I own only my OCs.
So...I don't have any excuse to why I haven't updated this story other than life and other stories, but I'll try my best with this.
Hope you enjoy.
I've been here for a week, I wanted to start school the next day that I got here but Will said that I need to relearn on how to be a kid again when I'm in front of people, to watch my language, don't show too much knowledge in school etc, etc. It was a pain but I mange to do so, so now I'm ready to go to school.
"I really don't want to go to school...again." I groaned grabbing my bag and headed down the stairs.
I place my bag by the front door and walked over to the kitchen where Will is making breakfast and my lunch for school.
"Morning Briar." Will smiles at me as he sets a plate on the table and sits down with me following him.
"Morning." I muttered taking a bite out of the bacon.
"Not really looking forward to going to school are you?" he chuckles before taking a sip of his coffee.
"What do you think?" I glared at him. "I'm in a 8 year olds body with the mind of a 19 year old. Going to back to 3rd grade is going to be a living hell."
"I'm sure you can handle it and besides, you are going to be friends with Harry."
"I suppose." I sighed, hoping its worth it. "I just hope it works."
"I'm sure it will." he pause for a second. "But if you don't think you can do this. I can drop you out of school and than you can wait for Hogwarts."
I shook my head.
"No that's 3 years away, I may have patience but not for that long. Plus I don't know what house I would be in till the time comes."
"True." he nods. "Well whatever you do its up to you."
"Yeah."
-At school-
"Well here we are." Will said pulling up to the front of the school.
"Great." I muttered from the back seat, looking at the building.
"Now remember to be a child and watch yourself." he looks at me sternly.
"Yeah, yeah, I know." I rolled my eyes at him before I opened the door, grabbing my bag that's beside me and got out.
"Have fun." Will smiles causing me to glare at him.
"Yea I sure will." I said with sarcasm and shut the door.
I walked away knowing that Will has left and I headed inside the school ignoring the stares from the kids and few teachers who are watching the kids.
I stepped inside the office and saw a teacher and a secretary talking to each other.
"Hello." I said in a child like voice and they looked at me and smile.
"Hello dear, is there something we can do for you?" the secretary asked.
"I'm Briar Rose Daniels, I'm a new student here."
"Oh yes I remember now." the secretary said typing at her computer. "This is Mrs. Campbell, your teacher."
"Hello. It's nice to meet you Briar Rose." Mrs. Campbell said bending down to my level.
"Briar, people call me Briar." I shook her hand.
"Alright than."
RING, RING!
"Come along Briar. I'll show you to your class." she said as she stood up and head for the door with me following her.
We walked down the hall and soon stop at a door.
"Here we are." she opens the door and all the kids looked over at us more to me than the teacher. Mrs. Campbell walks in and I hesitated a bit but walked in and stood by the teacher whose in the front of the class.
"This is Briar Rose Daniels, she will be joining us so please welcome her."
"Hello..." I said quietly looking at them and saw that I'm in Harry's class.
Hm, hope this will work in my favor. I thought tucking a lock of brown hair behind my ear as Harry's eyes widen remembering me from a week ago which was a good thing since I have not stepped outside during the week.
"Ok you can sit...by Harry." Mrs. Campbell points to the said boy.
I walk to the back of the class and sat in the desk, I look at Harry and smiled. He blushes and gives a small smile at me before the teacher starts the lesson.
As the bell rang for break I quickly got up and headed out the door and outside. I walked over to a tree and sat down happy to get away from the 3rd grade lessons and avoided playing 20 questions with the kids.
As I sat there I opened my book that Will charmed for me. The book looks like a child's book but really the book is for my age.
Anyway I was reading when a shadow appears beside me. I looked up and see Harry standing there.
"H-hi."
"Hi." I said quietly closing my book.
"Um...you live next door to me, right?" Harry asked nervously.
"I think so... Are you house 4?" I asked and he nods. "Then, yup that's me and my Uncle."
"I-I'm Harry Potter." he said quietly holding out his hand and I took it.
"Nice to meet you." I let his hand go and pat the ground beside me for him to sit with me. "I'm Briar but you know that. I hope we can be friends." I giggled a bit.
"Really?" Harry's eyes widen.
"Yeah, why are you surprise?" I asked knowing the answer.
"Well...I don't have any friends." he mutters out looking down at the ground.
"Well then we can be each other's first friend." I smiled hoping that he would be my friend in this hellhole.
"Y-yea!" he smiles back at me.
So during the break, him and I talked more to get to know each other better and of course I had to be careful on what to say about my real self and not to say anything about him that he didn't say to me, like the fact that Harry didn't say anything about his family treating him poorly. But that was to be expected.
We were having fun chatting about random things like school, books, our favorites etc. Until three shadows hovered over us.
"Hey new girl." said Dudley with his friends behind him. "You should stay away from Harry, he's weird."
"D-Dudley!" Harry exclaimed standing up with me following.
Great! So much for peace.
"So everyone is different." I shrugged faking a smile knowing that's not what he meant.
"Harry is a freak." Dudley points at Harry. "Weird things happens around him."
"P-please Dudley." Harry begged. "Let me have a friend."
"Don't worry Harry." I said giving the said boy a real smile. "I'm not going to stop being your friend."
"Re-really?" he asked with hope in his eyes and voice.
"You're making a mistake, girl." Dudley glares at me.
"My name is not girl its Briar Rose." I glare back at him. "And I believe that I won't be making a mistake."
"You'll regret not listening to me!" Dudley's face turns red. "Nobody goes against me!"
"Yea well... I don't like anyone tell me what to do!" I huffed out hating the fact that I'm arguing with a kid.
"B-Briar?" Harry stutters. "You don't need to do this."
I sighed and shook my head.
"Sorry Harry but I don't like bullies. I had enough of bullies!"
RING, RING!
"Befriends with a freak and you become one too!" Dudley spats out and walks away with his gang giggling, following their leader.
"Jerk!" I glared out before sighing. "Oh well, lets get to class."
I grabbed Harry's hand dragging him to school.
"O-ok."
-After school-
Finally school is over and done with...until tomorrow...Damnit.
Anyways Harry and I were talking and walking home happily, happy that we've became friends.
"How was school Briar?" Will asks standing at the end of the driveway with the Dursley including Dudley.
"Hey uncle Will." I said. " It was...fine. Oh and this is Harry Potter, he lives next to us."
"Hm, is that so." Will smiles knowingly and puts his hand out. "William Danials, nice to meet you."
"N-nice to meet you too, sir." Harry shakes Will's hand nervously and Will chuckles out.
"Call me Will everyone does."
"Harry go inside and start your homework." Mrs. Dursley said 'nicely' but Will and I know that its anything but nice.
"Y-yes Aunt Petunia." he said and turns to me. "Talk to you tomorrow."
"Yea see ya." I frown waving to him and he rushes inside the house.
"Briar, this is Vernon and Petunia Dursley and their son Dudley." Will said to me before facing the Dursley. "And this is my niece Briar Rose."
"Its very nice to meet you Mr. and Mrs. Dursley and Dudley." I said sweetly with a cheerful but fake smile. Think I'm going to be sick. But I need to do this if I can get a slightest ray of hope to hang with Harry outside of school.
"Yes well its time for us to go." Vernon said and Dudley runs into the house. "Yes we shall you around then." Will nods and they went inside.
"What did they want?" I asked dropping my child persona.
"To meet us of course." he grins walking home with me following.
"Thought they hate people." I said with annoyance sitting at the kitchen table as Will pours tea in two cups and brings a plate of cookies to the table.
"They do but their the kind of people that wants to know everything thats going on in the neighborhood and that means being social."
"Gossiping and being snoops." I mutterd grabbing a cookie. "How annoying."
"So what happened in school." he asked taking a sip of his tea. "By the sound of it, it didn't go well but you and Harry seems to be doing well."
"Harry and I are becoming good friends but its not that." I said eating my cookie. "Its Dudley, I've met him at break."
"I take it that didn't go well." he states taking a cookie.
"Damn right it didn't." I sighed sipping my drink. "The kid tried to tell me to stay away from Harry and he called Harry a freak and me when I refused to do as he says. And thats another thing! He tried to tell me what to do." My eye was twitching feeling pissed causing the kitchen window to shatter.
"Shit!" I jumped startled by it but Will stays calm not affected.
"You need to control your temper." Will chuckles waving his wand to the window muttering a spell and fixing the window good as new like it never happened. "Remember that you are a witch and your magic is not in control."
"Yea, yea." I sighed. "He's lucky that he's bigger and I'm weak at the moment or I would kick his ass."
"Friday's going to be a pain." Will sighs. "But I expect you to be on your best behaviour."
"I will be don't worry." I waved him off.
-3 years later-(AN- Sorry but I want to get to when their 11 years old. But I might do filters on their childhood or use flashbacks maybe.)
I knocked on the door waiting for someone hoping its that its Harry who opens the door.
"Hey Briar!" Harry smile at me when he opens the door. "So happy to see you."
"You better." I grinned at him and yes Harry told me about his family problems 2 years ago but made me promise him that I wouldn't tell anyone and I didn't. "So, are you free or are they making more stuff for you to do to keep us apart."
"Nope." Harry's smile brighten up as his eyes do to. "They're too busy dotting Dudley who is his new school uniform."
"Oh? Is he moving to a different school?" I asked with a hopeful tone, thinking about how life in school would be different there but I will never know since Harry and I will be going to Hogwarts. Which reminds me...When will I get my letter? I believe it should be here very soon since its July.
"Yup going Uncle's old private school, Smeltings." Harry nods.
"Smeltings?" I snorted and then smirk. "What a stupid name...it fits him."
That caused Harry to laugh a bit until his aunt appears.
"Briar Rose...how lovely to see you again." she plainly said.
"Nice to see you too, Mrs. Dursley." I said faking a smile.
"Can I go out?" Harry asked her and adds. "I did all the chores that you told me to do."
"Fine. Be back here at 6:00 sharp." and she walks to the living room.
"Wait is that Brair Rose at the door?" hearing Dudley's voice in the living room. "Come in here! I want to show you something?"
We rolled our eyes knowing that Dudley wants to show off the stupid uniform and Harry opens the door wided, stepping aside for me to walk in.
Once the door is closed we walk to the living room to see Dudley standing in the middle of the room with Petunia sitting on the couch and Vernon sitting on the chair.
"Well Brair Rose. What do you think?" Dudley smirks as if the ugly uniform would make me jealous and it really is UGLY. He's wearing a flat straw hat called boaters, a maroon tailcoat, an orange knickerbockers and carrying a stick no doubt that its for hitting people with. "I'm going to Smeltings."
"This is the proudest moment in my life." Vernon said with pride. "Brings back so many memories."
"Oh my Ickle Dudleykins, you look so handsome and grown-up." Petunia cries out putting a tissue to her eyes.
"I-it suits you Dudley. It really does." I grin at him who he and his parents didn't get the true meaning unlike Harry who does from my earlier statement and tries not to laugh.
"You and Harry have to go to Stonewall High." Dudley said with a smug look.
"That's what you think." I muttered before grabbing Harry's hand and dragging him to the door. "Anyways lets go, Harry."
"Alright." he said letting me drag him to my house where he is always welcome. "So what did you mean about what you said?"
"Hm? Oh nothing that you need to worry about." I quickly waved him off, silently cursing at myself for slipping as I opened the open to my home. "Harry's free!"
"A free Harry is a happy day even if its for awhile." Will grins at us as we walk into the living room. And yes he told Harry that he knew about his family mistreating him and gave him the reasons on how he knew like Harry's clothes are way to big for him, he's too skinny and pale for his age, ect,ect. and telling him that I never told him anything. Lucky for us Harry believed it.
"Yea just till 6." Harry grins back sitting on the couch with me following.
"Well than you should stop in the kitchen Briar made some cookies." he said.
"They're up in my room along milk and water for me." I said heading to the stairs with Harry behind me. "Don't worry, I've saved some cookies for you in the kitchen!"
"So, school will be starting soon." Harry states sitting on the floor with his back to my bed as I grabbed his drink from my side table and hand it to him before grabbing the plate of chocolate cookies and sat down beside him, placing the plate between us.
"Yea...we'll be glad to be rid of Pig." I said grabbing a cookie. I used to call Dudley a Piglett but now its just Pig for oblivious reasons.
"Yes finally!" Harry laughs but than frowns a bit. "What do you think school will be like?"
"Hm...I believe it will be interesting." I said giving him a knowing smile.
"How do you know?" Harry question taking a cookie.
"You're see." was all I said and Harry drops the subject knowing that I won't say anymore of it.
"You're...strange." Harry mutters out, taking a bite of the cookie.
"Yes but that's why I'm your friend and you're mine." I giggled and he chuckles, giving me a nod. "But don't worry, it'll make sense when the comes."
"I guess so."
-Later that day-
Harry left to go home for supper but not before taking a couple of cookies with him that Will had wrapped up for him to take, which Harry hid them under his shirt that's too big for him since his clothes were once Dudley's.
But anyways I'm sitting in the living room watching some show as Will is in the kitchen finishing making supper when a tapping noise came from the window.
"Huh?" I looked over to see an owl holding a envelope so I got up walking to the fireplace grabbing the red container, opening it up grabbing a couple of owl treats and placing the container back before going to the window and opening it. "Must be for uncle."
As I took the letter I held out my hand for the owl to take the treats which the owl give me a happy hoot and ate them before leaving and I shut the window.
I look down at the envelope only for me to be in shock.
Miss BR Daniels
The First room up the Stairs
3 Privet Drive
As soon as I saw the crest I screamed causing Will to run out of the kitchen with his wand out looking for the theat that isn't there.
"What is it?!" Will looks at me seeing me jumping up and down all happy.
"This!" I rushed over to him as he puts his wand away and takes the envelope from me.
"Well it's about time it came." he grins at me giving it back to me. "Well open it and find out what you need."
I nodded and opened it taking the letters and tossing the envelope on the table.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, Fisrt Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Miss Daniels,
We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft snd Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
"Uncle, can you let them know that I'll be going?" I asked looking at due date.
"I'll do that after supper." he nods and head to the kitchen where supper is already on the table. "Well since you got your letter, Harry should be getting his."
"He does and the Dursley's will be trying to avoid the letters from coming around so no point on inviting him over." I sighed before taking a bite of my mash potatoes.
"They will always follow unless its been replied." Will shakes his head as he cuts into his steak.
"They learn the hard way when they get to the island and Hagid tells Harry who and what he is." I stated putting the first part of the letter to the side and looked over the list.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
Uniform
First year students will require:
1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)
2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
4. One winter cloak (black, silver fastenings)
Please note that all pupils' clothes should carry name tags
Set Books
All students should have a copy of each of the following:
- The standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk
- A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot
- Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
- A Beginnings' Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch
- One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore
- Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jiggers
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
- The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble
Other Equipment
- 1 wand
- 1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
- 1 set glass or crystal phials
- 1 telescope
- 1 set brass scales
Students may also bring an owl OR a cat OR a toad
PARENTS OR GUARDAINS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS
"Are we able to get everything on the list?" I asked slightly worried about the cost.
"Don't worry about it." he waves it off. "I've got the money for it and some extra for snacks on the train for you and Harry."
I just nodded and grinning as I put the letter down and focus on my supper thinking about the look on Harry's face when he sees me going to the same school as him.