Cosmina Potter is Harry Potter's younger sister. She will have to learn how to accept her Slytherin side in Hogwarts as she works out her own differences from her brother.
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"Come on ! Quickly ! We're late !" Mrs. Weasley cries as we run towards the barrier. Percy runs through first, and then, I run through in between Fred and George. With no time to look back, we load our trunks onto the train and rush in to find a compartment.
I walked into the Slytherins' compartment to look for Beth as the train started moving. As soon as I open the door, I see Draco lying down in Pansy's lap. Uhhh... what ? Thankfully, I also see Blaise, Theo, and Beth, looking incredibly uncomfortable.
"Hey, Beth." I say. She smiles as she sees me, and jumps up.
"Hey, Mina ! Is Mione here ?" She asks as I nod. Draco turns around at the sound of my voice, and goes to move out of Pansy's lap, but she pushes him back down, smirking at me. I ignore them.
"Theo, Blaise, wanna come ?" I ask them. They nodded and hopped out. We head out of the room.
"Mina !" I hear Draco calling my name. I roll my eyes.
"You guys go on, I'll be a sec." I say. They nod and leave. "What's up ?" I asked Draco as he approached me.
"Umm, why didn't you ask me to come join you guys." He said, so quietly. I blink in surprise. Then, I chuckle.
"I just thought that you looked pretty comfy with Pansy back there. Anyway, I also wouldn't have thought that you'd like to spend the train ride with my blood traitor friends." I say, mocking him. He sighs.
"You know, I can't control what my father said." He says. I sigh and nod.
"I know, but that doesn't mean I like it." I replied. He nods, silently, and turns around. I turn the other way and join my Slytherin friends and Hermione in a compartment. I'm happy to see that they're all getting on pretty well. They smile at me as I enter the compartment.
"How did it go with Draco ?" said Beth, asking me. I sigh.
"I don't really know anymore. I definitely don't like what his father said about you and the Weasleys, Mione, but I know he has no control over that, either." I say. The others nod. Thankfully, the subject's changed, and I find myself laughing and talking with my friends.
"Have you seen Harry and Ron ?" said Hermione, asking me. I shake my head and frown.
"No, I haven't seen them since King's Cross." I say. She frowns.
"We should look for them." She says. I nodded, and we walked out of the compartment together. She turns one way and I turn the other way, asking people if they've seen either Harry and Ron. I arrive at the end of the train with no luck so far. There's only one compartment left, the Slytherin one. I sigh and open the door.
"What are you doing here again ?" said Pansy. I roll my eyes and ignore her.
"Have either of you seen Harry or Ron ?" I said, asking him. Before Draco can respond, Pansy snorts.
"Why would we even want to see them ?" She asks. I stare at her.
"Oh, I'm sorry that you don't have any family that you love and care about, but I do. The next time you are worried about your family or friends, I'll just laugh at you and tell you that I don't care either !" I say. Both Draco and Pansy look shocked. Good. "Now, have either of you seen Harry or Ron ?" I ask again. They both shake their heads. "See, that's all you had to do in the first place !" I say and walk away.
"No luck." I say, arriving back in my compartment. "What about you ?" I ask Hermione. She shakes her head. I sit down next to Theo and stare out the window, worried about my brother. Theo puts his hand on my leg.
"He'll be ok." He says. I just nod and look back out the window.
****************************************************** In the Great Hall, there's still no sign of my brother and his red headed friend. I kept glancing at the Gryffindor table to see if either of them had arrived. I'm sitting with my usual friends. That's Beth, Theo, Blaise, and Draco. His boulders are here too, but the rest of us are just ignoring them. Beth smiles at me.
"Harry will be ok." She tells me, smiling so sadly. I just look at her.
"I don't know. Someone was very intent on him not coming to Hogwarts this year." I say. The others look at me, so weirdly, but I don't say anything about Dobby. Theo puts his arm around my shoulders, and I relax into him, resting my head on his shoulder and closing my eyes. He squeezes my shoulders and I smile. I have amazing friends. I open my eyes slightly to see Draco glaring daggers at Theo. I roll my eyes. Boys.
Lockhart is introduced at the feast, proving to be a selfish idiot. I roll my eyes as he stands up and gives a very self centered speech. Beth, on the other hand, is staring at him, so intently, like all the other girls in the hall. Blaise sees me and smiles.
"Not a fan of Lockhart, Mina ?" He asked, smirking at me. Draco and Theo look at me. I roll my eyes again.
"Definitely not ! He's a self centered prat ! I hate people like that. People who only care about themselves and put others down, even if they do it without realizing it." I say. Just then, I realized that Draco pretty much fits that category. He seems to have thought so too, as he looks a little uncomfortable. Oh, well, let him learn from his own mistakes.
**************************************************** Back in the common room, I hear the news about the flying car. How Harry and Ron flew it to Hogwarts and how they apparently missed the train, so they had to. If you can't tell, I'm furious ! How could they be that stupid ?! Why would they do that ?! I'm pacing in the common room, in front of the fire. Theo and Draco looked at me, so worriedly. Beth sighs and turns to me.
"Give it a rest, will you ? You're driving us all crazy !" She says, so exasperated. I glared at her, but then sighs and sat down between her and Theo. Blaise chuckles. I glare at him. He raises his hands up in mock surrender.
"Sorry, it's just funny. If anyone else said what Beth just did to you, you would've snapped at them until their ego gets blasted into oblivion !" He says, chuckling again. I stare at him for a moment, but then burst out laughing. I can't help it !
"You know the worst part about that ?!" I said, laughing so loudly. "It is completely true !" I say. Everyone else laughs at that. Ahh, I have the best friends ever. Have I ever mentioned that ?
*************************************************** I located Harry and Ron and stormed up to them.
"What were you thinking, you idiot ?!" I said, hitting Harry in the chest. Everyone around us stops and stares, including my Slytherin friends. Harry looks shocked.
"We had to ! Otherwise, we wouldn't have gotten to Hogwarts !" He says.
"Why didn't you just send the school an owl ?! I trust that you haven't lost Hedwig ! She could've easily taken a letter to the school, and they could've come back, and got you !" I said, yelling at him.
"Yeah, we know that, now. But we didn't think so. Don't make me feel worse !" He says.
"Worse ?! You're lucky you weren't expelled ! And as for "worse", no one else is going to, so you might as well listen to me !" I say. Harry looks at me and sighs. Ron just looks guilty.
"Exactly, you're right. No one else is going to tell me off. But that's because we don't have anyone left. So, I think we need to support each other." He says. I look at him for a minute and sigh.
"I hate it when you're right." I said, walking away. I feel his smirk on the back of my head, but I don't turn around. I walked back to my Slytherin friends. Theo smirks at me.
"Oh, shut up !" I said, hitting him in the chest. He just chuckles. Ugh. Sometimes, I hate my friends.
