Off to Hogwarts We Go!
I kissed my mum as the train started to blow it's horn. I grabbed my sister's hand and we jumped onto the train. It was September 1st and we were on our way to Hogwarts! We waved goodbye until our parents were out of site.
"Thank Merlin! I thought they would never leave!", exclaimed my sister. I frowned. I liked our parents. I would miss them terribly. My sister grabbed my hand, and with great force dragged me down the train.
"C'mon Sonny! Victorie said she would introduce me to her family! I wanna have friends!", she said pulling me along. I sighed. If only my sister knew what big honor she was going to have. She would be jumping off the walls. Reminder – Don't tell her what a great honor it is. I led her to the back. The Weasley/Potter Clan always sat in the back. I found that out when I sat there last year. They came in, and Roxanne Weasley sat on me. I sprang out of there as fast as I could. Ah memories I wish I had forgotten.
Finally we reached the last compartment. I could hear laughter inside. Why were they always laughing? Surely not everything in the world was that funny! My sister started to open the door. I grabbed her hand, shock coming over me. As did fear.
"Wait Linny! We can't just go in there! We have to wait for Victorie's permission! You can't just walk into the Weasley/Potter Compartment!", I exclaimed as though everyone knew this. Which they did, actually. Linny stared at me, rolling her eyes. At me?
"Why not? Their just people! I mean really famous people, but all the same. Victorie was really nice, so I bet they will be really nice. Be brave Sonny! I'm going in!", said Linny and with that she opened the door. I think a part of me died when the door opened, and they all stared at us. I gulped. Yep, a part of me had died.
She and I looked inside. Sitting on the left seat were two kids I had never seen before. One was a little redhead girl with freckles, and brown eyes. I could only imagine that this was Lucy Weasley. Beside her was blonde haired boy. He was very short with freckles as well as brown eyes. This had to be Louis Weasley.
On the right seat sat Albus Potter. He was the middle child of the Potter kids. He had messy black hair, brown eyes, and moon-shaped glasses. Next to him was the very smart, and know it all Rose Weasley. Albus and her were best mates and never left each other's side.
Rose was tall, like her dad. She had freckles (by now we can all pretty much say every Weasley has freckles), red curly hair, and brown eyes. Both her and Albus were a year under me.
Next to them was Lily Potter, youngest of the Potter kids. She had freckles, red hair, and, most amazing of all, bright emerald eyes. She was in her second year, and was said to be a genius at Defense Against the Dark Arts. Like her dad.
Sitting by the window was them. The Golden Girls. The Goddesses of Hogwarts. Molly and Dominique Weasley, along with their best mate, Kate McLaggen. Molly was a bit different from regular Weasley's. She had brown hair, and hazel eyes. She had seemed to lack the freckle gene.
Lucy was her baby sister, and Molly was the most prettiest of the Weasley's, besides Victorie. Next was Dominique. She had short red hair, and bright blue eyes. She always wore her dad's old fanged earring, and made sure everyone knew who she was. She scared the hell out of everyone.
Then Kate. Prettiest of the bunch. Kate had soft blonde hair( I know because she has bumped me many times before), and pretty gray eyes. Her skin was flawless, and her body was a skinny as a twig. She was the envy of every girl.
My eyes sifted to the floor where James and the Twin Trouble sat. James Potter, as you probably can already guess, was a trouble maker. Along with his partners in crime, Roxanne and Fred Weasley. They were the Twin Trouble. They both had tan skin, covered in freckles. Both had blue eyes, and blood red hair. They were twins and did everything together. James had black hair, and brown eyes. His face was covered with freckles and every girl thought Kate lucky, because she was the apple of James's eye.
I turned my head to see Linny wave. I don't think I could have breathed on them, let alone wave!
"Hi I'm Linny! Your cousin Victorie and I talked. She wanted me to meet you guys!", Linny said. Everyone smiled, but remained silent. Kate finally spoke up, her golden curls bouncing up and down, her smile firmly in place.
"I'm sure she did sweetheart, but there's no room. I'm sure if Victorie had asked you to sit with us she would have asked us first. No offense dear, but we don't really know you", Kate said, still smiling. I frowned. My sister was not a liar! Who did Kate think she was? Oh yeah right. She was Kate McLaggen, Clan member. Close friend of the Weasleys and Potters. My bad. Linny seemed to be thinking along the same lines.
"I'm no liar! She said that she would introduce me to you!", stomped Linny. Dominique spoke up, turning to Kate.
"I think she is telling the truth! Viccy told me before she went to her Head Girl meeting that a little girl with long brown hair, and cute blue eyes might come to our compartment! She said that she met her in Lavender Brown Robes", Dominique said. Kate blushed, and her eyes became friendly.
"Oops I'm sorry. I didn't mean to call you a liar. I had no place to say that. You can sit with us. There's a place right next to Louis", Kate said gesturing to Lucy and Louis. Oh now there was room? Linny grinned and stepped over Fred to get to the seat.
I shut the door and sighed. My sister hasn't even gone to Hogwarts yet, and she's already more popular then me. I went back to the front of the train, where no one sat. I took a seat in an empty compartment. I quickly got changed, and sat down reading. We were almost there when suddenly the door opened. I looked up to see Scorpius Malfoy and Rose Weasley snogging each other's faces. I cleared my throat, and they both broke apart. They both looked at me a second, before Rose's ears turned red.
"Oops sorry we didn't know anyone was in here", and with that they left. Sorry! Sorry! That's all they were going to say? How about a memory spell to undue what I just saw! But I couldn't believe it! A Malfoy with a Weasley! Oh the irony! But it didn't matter, it's not like I could tell the Weasleys about Rose. Why would they believe me? I sighed.
Being invisble had it's perks. I knew everything about everyone, because when someone did something they didn't want someone to know about, they went to an "empty corridor", or an "empty classroom". It wasn't empty, because I was obviously there. I could tell you lot's of things.
Sara Woods was cheating on her boyfriend, Greg Peterson, with Bernie MacDonald.
Kyle Jordan didn't really like quidditch, and wants to be part of the Goblestones Club.
Kate McLaggen does have a soft spot for James Potter, but she won't admit it to anyone.
These are only some of the things I know, that other's don't. Once again the door opened, but this time it wasn't a snogging couple, but Minnie my cat! She jumped into my lap.
"Thanks for leaving me in the baggage compartment! Do you know how many male felines were hitting on me and giving me cat calls?", asked Minnie. I laughed. Maybe this year wouldn't be so bad.
The train stopped, and finally let us off. I was the first one out, and could see the Care of Magical Creatures teacher, Hagrid, standing by the lake waiting for the first years. I ran to the carriages. I jumped into the first one and waited for more people to come. Likely it would be invisibles like myself. I sat waiting until I saw, one by one, invisbles. I of course didn't know their names, but I knew the type well. They were like me, people that no one saw. There was two Hufflpuff boys, one Slytherin girl, and two Ravenclaw boys with a Ravenclaw girl. None of them talked to each other, and none of them said anything to me when they got on the carriage. They all just sat down. The Slytherin girl was last, she stuck her hand out, and patted the invisible thing that was pulling us. Once she got on, the carriage took off. Minnie, who was still on my shoulder, whispered to me.
"Why don't you talk to these people?", she asked. I sighed. Cats I thought were smart!
"We are invisibles. We don't talk to anyone, except our family, or ourselves. We don't have friends, we just blend into the wall", I said nodding. Minnie raised her little cat eyebrows. Was that even possible?
"But you guys are normal people. I saw you on your birthday! You do the same as everyone else! I mean you have every right to be just like that girl Kate", Minnie whispered. I sighed, wondering how Minnie knew about Kate.
"Listen Minnie I'm invisible for four reasons. One I have normal looks. Nothing special stands out about me. I don't have colorful hair, or smooth tan skin. Two I am in one of the 'NN Houses'. The Nerd and Nobody Houses. That's what the Ravenclaw House and the Hufflepuff House are called now a days. If I was in Gryffindor I would at least be a somebody. Three I don't know any of the Weasley/Potter's. Like the Longbottems or Thomas's. They know the Weasleys and Potters. They spend Christmas with them. And Four. I don't create drama. Being popular means being able to create drama so that people will never get tired of you. Trust me us invisbles know half the things that most people want to keep secret. If I were to go into the last bathroom on the third floor (aka Gossip Central) and spill the beans on people I would probably be the most popular girl in the school!", I declared. Maybe I should write a book.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of the castle. Professor Flitwick was sitting there inspecting the luggage. I was the second to step out, right behind the Slytherin girl. Her black hair, which was in a long pony tail tided with a green ribbon, was swinging from side to side as we got off. All of us slowly walked over to our luggage. We stood by the gate waiting for Professor Flitwick to notice us. It seemed as if we were to talk that Professor Flitwick would snap at us for breaking the silence rule of being an invisble. Of course this was not the case because I highly doubt that Professor Flitwick would snap at us for talking.
We waited until another cart pulled up. In it were three Gryffindors, who looked to be second years, and a sixth year Ravenclaw. Her hair was a silver white, and her skin was pale. I stared, and the girl waved. It was Lyra.
"Hi Madison!", Lyra yelled running over to me. The other invisbles turned to be, and I blushed a deep red. Professor Flitwick looked up hearing Lyra's voice and jumped back startled at the number of students waiting for their luggage.
"Ah! Excuse me! Um Sorry. Everyone line up, while you tell me your names, and I hand you your luggage", Flitwick said stuttering. The invisbles let the second years in front of them and stood in a line. I went to the back standing in the front of Lyra, and behind the Slytherin girl. Lyra tapped me.
"Hey! Hows it going! Remember me?", she asked. I snorted. How do you not remember this girl.
"Yes I remember you", I said turning away from her. She stood there confused. I didn't mean to be rude or anything, but what was I suppose to say? I usually don't talk to people!
"So how are you? I see you and Minnie are getting along fine", she said brightly. I ignored her. Nobody ever in history talked to an invisible. Why now? Why me? Lyra tapped me again.
"Why aren't you answering me Madison? What did I do?", asked Lyra. Minnie jumped from my shoulder to Lyra's and whispered in her ear. Lyra's lips formed the word "Oh", and she shut up. Minnie jumped back on my shoulder.
"What was that all about!", I hissed at her. Minnie frowned, her cat eyes sparkling.
"I had to give her a reason why you were ignoring her! It was rude! Lyra is a perfectly nice girl, and was just trying to be your friend!", Minnie said. I frowned back.
"I don't need friends! I'm independent! I come here to study and that's all", I said. Minnie growled.
"Still there was no need to be rude", Minnie said before sitting up straight and no looking at me. I sighed. Great! Now my cat was mad at me. I stood there listening as a Ravenclaw invisible boy said.
"Oric Towler" Flitwick handed him his luggage and the Slytherin girl stepped forward.
"Genevieve Rookwood", the Slytherin girl said. Flitwick flinched when he handed her her luggage. I stepped forward.
"Madison May" Flitwick smiled. He handed me my trunk, along with my muggle backpack, that my dad had given me, and my regular navy blue bag. I walked towards the castle. Minnie and I entered the Great Hall to find it empty with only one teacher. Our Headmistress, Professor McGonagall. She was very strict, but very nice or so I was told. She use to be Head of Gryffindor, but now it was Professor Longbottom, the Herbology teacher.
I sat down at the table and watched as more students piled in. I looked up at the staff table. Now there was our Ancient Runes teacher, Professor Thomas. She was very short with long blonde hair, and gray eyes. She was very weird, and almost never said anything sane.
There was our Muggle Studies teacher Professor Longbottom. She was the wife of Professor Longbottom who teaches Herbiology. She looked American, you know like a Latin American. She had long straight black hair, and russet skin. She was super pretty, and was pregnant three months.
There was our Divination teacher, Professor Patil. She was an old hag. She was the twin sister of Professor Longbottom, the wife, but didn't look half as pretty.
There was also a new guy. His hair was red, and he had a billion freckles. I gasped. It was Ron Weasley! The Ron Weasley! There was only one position that he would have, and that was Defense Against the Dark Arts. I was so excited!.
Our Potions teacher, Professor Abbot sat down, along with Professor Flitwick who must have finished giving out luggage. That's when I noticed the whole hall was filled up. The last of the teachers sat down , and the Headmistress stood up. Everyone was silent.
"Welcome students! To another year of Hogwarts! I hope you all enjoyed your summer vacation! First let us start with the sorting and then I shall finish my speech. Professor Longbottem bring in the students!", called the Headmistress. Everyone's heads turned, including mine. The doors were open and a plump man with black hair was leading in a bunch of kids. I tried to spot Linny through the crowd. I soon found her talking to Lucy and Louis. They were laughing at whatever she had said. She glanced up to see me staring and she waved. I waved back smiling. My little sister was at Hogwarts! Then I frowned. My little sister was at Hogwarts! I gagged and looked up to see her waving over at the Weasley/Potter Clan who were waving back enthusiastically. I sighed. Molly blew her sister a kiss, Dominique blew her brother a kiss, and Kate blew my sister a kiss which my sister returned. I felt something boil inside of me. How dare Kate McLaggen blow a kiss at my sister! She had no right too! I was her sister, she was not! I slumped in my seat and watched as the students climbed onto the seats and waited for the Sorting Hat to call out their new house.
I looked over at the Gryffindor Table. Albus was talking to Zoe Thomas, a spunky girl who was identical to her mum both mentally and physically. Rose was sitting by them only she was looking off at the Slytherin table. I could only guess who she was staring at. Then there was Lily Potter who was sitting next to the Longbottom siblings. Frank, who was looked like his dad and was in third year, and Alice, who looked like her mum and was in second year.
Finally Professor Longbottom called out "May, Madeline!" I watched as my sister strutted up and landed on the seat. Suddenly I heard a voice.
"Ah a May. I sorted one before you." the voice had said. I knew that voice. I heard it when I first came to Hogwarts. It was the Sorting Hat! But how could I hear it? Nobody but the wearer could hear it!
"Yes I believe you sorted my sister. Into Ravenclaw. Please can I go there too!" That voice was my sister. Merlin! I was reading my sister's thoughts! That's how I can hear the hat too!
"Why do you want to go there? Surely you don't think you are smarter than the average witch. I see it here in your head. You wish to join your sister, but are you sure it's where you belong? Your sister and you have to very different heads I can see so. She was full of wisdom and quick thinking. Knowing what to do at every moment. Her head was much smarter than most that I have sort. Even Ravenclaw herself! Your sister though is shy, and scared. She keeps herself hidden in books, hidden from the real world. She doesn't know how to face fear in the eye. You though. You are very brave. You weren't afraid to approach the Weasleys and Potters. You weren't afraid to stand up for yourself. I believe you also have friends there too. I see in your head. Your friends are in the house you belong too"
"And where is that?"
"GRYFFINDOR!", the hat yelled. Everyone clapped, and so did I. Hell the hat just called me smarter than Ravenclaw, and I can read my sister's thoughts! This was a pretty brilliant time! At least it was until I saw my sister ran over to Kate and gave her a hug. I frowned, ready to rip Kate's perfect little blonde haired head off.
After Louis and Lucy Weasley were sorted, and the feast was eaten, and the rules were given, everyone followed their prefects to their common rooms. I watched as Linny followed Victorie who was delighted that her new pet had gotten into Gryffindor, as she had predicted. I followed our prefects to the seventh floor. At the end of the hall was a door with a bronze eagle on it.
"What has four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three at night?" asked the eagle. Melody Ward, our girl sixth year prefect, cleared her throat.
"A muggle human. A baby crawls on its hands and knees when it is first born. In the middle of a muggle humans life they stand on two feet, and when they get old they use a cane, making it the third foot", Melody said. All the first year Ravenclaws looked impressed. The door opened.
"Nicely explained" the eagle complimented. Everyone piled into the common room. I smiled. This was home. The bronze and blue sofas. The starry ceiling. The bookcases just waiting to be investigated. I sighed and headed up the stairs until I found a chamber labeled Fifth Years. I walked down the hall until I spotted a door with mine name on it. I opened it. There was no one in the room so I looked around. There were three queen sized bunks beds in the silver room. I took the top bunk by the widow. I looked out it to find that we were very high up. The common room may be on the seventh floor, but the rooms were in towers. I started to unpack while Minnie made herself comfortable on the window seal.
Suddenly four girls came in laughing. Great roommates. And by the sound of it they were the air head Ravenclaws. Brilliant! NOT!
"I know! I mean the Weasley/Potter's haven't let anyone into their group since McLaggen!", a girl with dirty blonde hair was saying. Another girl with auburn hair opened her mouth.
"And now suddenly this new first year is part of their inner circle? I mean the the Longbottom's and Thomas's have always been in their circle so that doesn't count, I mean their parents were friends. But she is completely new! Half Blood I heard! Dad's a muggle, mums a witch! I mean does the name May show up anywhere in the books about Harry Potter and the Great Battle?", the girl said. I frowned. That's because my mum was an invisible too. She was there alright! Just no one remembered her.
Another girl with black hair, and tan skin snorted, her large earrings dangling.
"Her mum was too lame to fight! Probably ran at the first sign of trouble! I mean if I was there I would be super scared too! But I mean I would fight first before I fled!", the girl said. Okay now I was really getting mad. Why were they judging my mum! They didn't even know her! She was actually one of the sevenths years there who were making sure all the younger kids got out safely. Sure she didn't fight, but she tried her hardest! Anyway she wasn't a Gryffindor, but a Hufflepuff! Kind, caring, and loyal!
Finally a short girl with brunette hair stepped forward.
"How do you know all of this? I mean no one knew her mum, so how do we know? She could have been one of the people who were fighting the giants! Or the spiders! She could have been the one who ran and asked the centaurs for help!", the girl asked. I smiled. I liked this girl, whoever she was. I thought one of the taller girls would cut in, but they listened to her. She continued.
"Courtney! Your dad and mum left the fight before it even began! Libby your mum was attack by a werewolf, and couldn't even fight the rest of the time! Sasha your uncle was under the age limit, and ended up dying! How in the name of Merlin are you going to judge this poor first years mum!", asked the girl. Libby, Courtney, and Sasha stood there.
"Oi maybe your right Flora!", the auburn haired girl said. "We shouldn't be judging the girl's parents." The dirty blonde haired girl smiled.
"Yeah! I mean how do we even know this stuff about May is true?" , asked the girl. The black hair girl frowned.
"Well I mean I heard it from a Ravenclaw, who heard it from her Hufflepuff boyfriend, who heard it from his friend, who heard it from his Gryffindor cousin, who heard from her friend's friend, who was sitting next to a boy, who heard it from a girl who was sitting right next to Frank Longbottom, and heard that the new girl's name was Madeline Marie May, that she was a Half-Blood with a muggle dad who works in a bakery, and a witch mum who works in the Department for the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts. Her dad's name is Lance May, and her mum is Christine May", said the girl with black hair. They all stared at her. I sighed. They knew almost everything about my sister except for the fact that she had a sister. Me. The short girl heard my sigh. She looked up.
"Oi hey! Sorry we didn't see you! What's your name?", asked the girl. The others turned around to face me. I gulped. I couldn't lie. Seriously I was a horrible liar.
"Madison May", I said. The girls gasped.
"You're Madeline May's sister!", asked the blonde haired girl. I nodded.
"Oh Merlin! And you just heard us criticizing your mum! How embarrassing!", said the auburn haired girl, though it didn't sound as though she meant it. The black haired girl just stared up at me. The short girl interrupted the silence.
"Well hi! My name's Flora Cornor! The redhead over there is Courtney Riverview", said Flora gesturing to the auburn haired girl. She huffed.
"It's auburn Flora!", Courtney called. Flora ignored her.
"That's Libby Patil", she said addressing the black haired girl. She ignored me. Probably still embarrassed.
"And that's Sasha Creevey", said Flora pointing to the girl with dirty blonde hair. She waved. I smiled. I had never ever met people. Just then the door opened and a girl with dark brown hair came in.
"Guess what! Fred Weasley asked me to do his homework for him! The Fred Weasley!", exclaimed the girl. Sasha, Courtney, Libby, and Flora completely forgot me, and turned to the other girl. I sighed. Fifteen minutes of fame. Minnie crawled over to me.
"Tomorrow you are going to talk to Lyra! If you don't I will see to it that Peeves haunts your every move!", she hissed. I sighed again, and covered myself with my Ravenclaw sheets. This was a great way to start the fifth year. I guess.