August 25, 1993
Summer in Spain, hmmm how to describe it… could I say hot, lots of sunshine, and good food? Yes I could! But could I say that I wanted to stay there forever? No I couldn't… Although I could also say that I had a lot of fun with my Great Aunt! It was nice to spend time with her because even though we were both at Hogwarts for most of the year the only time I really got to see her was during the regular schedule and the occasional trip up to her office. I really only got to spend time with her over the summer, so it was a good chance to bond with her more closely… we got to see a whole lot of famous Wizarding sights as well so I came out better educated. Fred and George had had an interesting summer as well, for shortly after they returned home for the summer the Weasley family won a whole load of galleons that they used to pay for a trip to Egypt so that they could visit Bill. Apparently they had seen all the ancient Pyramids and much to Fred and Georges delight they got to see a whole bunch of cursed corpses with extra heads and such. If I had seen such things I would probably be torn between disgust and amazement… guess I'm kind of happy that I went with my Aunt now…
But our trip was over now, and later on today she would be leaving and going back to Hogwarts, and I would miss her. However I would be getting to see Fred and George for the first time in months so there would definitely be compensations…
"Alright Belle, it's time to go…" I smiled as I called my owl that had been nesting up in one of her favorite trees.
"Allison! Come on, we can't be late!" my aunt called upstairs, he had been nervous ever since she had found out the Sirius black had escaped from Azkaban…
"I'm hurrying!" I called back to her as I tried my best to call Belle inside, "Come on Belle…" I urged, "You don't really want to be in that tree…" a sudden idea came to my mind and I smiled as I pulled out her favorite treat. "Come on Belle, fly!" I smiled as she flew over to me and landed on my arm. "Good girl…" I crooned as I placed her inside of her cage. With a relieved sigh I fell onto my knees, I had been packing all morning… I didn't have much time to rest however and moments later I was back on my feet and walking down the stairs carrying a heavy trunk and bulky cage behind me.
"Good you're ready." My Aunt smiled at me, a tired look in her eyes, "Well let's get going then…"
I smiled as I walked over to the fireplace, "The Burrow!" I said clearly and then vanished in a flash of green fire…
"Oh Allison my dear!" Mrs. Weasley smiled as I walked out of the fire
I smiled back at her, "Hi Mrs. Weasley, nice to see you again."
"Same for you my dear, now your aunt would be coming out when?" She asked as she looked at the fire, a nervous expression on her face.
I laughed, "Oh don't worry, she won't say anything about Fred and George when she visits, you get enough letters about them as it is."
She laughed, "Yes, I do. Those two boys are troublemakers... I'm surprised your aunt even lets you spend time with them."
I laughed, "She doesn't interfere much with those matters… she lets me do my own thing."
'oh well…" she smiled as the fire flashed green and out walked my great aunt.
"Oh Molly, nice to see you!" she smiled as she pulled her into a quick embrace.
"Nice to see you to Minerva, I trust everything is well?"
"Nothing unusual, I got a bit of extra leave time that's all… well, I really must be going! We have the students to prepare for…" she smiled as she pulled me into a hug, "Good bye my dear."
"Good bye Auntie." I smiled as we pulled apart, it was just then that Fred and George ran down the stairs,
"Allison!" they exclaimed, huge smiles on their now overly freckled faces.
"Hey guys!" I smiled at them
"we've missed you! How was Spain?" George asked
"I told you everything in my letters!" I laughed, "How was Egypt?"
My aunt disappeared in the fire.
"Pretty good." They said at the same time
I laughed.
"Allison my dear I'm going to take your trunk upstairs, you three can go outside and play Quidditch." She smiled at us warmly.
"All right mum!" Fred said
"Come on Allison!" George smiled and we headed outside.
Once we were out in their front yard, they started asking the real questions, "How many people did you prank when you were in Spain?" Fred laughed
"About five, I got a good couple of nasty hotel managers and such…" I smiled
"Brilliant, what did you do?" George laughed
"The classics, I put a dungbombs in their drawers and such… put a few of the candies that I had been working on for the past few weeks around the place you know…" I laughed
They both smiled their evil little grins and I laughed again, I was with my two best friends and as always I felt happy to be back…
We spent the rest of the summer break at the leaky cauldron where we met up with harry and Hermione, and about two days afterwards we boarded the Hogwarts express and were off to Hogwarts.
"Oh god… I just remembered it's our OWL year…" Fred groaned as we sat down in our compartment, which was occupied by a rather quiet girl who was looking out the window in a trance.
"Yah, I completely forgot about those…"
I rolled my eyes and laughed, "Well of course my aunt didn't let me forget about them, she was on my back all summer…" I laughed and they both grinned
"Well honestly I don't think you'll have much trouble Allie, your pretty smart." Fred smiled
I grinned back at him, "Oh you're just saying that…"
"No I'm not." He laughed as he pulled me into a small hug.
George took the spot next to the girl, who still hadn't said anything.
"So…" I said as we headed past the scenery, "What do you think we should do when we get to Hogwarts?"
"Get Filch." Fred grinned
"Dye Mrs. Norris pink." George grinned identically
I laughed, "Naturally…"
Our conversation continued for a couple of hours, Fred and George talked a lot about Quiditch and such and by the time the trolley pulled up I was on the verge of dozing off, I didn't have much to say about Quidditch to tell you the truth.
"Anything from the trolley dears?" an elderly woman asked as she knocked on our door
"Not for us, one moment though…" I said as I shook the sleeping girl
She awoke in surprise, "What…" she mumbled, her eye glasses were slanted on her nose, hiding her bright green eyes.
"Do you want anything from the trolley?" I asked her
"Oh, no thank you…" she mumbled as she snuggled back into the window.
"Very well dears." The trolley lady grinned as she walked down the halls
A few more minutes past before Fred spoke, "She doesn't have a tie… what do you reckon?"
"An exchange student?" George suggested
"No… she doesn't have an accent… maybe she's been homeschooled or something…" I sighed as I leaned forward, it was then that the train to a complete stop. I flew back into my seat, "What…were not at Hogwarts yet are we?" I asked as I looked out the dark window
"No, we still have another hour to go…" Fred said as he looked down at his watch
"Then—" My heart stopped as the air grew cold, the windows iced up the sleeping girl re awoke witrh a start
"Dementors…" she whispered
"What?" I asked confused
"Dementors, their on the train…" she said knowledgably
"You mean the ones that guard Azkaban?" I asked surprised, "What are they doing on here?"
"Searching for Sirius Black of course." She answered grimly
I turned to look at Fred and George, whose faces darkened as a sudden terrible feeling came over us, the feeling that we would never be happy again.
"Bloody hell…" Fred whispered a horrified expression on his face. I followed his eyes and looked out the window; a horrible black cloaked creature drifted to our compartment door and came to a complete stop. My heart beat raced and a cold sweat formed on my face as it opened the door and came into the compartment. I screamed as it loomed over me and its horrible grisly mouth opened up and began to... suck my soul it felt like I was drowning as darkness fell over me; I felt like a shell... the last thing I remembered before I passed out was the sound of a loud explosion and then everything went black...
Oh, an update on time as you all know I spoke of a new OC coming to my fanfiction and she made her first appearance in this chapter! So review please! Tell me what you think and try to guess what the purpose of the OC is! its pretty obvious if you ask me… On my poll, I ended up getting a tie on whether or not to promote her to prefect or not but I decided against it, it would be too boring and dull for bright bubbly Allison so with my vote that was canceled out. Until next chapter :D
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