HLP
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and friends belong to J.K. Rowling. I make no money from this story.
**Any print in italics is quoted directly from J.K. Rowling. I will note which book it was taken from at the bottom of the chapter.**
A/N: This is an AU fic. For all intent and purposes Gryffin Weasley is the male equivalent of Ginny. Same pairings as books, but with a twist.
WARNING: THIS STORY WILL BE RATED M FOR FUTURE CHAPTERS.
Chapter 1:
Harriet approached the barrier carefully, the trolley with her trunk and the cage holding Hedwig, her large, white snowy owl, rattled quietly over the smooth floor of King's Cross. As she got closer, she could hear conversations going on around her.
One group of red-heads particularly caught her ear and she moved up to get a closer look. They were all pushing trolleys identical to hers except for the absence of cages on all but one trolley.
She could overhear the mother of the group as she got closer.
"Now you go first Patricia. I'm so proud that you made prefect this year." The woman gushed to a tall young woman with short red hair and glasses.
The girl nodded regally before leaning carefully against the pillar between platforms 9 and 10. Harriet watched in awe as the girl disappeared into the wall behind her. As she got closer, the woman turned to her remaining children.
"Frederica, Georgia, you two are next."
Harriet watched as two identical girls laughingly raced one another through the pillar. Two children still remained and as she looked, she realized that one of them was actually a boy. He was about an inch taller than his sister and did not have a trolley beside him. Just as she started to move closer, her vision was obscured by a pair of hands. Laughing she spun around and shrieked. "Dora! What are you doing here?" She gushed as she took in the tall young woman with purple hair.
Nymphadora Tonks smiled down at the black-haired girl. "I came to see you off. Mom was going to come, but Dad took her to a muggle theater the other day and now she has the muggle flu. As soon as I'm done here, I have to head to Auror training." They walked toward the pillar laughing, neither realizing they were drawing attention from the red heads around them.
"Ooh, look Gryf, it's a metamorphamagus." Rhonda breathed, pointing at Dora. The mother and son spun around to look at what Rhonda was pointing at.
"Rhonda, put your arm down, it is rude to point." Mrs. Weasley hissed and Rhonda flushed scarlet with embarrassment at the reprimand.
Gryff's eyes widened as he took in the two newcomers. The taller one was really cool looking with short, spiky purple hair, but it was the shorter one who immediately drew his interest. He had short curly black hair that fell to his shoulders and the most piercing emerald eyes he'd ever seen. On his forehead was a thin red lightning-bolt shaped scar. The boy was wearing black muggle jeans and a Spice Girls T-shirt, whatever that meant. Gryffin blushed as he realized the boy was staring back at him with equal curiosity.
Dora greeted them. "Mrs. Weasley, Rhonda, Gryffin, this is Harry Potter." She introduced. "She's starting Hogwarts this year."
Mrs. Weasley gasped. "James and Lily's son?" She asked.
Rhonda and Gryff moved closer, keen to hear more.
Harriet blushed, "um, not exactly. I'm their daughter."
Silence followed her statement. Mrs. Weasley's mouth opened and closed several times.
Finally, the girl with the trolley broke the silence. "Hi. I'm Rhonda Weasley; it's great to meet you. I really think we will be great friends. This is my first year too." She pumped Harriet's hand enthusiastically.
Tonks was bent over laughing. It was obvious she found the dumb-struck look on Mrs. Weasley's face utterly amusing.
Rhonda finally released Harriet's hand and Harriet turned to the boy.
"Hi, I'm Harry, you are?"
Gryf blushed and stammered his name, reaching out a shaky hand to carefully shake Harry's hand. Harriet jumped as she felt a small shock pass between them. Gryf blushed even redder and hid behind his mother. Rhonda jumped in again. "Don't worry about him, that's just Gryffin. The Potters have been his heroes for years."
A loud beeping sound interrupted them. Tonks looked down at her wristwatch. "Oh, blimey Harry, we'd better hurry, the train leaves in two minutes." With those words, Harry, Tonks and the rest of the Weasleys rushed through the barrier onto platform 93/4, all other thoughts forgotten for the moment.
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