Ava put down her book in the common room and watched the rain outside, Ava smiled and looked back at her book. Ava was in third year now in Hogwarts and a muggle born and whenever she reads a book she loves remembering her first year on the train when she met her best friends
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Mom, Mom! MOM!
Ava was annoyed, her family was at the train station and Mrs, Bronson kept showering her daughter with kisses and hugs, practically suffocating her. The Reeds were standing a few meters away letting the Bronson's have a private goodbye while they said goodbye to their own daughter. The Reeds were a pureblood family that introduced Ava's family to the Wizarding world, as soon as Ava met Donna they instantly connected and became best friends.
Ava looked over and also saw Donna being smothered in kisses by her mother.
Mrs. Bronson gave Ava another hug, " Mom I can't breathe" Ava gasped out, her mother looked down and it was true that Ava's face was going very red, " sorry honey" her mother smiled sadly at her " I just don't want to see my baby go away", " mom I will be back sooner than you think, I will be home for Christmas and for the summer." Ava's mom smiled " yes your right, and thank goodness you birthday is in the summer, I would be a mess if we couldn't celebrate your birthday"
Before Ava could say anything the whistle blew for all Hogwarts students to get on the train, Ava's father looked at her, " well this is it, make us proud honey, do well in school and remember have fun" he smiled sadly at her, Ava knew that her parents were going to miss her dearly, Ava was going to miss them too, a lot. Mrs. Bronson kissed Ava one more time and whispered " you better go now" and smiled down at her. Ava nodded and grabbed her trunk and Pauper's cage. Donna ran up to her with a nervous look in her eyes, she was also carrying a trunk and Tort's cage. " Ready?" she asked, Ava smiled at her " more than ready, lets go!" the two girls waved at their parents one last time and proceeded to board the train.
Inside the train they found the first empty compartment they saw and loaded their luggage and owls into the shelves, Ava and Donna sat down and waited for the train to go, " I can't believe it! We are finally on our way to Hogwarts" Donna said enthusiastically, Ava laughed " yeah I can't wait to beat up some slytherins" Donna laughed, all of a sudden the compartment door flew open and there stood four boys. One of the boys spoke " hey do you mind if we sit here?, every where else is full" Donna nodded " yeah of course, go right ahead". The four boys walked in and put their trunks up on the shelves and sat down.
Ava looked up as he introduced himself and his friends, " I am Seamus" he said " and this is Dean, Neville and Ben. Ava looked at each boy, she looked at Dean, he was a dark boy that look sporty and healthy and strong, he had a nice smile, Ava then looked at Neville, he was a little pudgy and he looked very shy and akward but overall he looked nice and he was holding a toad, Ava knew that she would like Neville a lot and then she looked at Ben, he was a very handsome boy with short brown hair and had tan skin he also had a nice smile and he looked over at Donna. Donna blushed when Ben looked at her. Lastly she looked at Seamus, he was short but very cute, he had messy sandy brown hair and his green eyes sparkled, Ava couldn't help but feel butterflies in her stomach when she looked at him. But her thougths were suddenly intterupted when Donna introduced her and Ava to them, " I am Donna and this is Ava" Seamus looked at Ava and smirked, " hey sweetheart" then he whispered to Ben " I really hope we get to share rooms with these girls" Ben laughed
Ava's ears turned red, the butterflies were suddenly gone, what a git, she thought, she decided that she didn't like him. Ava kept a straight face and gave him a hard glare " keep talking… one day you will say something intelligent", now the whole compartment was laughing except Seamus who's ears now have also gone red but he smiled at Ava. Ben decided to change the topic " so what house is everyone headed if they got the choice?" Dean and Seamus slapped hands and shouted Gryffindor, the rest of the compartment agreed with Gryffindor, so Ava had no choice but to go with Gryffindor
" anything from the trolley!" a female voice yelled, all heads turned in the direction of the voice, a lady was walking up and down the isle with a load of candy and sweets. Seamus jumped up" Finally, I am starving" , the lady walked in front of their compartment " anything from the trolley dears?" Seamus went up to her and said " 2 chocolate frogs, 1 licorice wand, 3 Chocoballs and 3 jelly slugs please" Ava stared, her mother always said that boys could never stop eating, now Ava new that it was true. Every one else form the compartment bought something, Ava decided that she should try her first magical food, she walked up to the trolley and the lady smiled at her " what'll it be dearie?" " umm" bertie botts every flavor beans sounded alright " umm I will take those and 1 pumpkin pastie please" she pointed to the beans and the mini pies.
The lady handed her treats and Ava paid and thanked her and sat down. She looked at the beans " these beans aren't actually every flavor are they?" she asked, Donna looked at her " of course, why would they call them every flavor beans silly" Dean looked at them and squirmed " yeah and when they say every flavor they mean every flavor, there is dirt, and earwax and onion and so on" " what's the most disgusting one?" Ava asked, a little nervous to eat the beans. " Well me and Seamus usually have the contests where each person sticks their hand in the bag and pulls out a bean and they unknowingly eat it and later they see who's bean was more disgusting. Seamus swore he got vomit flavored that day, but I never believed him" Dean pointed is thumb over at Seamus who was eating his candy and sorting threw cards , he looked up and scowled " it was true Dean I did get that flavor and hopefully you will get that flavour and lets see how you will like it " Dean and Ben laughed,
Ava looked at her beans and decided that she wasn't going to eat them right that second, instead she took a bite out of one of the pumpkin pasties. They were delicious, they were like little pumpkin pies but they were 10 times more delicious than muggle pies.
Soon a young teenager walked in and said " you better get into your robes, we will be arriving soon" They all got out their robes from their trunks and put them on. A few minutes later a whistle blew and the train stopped. When they walked outside a huge giant walked up to them, Donna screamed and hid behind Ava. Ava laughed and looked up at the giant who looked friendly, she waved and he waved a huge hand the size of her head right back. She looked over at Neville and Dean and Ben and Seamus, " Dean and Neville and Ben didn't say anything, they just stared, Seamus on the other hand said " wooaaahhh" and then was finally silenced, Ava laughed at him. The giant looked around and shouted " First years over here!", when everyone got there he looked around and said " welcome me name is Hagrid and I will be bringing yeh to Hogwarts , now follow me!", every one followed the giant to a big lake. On the lake sat about a few dozen boats. Hagrid got into one by himself and signaled everyone to follow him. Ava and Donna got into a boat with a couple other girls. Ava looked around the boat " how are we suppose to move withou….." the boat all of a sudden jerked and was moving across the lake by itself, Ava knew not to act surprised, this was only the start of her what was coming, up ahead there was a huge and the most beautiful castle Ava has ever seen, it was sparkling and it looked welcoming and safe, she couldn't believe that she was going to live here, she heard a bunch of gasps and wow's, when they finally got to the castle they all walked inside and walked up these huge staircases, there standing at the top of the stair cases was the woman that came to Ava's house, she looked at Ava and smiled, Ava smiled back and waved then the lady cleared her throat to make sure everyone would stop talking. " I would like to welcome all of you to Hogwarts, as first years you should all know that the teachers and staff are all called professor, my name is professor Mcgonagol and I am head of the Gryffindor house, for those who do not know what gryffindor is, it is a house in which you will e sorted into accouting for personality, there are four houses, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin, now I will only be a moment I will go back in to tell the school that you have arrived". Professor Mcgonagol went threw the big doors, and as soon as she left the whole room went into noisy chatter. " I wonder what house I will be in" Donna asked " I do hope it is Gryffindor, how do you think they will sort us?, someone told me that we would have to duel one another to find out". Ava looked bewildered, she had no clue how to duel, what if she lost?, would she get sent back home? Ava listened to the people around her " Ravenclaw seems okay", "How about Hufflepuff?"
" Gryffindor is the best one I think" said a loud voice
" oh please, Gryffindor?"
Ava and a bunch of other kids turned to see where the voice had come from, it was from a boy with white blonde hair and he had two rather fat boys standing beside him. A few boys glared at him " yeah you got a problem with that Malfoy? Ben said", , Ava had heard about him on the train, and nothing she heard about him was good. Draco looked back at Ben and smirked, he reminded Ava of a dangerous snake and she decided and that She and Donna should stay away from him. " Gryffindor is a discrase to the wizarding world, and that is why you Finnigan belong in that house, Semaus just laughed " Discrace! Really malfoy? I think me including almost everyone here thinks that slytherin is a dicrace to the wizarding world." Instead of saying anything back, Draco did the last thing Ava would of thought he would do, he walked right over to her and put an arm around her shoulder and pulled her close to him and then turned her and himslef to everyone else, Draco looked at her and said " you don't think slytherin is a discrace to the wizarding world do you girlie?" Ava hated that he touched her, he disgusted her.
" First off , I want you to get your slimy arm off of me," she said this as she pushed him away from her and second, I don't think that any of the houses are a discrace, but I do think that Slytherin is a horrible, cruel house to be in and even if I got put into that house I would leave this place, and you for example fit the description of the house perfectly which is another reason why I hate it. The people there seem awful and full of themselves and you guys say that you are the best people of them all, purebloods," she said pureblood a little longer though and more sarcastic , "but to me the way you talk about yourselves, you sound like the lowest level of class at Hogwarts".
She finished with a " hmph" and put her hands on her waist, as if he dare talk to her again. Draco looked shocked and wouldn't stop staring at her, the akward silence was soon broken by cheers and clapping and a few whistles , everyone was smiling except the people that wanted to be in slytherin. Seamus laughed and said " you heard her answer Malfoy, now run along with your two gorillas you call friends" Malfoy glared at Seamus and his glare then turned to Ava which his look changed to pure hatred. " well I see that you are definatly not a pure blood" he spat " so what are you a mudblood?" everyone gasped and a few angry shouts were heard, Ava was confused, whats a mudblood? She thought Donna looked angry and walked over to Draco like she was going to punch him but Ava held her back, Draco took Ava's confused look and Donna's angry face to answer his question, he started laughing " and you say that us purebloods have lower class HA"
All of a sudden Professor Maconogal walked in. She looked around it looked like she knew that something just happened but she didn't say anything, " alright follow me, they are ready for you" Draco looked at Ava and Donna one last time and said " see ya around cuties, and don't ever compare a pureblood to a filthy little mudblood like you" he looked at Ava when he said this a walked away laughing, Ava knew what ever he said, it was bad and he would pay. She and Donna started to follow Professor
Mcgonagol and on the way she got a few compliments for standing up to Malfoy, one boy even winked at her, a lot of people really must hate him, when she turned around she saw the look on Seamus face and it was red with anger. She turned back around and walked with Donna into the great hall, it was the most amazing sight that Ava has ever seen, there were candles floating to the ceiling and the ceiling didn't really look like a ceiling it looked like it had been ripped off and they were staring up at the dark starry sky, Donna saw the confused look on her face and said, " it isn't the real ceiling, it was just bewitched to look like a night sky, Ava nodded it was still amazing and beautiful.
Because she was looking around she wasn't watching where she was going and bumped into the person behind her. " Sorry" Ava whispered the girl turned around, she had golden long hair the fell to her waist, she whispered " its okay" and smiled and turned around again, they stopped in front of a stool at the front of the room with an old hat sitting on it. Professor Mcgonagol turned around she was holding a piece of parchment in her hand, she shouted " Now when I call your name, you will come and sit on this stool and I will place the sorting hat on your head and it will sort you into your houses, when it shouts your house you go sit with the your house table". She looked at the parchment and yelled
Blaise Zabini!
A dark skin boy walked up and the sorting hat was placed on his head, the hat took a moment before it shouted
SLYTHERIN!
Ava jumped she didn't know the hat could talk as well, this was even better than she thought. A group the far right started clapping and cheering as he went to go sit with his house.
Benjamin Smith!
HUFFLEPUFF! The sorting hat shouted and the table next to the slytherin table started cheering
Abby Marchose!
RAVENCLAW the sorting hat shouted and the table to the far left started clapping and cheering
Harry Potter!
The room went very quiet when his name was called, and Ava realized that this was the boy who lived, he had dark hair with round glasses and he had the lightning scar on his forehead that everyone talked about, he looked very nervous as he walked up and the hat was placed on his head
The hat took a little while to sort him out but it finally shouted
GRYFFINDOR!
The table next to hufflepuff roared and cheered and stopped their feet, they were the loudest of all. The sorting hat continued
Mary Mcdonald!
The girl with the long golden hair stood up, her face went pasty white as she sat down
HUFFLEPUFF the sorting hat shouted, the girl looked relived and went to sit with her house
Donna Reed!
Donna squeaked quietly and gave Ava a quick look before walking up, the hat was placed on her long brown hair, and right away the hat shouted GRYFFINDOR!
The gryffindor house made as much noise as they did with Harry, Ava cheered along with them
Draco Malfoy!
Draco smirked and walked past Ava and turned and gave her a little wink before he walk up on stage and sat down. The hat barley touched his head before the hat shouted SLYTHERIN, Ava looked at him with disgust as smirked and ran to his house table.
Ava Bronson!
It took a moment to realize that they called her name and she walked up on shaking leg, The hat was put on her head, which fell down to cover her eyes,
Well well lets see here, a voice said in her mind, Ava jumped, she wasnt expecting this, the hat talked to her? The hat continued, I see you have a soft spot for your friends and family , very kind I see and smart too, I see you are also very brave, but where should I put you, you seem to have a lot of traits from the other houses too…. Hmm I think I figured it out, I guess we will have to put you in GRYFFINDOR!
A roar of clapping was heard after that,
Ava jumped down and ran to her seat where Donna hugged her, she sat down and introduced herself to Harry and the rest of the Gryffindors, they were very kind, and Harry seemed very nice. Ava watched the rest of the first years get sorted. Neville and Dean and Ben were all in Gyrffindor and the hat took a little while with Seamus before it also shouted Gryffindor, she figured that he also must have some traits from other houses. There was a girl named Pansy Parkinson who gave Ava a little smug look as she went to the slytherin table. When the sorting was finished an old man stood up, he had kind eyes and a joyous look in them he gave the first years a few warnings before all the empty plates filled with food, there was all sorts of thing that Ava has never even seen before, after all she had gone threw she was starved and could not stop eating all the delicious food, after dinner, the food disappeared and desserts all different kinds replaced the food and Ava could not help but eat more, even though she was feeling rather full.
After dinner the headmaster professor Dumbledoor sent them off to bed, right when Ava stood up she leaned over, her stomach hurt soo bad she couldn't move, she grimaced in pain, Donna ran over to her, " Ava are you alright?" she asked, " yeah I am fine I just ate a little too much" she tried to walk again but realized she couldn't, she groaned and sat back down Donna kneeled and tried to help Ava, Seamus and Ben walked over, " whats wrong with her, they asked",
" think she just ate too much" Donna replied, Seamus laughed, "you idiot!" Ben also laughed, " Shutup!" Ava said " you're the idiot and you don't know what this feels like", still laughing Seamus held out his hand and Ava took it, she groaned as he pulled her up and they slowly headed to the gryffindor common room, luckly they found another gryiffindor student who led them up the the gryffindor tower and told them the password, they went in and saw the prefect explaining to the first years about the common room, " the boys dorms are up and to the left and for the girls the same to the right, you will all see that your stuff is already up in your rooms".
Ava and Donna split up with Seamus and Ben when they walked up stairs, they turned to the right and walked threw a door, there were around 6 beds and Ava found her bed with all her stuff beside it, Donna was right next to Ava, there were four other girls there and they smiled, they introduced themselves, One had bushy brown hair and her name was Hermione, another one had beautiful dark red hair and her name was Elaine, there was a girl with long staight brown hair and her name was Gemma, the last girl had black curly hair and her name was Nancy,
Ava and Donna introduced themselves and they all got into their pajamas and hopped into bed, they all talked for a little while, until they all started yawning. Ava crawled under the covers and chirped " goodnight" and everyone chirped back in the dark goodnight, Ava was very comfortable and thought before she fell asleep how amazing this was, that this was happening to her, Ava was going to Write to her parents the very next morning. Ava fell asleep and slept dreamlessly
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And that's how her first year started, Ava sighed and put away her book, she hated her rivalry with Malfoy, for 2 years he has been picking on her and flirting with her, Ava could hardly stand it sometimes, but she knew her friends were there to watch her back, Ava and Donna made many new friends including a new guy named Tyler who was the type of guy that all the girls loved but the type that Ava rolled her eyes at, except for Seamus. Her new friends were Mary who was shy and very kind. Two other of her new friends were in Raveclaw. One of them was asian and she was the most gorgeous asain that Ava has ever seen, she had long curly hair and soft white skin, she was very smart and nice, her name was Stacey. The other raven claw had blonde hair like Ava, only it was a little shorter than hers and was straight, Ava thought the short hair suited her. Her name was Evelyn, Ava noticed that she also had natural beauty, she didn't need to wear any makeup just to look gorgeous, Ava envied her. She thought of all her friends and smiled, she was so lucky to have such gorgeous and kind friends.