp Evan. He also added the remark "I always one of these would come in handy if I kept them long enough in my pockets"
Professor Evans could only roll her eyes, their moment together gone within the blink. Professor Potter levitated Evan setting him gently on the stretcher before making it float out by itself with him following. Hermione and Roz helped Ron to the hospital wing, who was still a bit groggy and achy from having been a cushion to Stephen and then being thrown across the compartment. Meanwhile Professor Evans helped the limping Ginny on her way to the hospital where Madame Pomfrey would tend to their pains.
LAST NOTE: I caught a bit of airheadedness due to me cutting sections and then adding sections later to this chapter, if any of you spot other things or have questions please submit a review and i'll fix it up.