𝒫𝓇𝑜𝓅𝒽𝑒𝒸𝓎 ~𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛

~𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝕱𝖔𝖚𝖗~ (edited)

𝙳𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝙰𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔

"ᴡʜʏ ᴅᴏ ɪ ʜᴜʀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇs ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʟɪғᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴜᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴏʀsʜɪᴘ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇs ᴡʜᴏ ᴄʀᴜsʜ ᴍᴇ?"

~Rupi Kaur

*✭˚･ﾟ✧*･ﾟ*✭˚･ﾟ✧*･ﾟ*

On September 1st I woke up to the sound of banging on my door.

"Ara! You really must get up! We are leaving for the train in 10 minutes!" I heard someone call out from behind the door.

Groaning, I sat up and looked at the clock. Shit. Ten minutes!?

"Alright, alright I'm up. I'll be out in time," I responded, but mainly to myself because I don't think they stuck around any longer.

I jumped up and started rummaging through my trunk looking for my clothes. I had noticed the other day that Dumbledore had got me a lot of new clothes. It felt weird putting on stuff he picked out, so I stuck with what I knew. I wasn't sure if there was a dress code at Hogwarts though, so I was careful with my choices.

I didn't have much time for my hair so I just threw it in two braids.

Looked around the room for anything I was missing before walking over to Zeus and trying to persuade him into his cage. He really didn't want to go in. Eventually, he agreed after some bribery and perched on the branch in the middle of the cage.

When I made it to the dining room of the leaky cauldron, I saw Hermione, Mrs. Weasley, and Ginny giggling away at some story Mrs. Weasley was telling them. Something about a love potion. I saw Harry and Ron chatting then Percy stomped in, fuming. Everyone was piling the trunks by the staircase so I followed them and stacked my things on top.

"Ara! There you are! You look cute!" Hermione motioned me to go over to her.

"Oh uh, thanks?" I was unsure how to respond to the compliment, was she joking? Did I leave something on my face?

Her cat hissed loudly, probably because Ron set his rat down.

"It's alright, Crookshanks," Hermione cooed through the cage, "I'll let you out once we get on the train."

"Good Morning Harry," I greeted when he got closer to Hermione and I. But she was now trapped in an argument with Ron.

"Good Morning. Are you er- excited for Hogwarts?" He asked awkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Yeah, I guess so. This whole Witch thing is all new to me so I'm not sure how I'll do," I spoke honestly. I'll probably be so behind.

Mr. Weasley, who had been waiting outside for the cars, stuck his head inside.

"Alright everyone! Ministry cars are here!" He called, waving us all over. There were two dark green vehicles waiting outside for us. I got paired in a car with Ginny, the twins, and Mrs. Weasley. I spent most of the ride to, what I was told, Kings Cross station talking with Fred and George about nonsense. They told me about how I would get sorted into a house when I got to Hogwarts and that they spend most of their time pranking anyone and everyone there.

I didn't want them to feel pressured to talk to me but I genuinely enjoyed their company.

They filled me in on what happened previous years and why the hell Harry is so popular. Apparently he had defeated a 'great wizard' when he was only one year old, then again his first year of school, then he killed some giant snake thing last year. Ginny had talked about how she was possessed by Voldemort, or 'He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named", I don't know why we aren't allowed to say his name. I mean it is just a name.