(A/n back again, no time table yet. Just kinda publishing as they finish. Could get two in one day could get one once a week. My family and my job absorb most of my time. And between this and rewriting and my own. I have no clue when I will update. Sorry for that. Just keep an eye out. If you like this story that is lol)
Chapter 2
August 31st 1991
The train station of kings cross was a bustling mess, but Persephone kept pace with the Tonks's. As they approached the 9 and 10 platforms Persephone saw a young messy haired boy looking very lost and a little scared. He had a beautiful snow owl and a trunk. Persephone clicked in realization and quickly maneuvered around people and approached the boy. "hey." She spoke up and the boy surprised looked up at her. "H-hello." "Castle school?" She hinted to her own trunk which made the boys eyes widen and nod quickly. "Come on, the Tonks's are helping me get on too." The boy smiled and quickly followed her.
The Tonks's looked at the straggly boy who joined their temporary charge and nodded. "Alright just walk calmly into the wall here between the 9 and 10. Stay walking and don't worry, we will be through just after you three." Andromeda spoke swiftly and Tonks winked before running full speed at the wall. The boy looked panicked before she passed safely through it without a crash. "I love magic." he whispered softly and Persephone grinned. "Me too. I'm Persephone by the way." The boy glanced around then down to his shoes, which she noticed were in fact tattered and worn. "Harry." Persephone gave him a slight nudge and a smile. "Nice to meet you Harry. Come on!" The two tried to walk best they could to the doorway, just as they could hear a loud woman boasting about the platform and Hogwarts.
Harry offered to help load her trunk onto the train and was surprised falling backwards when it wasn't heavy. Persephone chuckled "it has a charm in it making it weightless more or less." He looked amazed for a moment then smiled. A head of bushy hair walked past them and Persephone's heart skipped a beat. Is that? She turned and looked as the girl with her trunk approached a group of older Slytherin girls. Their faces sneered and the girl turned and sadly walked off. "Harry, find us a compartment. I'll be right back." Harry nodded and hopped into the train as Persephone quickly walked up to the girl struggling to lift her truck into the train. "Hello." She spoke softly. The girl snapped her head to her, longer front teeth but not too prominent poked out from her bottom lip, which was quivering. "I'm Persephone. What's your name?"
"Hermione granger.* She spoke softly. "Well me and my friend have a compartment down a bit, would you care to join us?" Hermione smiled softly and nodded. Persephone helped lift the girls trunk and oofd. Hermione turned bright pink and scratched her cheek. "Sorry ..daddy said I had too many books." Persephone only chuckled. "It's ok you should see mine. We can ask an older student to cast a featherweight charm on it." Quickly looking around before Hermione began to fire off questions, she rushed off finding Tonks quickly chatting with other seventh year Hufflepuff's. "Heya Tonks!" Nymphadora looked down and smiled. "Wotcher Persephone what's up?" "I have a new friend who needs the featherweight charm on their trunks. Could you help?" Tonks smiled and quickly nudged to lead the way. First she did Hermione's, who tried asking a million questions on how she did that and what year she learned it, but Tonks only smiled, placing a hand to her lips and making a shh sound. Hermione harrumphed.
The next trunk Tonks assisted with was Harry's and he looked grateful for it and thanked Tonks. She gave a wink and walked out of the compartment leaving the three alone. "She's nice." Hermione spoke softly. Persephone smiled. "Her whole family is, I woke up in the alley with no idea how I got there or what day it was, her mother took care of me." Hermione and Persephone took a seat by each other and it made a weird tightness in Persephone's chest. "Do you know what happened?" Harry asked his curiosity peaked.
"No idea. All I know is I was in my muggle clothes and somehow port keyed into the middle of the ally away from the portkey point."
"So your muggleborn then? I am too." Hermione rushed out, looking perhaps hopeful. "Well according to the goblin no one knows for sure. I was raised in America somewhere but I don't know what all happened any memory before I woke up there is fuzzy, or rather like it was a life that wasn't mine."
The three were silent for a moment before they felt the train start to move and curiously a troop of red heads running to get into the now moving train. "Harry… there is a boy I want you to be weary of." Persephone suddenly said, like a light bulb went off. "Who?"
"Ronald billius Weasley. He's an ok friend but is jealous of those he thinks have what he deserves to have. And will do his best to make sure you are his only friend." Both owl looked at her. "Erm…Madame Tonks said I might have seer ability?" Both seemed to buy it and she let out a silent breath. "Ron can be your friend but don't let him call you his best mate ok? He will hurt anyone else who wants to be your friend like me and Hermione." Harry suddenly looked horrified and shook his head vigorously. "No way. You both have been nice to me. I won't abandon you" The other two agreed. An hour had passed before there was a soft knock on the door and a young boy poked his head in. "Sorry, but has anyone seen a toad?" Persephone shivered. Toads ..yuck. then again another light bulb. "what's your name?"
"N-neville long bottom." Persephone quickly leaned over and patted Harry's knee. He only flinched softly at the touch. "Harry this boy. He's part of your family." Harry shot Neville a look. "Y-you are?" Neville seemed to go a bit pink and anxious. "Your mother was my godmother And mine..yours. I just thought you didn't want anything to do with me because you never wrote back."
Harry gave the boy a pitiful look then looked down. "I didn't know I never got any letters." Persephone stood and pulled the long bottom boy in. Making him sit beside Harry. "you didn't?" Neville spoke softly. "no, I was with my aunt and uncle in the muggle world until I got my letter on my birthday. I didn't even know I was a wizard until then." Neville looked ashamed. "Harry I had no idea. I need to let my grandmother know right away." The boy stood and gave him a small grin. "We'll be as close as brothers again. I swear." The ride continued in silence, Hermione reading Hogwarts history. Persephone lent Harry a book on magical history. And herself was halfway deep into a charms book. The trolley had come and Persephone grabbed a few things for each of them, Hermione casually nibbled on a sugar quill, and Harry was tossing a Bertie botts bean into his mouth before it twisted in disgust. "What flavor you get this time?"
"Liver."
"Nasty "
Hades mowed from his basket and stretched. Hermione glanced up and squealed. "Oh he is adorable!" She made to move before Persephone held up a hand to stop her. "Hold on Hermione, he's a magical jaguar, taken far too soon from his mother and is very skittish. Let me bring him to you for the first meeting ok?" Hermione hesitated but nodded, Harry had also noticed the jag, with a grunt Persephone picked up Hades and nuzzled him gently. He chuffed and tried to nuzzle into her chest. "Hey now mister, you have my friends to meet ok? They're nice, they won't hurt you, just like I won't ok?"
The jag chuffed again and looked to the two other kids staring at him and tried to shy away again. "Oh? I thought you were a tough guy?" He chuffed into her chest again. And turned to face the kids. "Ok Hermione. Slow let him sniff your hand first. Slow." Hermione moved at a snails pace until her hand was just before his face. He sniffed her a few times, then a few more before gently touching into her hand. "There ya go. Still slowly go ahead and give him a scratch or two. He'll warm up to you more. Now you Harry " Harry hesitated a bit more before he leaned across and held a shaking hand to him. Much to everyone's surprise Hades leapt off Persephone's lap and onto Harry, placing two paws on his shoulder and sniffing his scar deeply. Then, Persephone screamed.
Hermione was softly touching her face when Persephone groaned and opened her eyes. Tonks was in the compartment looking down at her with a soft frown. "Wotcher Persephone you okay?" Her head hurt badly, but all she could ask for was the blank journal in her trunk. "We can't open it …" Persephone growled and tapped the trunk with her wand. The trunk flew open. After a moment of looking Harry pulled out a bright red journal and quill and ink. Ignoring everyone who kept asking questions, she began to furiously write.
My name is Peggy Oswald
Born in Ephraim Utah. In 2000. I received a time turner replica necklace from an unknown person on my 17th birthday. Something happened and I was teleported to magical Britain in 1991. My name is now Persephone Gallows and I am 11 years old. I am a witch. I have a vault numbered 717 from a family friend. I have a different family who is unknown to me.
I have knowledge of the universe I thought was fiction.
1st year, the philosopher's stone. Third floor corridor, guarded by traps made by the professors.
Fluffy, a Cerberus: music to put him to sleep, trap door.
Devil's snare
Flying keys
Troll
Chess set
Potion logic
Mirror of erised
Squirrel lets in a troll, attacks Hermione in the bathroom.
2nd year
Dobby
Basilisk. Entrance to the chamber of secrets in the girls lavatory on the third floor. Sink,
parselmouth.
Mrs Norris
Colin creevy
Justin Finch feltchy
Sir Nicholas
Hermione
Penelope Clearwater
Ginny Weasley
3rd year
Sirius black and peter petigrew.
Remus lupin werewolf
Dementors
Map
4th year
Triwizard tournament
Dragons
Black lake hostages
Ron Weasley
Hermione
Gabriel delicoure
Cho chang
Maze trophy portkey to graveyard
Ritual,
Bone of the father unknowingly given
Flesh of the servant willingly given
Blood of the enemy forcibly taken
5th year
Dolorous umbridge
Dumbledores army
Arthur Weasley attacked by nagini
Gwamp
DOM Sirius death through the Vail
Voldemort is back
6th year
Half blood prince book
Horcruxes
1- riddles diary chamber of secrets
2-gaunts ring - gaunt shack
3-hufflepuffs cup- lestrange vault
4- ravenclaws diadem- room of lost things
5-slytherins locket- grimmuald place
6- nagini
7- harry
7th year
Wizard war
Trio on the run
Luna, ollivander locked in malfoy manner
Attack on hogwarts
Remus KIA
Tonks KIA
Fred Weasley KIA
Collin and Dennis creevy KIA
Lavender brown KIA
Dobby KIA
Persephone began to sweat as she wrote. All of her new friends just started at her concerned. She had used at least 10 pages already. "Persephone… please talk to us." Hermione spoke softly, her voice softly squeaked. Persephone looked up and felt her heart clench at her friends face. The worry in her eyes.
"I'm sorry you guys…just give me a few more moments please." Persephone finished up the thought and closed the journal. "Tonks…I need you to help me put a lock on this journal that only I or anyone I say is ok, can open it." Tonks scratched her head with her wand and bit her lower lip. "Um, I'm not sure I can. It would need to be rune based and I wasn't as good at runes as I should have been. I would ask professor flitwick when you get to the school. He is the charms professor." Persephone sighed but nodded. "I'm ok guys. I had uh.. a vision and had to write it down before I forgot it all. I apologize. I don't know if I should talk about it though." Tonks nodded at that and felt her forehead once more before giving her a piece of chocolate to eat. "I would eat that slowly. I'm no healer but that probably drained your magic pretty good. Take it easy and get changed we're about an hour out now." Persephone blanched. "How long was I out?!"
"Two hours." Hermione softly spoke looking her over once again. Hades had perched himself in Harry's lap vibrating softly while Harry's color seemed to get better and better as the cub did so. "damn…" Persephone started before Hermione smacked the back of her head. "Language!" Persephone chuckled. Harry blushed madly as he stood outside of the compartment already dressed while the girls changed. He didn't like the fact he was curious about what all they wore and scowled at himself for thinking such things. Persephone had turned her back to Hermione, her face a blaze. What is wrong with me? She thought to herself quickly as possible putting on her trousers. It had taken quite a bit of begging to get Madame Milkens to let her measure for trousers and not a skirt. She wasn't comfortable in a skirt and Madame Milkens had to write a letter to the deputy headmistress in order to inform her of the request. There wasn't a rule per say about what style uniform they had to wear but it was required to wear one.
Hermione had pulled up her skirt by the time Persephone turned around and still bright red. Hermione gave her a confused look. "You can wear pants?" Persephone nodded scratching her cheek softly. "I asked if it was ok, and was told there was no rule saying I couldn't as long as I wore a uniform." Hermione smiled "it suits you. With the shorter hair and all. Very tomboyish." Persephone let out a soft breath and smiled back. "Thank you." Harry was let back in and helped with adjusting his tie, as well as Persephone's. The window outside was dark, only a faint line of light in the distance. The train came to a stop and the three pulled their trunks off and set them in the pile with the others, Hades however refused to be left with the other pets and instead curled into Persephone's robes. Harry let Hedwig out of her cage and she took off into the night.
"First years! First years this way!" A large man with a scraggly beard waved a lantern. "There's Hargid." Harry said happily. "Well come on then," holding out her arm to Hermione who linked it doing the same to Harry on the other side. "To Oz?" Hermione chuckled and looked to Harry who seemed to vaguely recall the reference. "to Oz!" Hermione agreed loudly as they walked off Persephone humming the tune as they walked. As it was four to a boat, and Persephone eyed the red head still looking for Harry she assumed, she grabbed a blonde with a cool expression, she just so happened to bring her friend as well a soft brunette, it was a weird squeeze but they all managed to sit in the boat without it toppling over.
"My name is Persephone Gallows, these are my friends Harry and Hermione. May we know your names?" The blonde looked her up and down and her facade slipped briefly. A light dust came and went off her cheeks in a flash. *Daphne Greengrass and this is Tracey Davis. Pleasure." Persephone noticed the proper acting they had and knew instantly they had to be either pure blood or half blood. Hermione was going to instantly fire off about something, but Persephone quickly placed a hand on hers shushing the girl with a look. "Hermione, I know you like to share what all you learned, but it kind of comes off as arrogant and rude. Like you're better than them. Its not great for first impressions." Persephone whispered in her ear. Hermione turned red with indignation. Before suddenly looking down embarrassed. "It's nice to meet you as well." That was all she said. "I'm sorry Hermione, I just want you happy…" Persephone whispered again looking away and scratching Hades hidden head. "What kind of kitten did you get?" Asked a curious Tracey, seeing just the tip of his ear. "He is a magical jaguar. His name is Hades. But he is shy and skittish. And the water might spook him right now, I'd be happy to introduce both of you to him if you like when we get to shore. Only my friends can pet him?" She looked at both girls curiously. "Perhaps." Was Daphne's response, but her gaze fell on the cub thinking it over to herself. "I'm down!" Tracey explained. "Magical jaguars are rare and you bonded to one! I wanna know how!"
The five of them grew quiet as the castle came into view. It was magnificent. "Wow. It's beautiful." Persephone whispered loud enough the others agreed with her. They all exited the boat carefully, walking out to the path they would walk up to the castle. They all paused hanging back a little bit, Persephone pulling out Hades and instructing Tracey just what to do. Hades for his part was warming up faster and faster thanks to the gentle nudges and encouragement from his person. Tracey basically cub napped the cub by the time they got to the front doors, which Hagrid opened easily and ushered the kids inside. "Oh he's so handsome and sweet. I could just squeeze him!" Hades looked around for help, which Persephone came to his rescue. "Aww. I can play with him sometimes right? Please?" Persephone smiled. "As long as no matter what house we all go into we stay friends." Tracey eagerly nodded her head, even her best friend Daphne let a rare smile grace her face. Friends in Slytherin…check. She thought to herself. Then turning to the others in the atrium she gave them all the same look. "No matter what house, we stay friends. Ravenclaws is a foot in for Hermione. She's too book smart for our good ha." Persephone teased with a slight bite of her tongue and wink to the bushy haired girl. "I don't care what house I'm in, as long as I'm with you guys." Harry agreed as did Neville who finally found his way to the group again. Once a stern looking woman entered and gave a speech about your houses being your family and letting them into the great hall, Persephone linked arms with Hermione again as they walked two by two. "Hermione…I've never had a female friend before…I hope we can stay good friends. Maybe even best friends one day." She whispered. Hermione grinned. "I think so too." Upon walking in they saw a raggedy old hat sitting on a stool. Once the professor explained what would happen a boy shouted out something about trolls which made everyone laugh.
The hat woke up and began to sing.
