My Own Treachery

Chapter 3 | To Hogwarts | Part 1

I stood in silence with Ava in the entry way of our home, she was holding in her hand, her pet of choice, a comet moth, that had a copper colored body with tan and blue wings, with copper designs going along its wings. Ashanti, the moth was large, a few inches larger than the sugar glider, whom sat happily on my shoulder.

Capone was sitting happily dozing off with his little body curled up on my shoulder with his soft body against my neck. As usual he had his tail linked under my shirt as his little paw held on to my bra strap that was separated from his paw by my green shirt, that matched his sugar glider sized scarf.

Ava released a sigh of annoyance, "I wish we could just go ourselves, we're going to be late and miss the train at this rate" She moaned looking up at the large clock.

We were waiting for our parents to take us to the Kings Cross Station, to get on the train that would take us to Hogwarts. Both Ava and I had already packed everything up in our trunks and loaded them into the flying car we were going to take. Now we stood in the entry way, with our caged ravens and the two small creatures, that were coming along with us.

Before I could express my irritation, two house elves walked in, dressed in their blue button up shirts and tan pair of pants. The male house elf i knew to be Babby, the female one I believed was Topsy?

"Young Ravenclaws, Babby and Tomley, take and sister train" The female spoke, I cursed myself mentally, getting her name wrong.

I shook my head once I registered what Tomley had just said, with a sigh, accepting that mother and father were to busy to take us to school. It wasn't something new. Ava on the other hand had her face screwed up; with her brows close together, her nostril's flaring and a nasty glare on her face, obviously angry at our parents. But she didn't say anything. Instead she just placed Ashanti, her moth, on top of her head, and picked up her ravens Butterbeans', cage and she stomped out the door. I followed behind her, with Tinkers' cage.

The ride to Kings Cross was silent for the most part, aside from the elves chatting, about how our time away would be good for us, and how they, and the other elves would miss us and other hogwash. Earning a few small responses from Ava and I.

Once at the station, the elves took our luggage to the train, after Ava had pulled out the small enchanted round glass that was in a bubble shape, with a copper outside that had designs engraved in it, and placed Ashanti into the small cage. While I move Capone into a pocket that was sewed on the inside my trench coat, just so he could sit. Our Ravens were then taken to where I assumed the owls were being held on the train.

Waving off the elves, thanking them for taking us here. Ava and I headed for the train, forgetting our displeasure of waiting and the lack of our parents attention. Once on the train we found an empty compartment, I sat close to the window. Once I sat down Capone had crawled out of the inner pocket and ended up laying on my lap, still inside the jacket, probably to avoid the harsh bright lights, so he could sleep.

" I think I'm going to go see if I can find Hannah or Susan, see you later" She informed me, quickly leaving the compartment, before I could reply. Hanna Abbott and Susan Bones were two of her friends, both were half bloods, i believed?

I rolled my eyes, turning I looked out the window. Watching as people rushed around the platform, either throwing things on the train, saying goodbyes or rushing to get on the train.

Some of the families I saw were notable, a large ginger family, I figured were the Weasleys, my mother often talked about the living situation of gingered family, contemplating on why the kids weren't taken away as she had seen the home of the Weasleys a few times, due to her work as a real estate owner, usually showing up to the Weasleys to get their late rent. I'd never visited but apparently they lived as a third world family, at least in the eyes of mother. Another group i recognized a pair of white blond haired males, the Malfoy family. My father knew the father Lucius, my father expressed that the man was decent, a bit of an air head.

I had sat there staring at the families, till the door to the compartment opened, looking over I saw a girl, with busy brain hair, matching her pair of brown eyes, in her hand was a cat carrier and in her other hand was her book sack.

"Hello, would it be alright if i saw here?" she asked, showing her rather large buck teeth, with a bossy tone, I gave a simple nod. Shutting the door she took a seat across from me, setting her cat box on the seat turned away from the window, and she held her hand out, smiling as she introduced herself, "Hermione Granger, you are?" She asked.

Politely I gave her a smile, operating on autopilot mode, "Amber Rose Ravenclaw" Hoping my hand wasn't sweaty or shaking i held her hand in my own shaking it.

She gasped, "Like the house Ravenclaw?" She questioned lifting an eyebrow.

I gave a sleepish smile, forgetting the fact that I'd probably be known, "Rowena Ravenclaw is my, great, great, great" I paused for a moment before realizing how boring I sounded, I then shook my head and spoke again, with slight humor in my tone "She's my really great grandmother, I'm a decedent of her"

Hermione nodded smiling, "That's pretty interesting" she noted, "So, you're going into the Ravenclaw house then? Or are you smart alike the house?" she questioned.

"I hope so, if I don't end up in Ravenclaw, I have no idea how my parents will react" I replied to her first question, feeling a bit nervous about the thought of how my parents would react, if either Ava or I ended up in another house, then I continued answering the other question, "I like to think I have the intellectual traits of Ravenclaw" We paused our conversation as the train began to move, scaring the two of us, as it had caught us off guard, I then looked to the bushy haired girl, "What house do you think you'll be sorted into?"

"Hopefully, into either Ravenclaw or Gryffindor, I don't really want to be in the other two houses." She answered, "From what I've read Hufflepuffs are a bit to kind for my liking and Slytherin is a bit to mean for my liking. Also you-know-who cam from there" She whispered the last part, not naming the wizard who's name struck fear into the wizarding world.

I smiled and nodded, "I agree, but they aren't that bad, the Puffs are hardworking and defiantly the ones I'd prefer in a group class project, they follow orders without much argument, so as long as they aren't scared of you, Slytherin's I think I'd prefer if there were some sort of competition that needs clever thinking"

Hermione then nodded, "I guess so-" she was then interrupted turning her head to the door of our compartment opening. Looking we both took notice of the boy short, chubby and blond boy with a round face had opened the door. He seemed to be a bigger nervous wreak than I felt.

"Um, have you seen my toad um toad?" He asked in a shy quiet voice.

I shook my head no, as I did Hermione had jumped right up, "I'll help you find your toad, what's his name and what type is he?" She questioned.

The boy seemed to get more nervous at the boldness of the girl, "Um, he's brown with black eyes, named Trevor" He replied quietly and quickly.

I had did a face palm at his answer, "I guess we will start searching the train, when was the last time you saw him?" I asked, feeling a bit brave, out of my annoyance towards his simple answer.

"Well, um" He whispered, looking down at his feet.

Hermione then spoke up, "Alright you and I will search around and ask others" She instructed looking to me, "Would you mind staying here and watching my stuff and Crookshanks?" She questioned,I assumed Crookshanks was her cat. Giving her a smile and nodded, I'd rather stay here with Capone and the cat, instead of walking around the train and running into people.

The two had left and i had gotten up, figuring now was a good time to get my uniform and robes on, we wouldn't be at Hogwarts for awhile, but at least this way I can be dressed now, rather then later, getting dressed with Hermione and others, or going to the bathroom and taking up the stall just to get dressed.

I had set Capone on the seat, taking off my trench coat so he could just snuggle into it, taking out my wand I gave it a flick and swish of my wand, casting a charm on the door and glass, so no one could see or just walk into the compartment. Figuring since we were on the train to Hogwarts and a simple spell wouldn't go noticed by anyone, as I was to young to be using magic as it were.

Once I had on the required uniform, i looked at my reflection in the window of the compartment, biting my lip as i changed my hair style, instead of being shoulder length long, I changed it to longer, once it had grown a few inches longer, i undid the charm as I sat back down, and proceeded to make it into a polished loop braid, having it fall over my right shoulder to my front.Once I was done Capone had crawled up to my shoulder, probably irritated that I had put my trench coat away, waking him from is nap. He proceeded to crawl to the back of my robes and into the hood of the robe.

Hermione hadn't returned yet. I let out a sigh and pulled a book out from my bag and began to read.