Last hope (a marauders era story)

3.

As we get off the train, I notice a huge man, like half a giant, "firs' years over ere" he yells loudly, follow Severus and lily, with Remus walking next to me, when we get to the man, he gestures behind him, I feel my face pale, and I go stiff, I. hate. Water, I start to shake, when I notice Andy walking over to me, he wraps his arms around me and addresses the man, "hagrid, d'you mind if i take charm, in the carriage's?" He yells over the hubbub of 1st years, hagrid, sighs, "ah wish yeh could, but ah dinnae wan Tae get fired yeh ken" he says, Andy nods and kneels in front of me, "hey," he shakes my shoulders, "you'll be fine" he says kissing my head and joining Lexi, I take a deep breath and shudder, before grabbing a tight hold of Remus' arm, he jumps a little startled, but helps me on the boat, he, Severus and lily, sit on the benches while I slide down the edge and curl in a ball, waiting.

I gasp as I'm pulled out of the boat by a pair of strong arms, "hey, I told you you'd be fine" Andy says in my hair, I start shaking, and I bury my head in his chest, he carries me, into the school, but puts me down outside the big double doors, "look charm, I've got to go now ok" he says, pulling away from me, I take a deep breath, and reach a hand into my robes, pulling out a chocolate frog and biting Into it, sighing quietly when a warm feeling washes through me, I then pull out an acid pop, as I go and stand next to lily and Severus, lily puts her arm around me, "you ok?" She whispers, I nod as the huge doors open, and we walk in.

"black, Sirius" professor McGonagall calls out, I stiffen up, and watch as the hat chats with him, "GRYFFINDOR" it yells, I gasp, as Sirius looks shocked, as he walks toward the red and gold table, I wait, as another couple of people are called, "Evans, lily" McGonagall says, the hat sits for a moment before yelling out Gryffindor, I sigh, "lupin, Remus" she yells, and the hat yell after a minute, Gryffindor, I groan, "Saltford, Amy-Charmaine" I breath in deep, and walk up to the hat, and sit on the stool, as McGonagall places the hat on my head, "hm, what is this" a voice in my ear says, and I jump, "oh dear, sorry, I gave you a fright, huh" i realise that it is the hat, i smile, "well then, you are extremely brave, that's pretty much all you need to get into Gryffindor, but you would stick by your family and friends, no matter what the cost, that gives you an aptitude for hufflepuff, and you are amazingly smart, that'll be the ravenclaw in you, but you have an uncanny ability to bend people to your will, make them do whatever you want them to do, you can also be vindictive to those that hurt you of friends or family, you are sneaky, oh this is so hard, best be ..........SLYTHERIN" I feel a grin a mile wide appear on my face as I skip to join the rest of the slytherin's, I catch Sirius' eye and he smiles, lily waves, James glares, and Remus, taking his nose from the book gives me a slight nod, I grin and turn back to the hat, which is on Severus's head, I hold my breath, "SLYTHERIN" it yells and I grin, clapping loudly, he sits next to me, "hi" he says, a small smile on his face, "hi" I reply, smiling, I look around and dig a hand into my pocket, and hand him an acid pop, he rolls his eyes and throws it in his mouth, as the headmaster stands up, "good evening children, and welcome to Hogwarts school of witch craft and wizardry,for those of you that have been here, welcome back, now I have a few announcements to make before we eat, Mr filch reminds me, that their will be no hexing or jinxing people in the corridors, and not to leave your dorm at night, at night there will be scary ghosts lurking around waiting to scare the socks of d'you, on that happy note tuck in" he says as he sits back down, I nudge sev, and grab a plate, placing a well done t-bone steak on my plate garnished with lettuce and tomatoes, with gravy, I cut a small corner off and delicately place it in my mouth, i continue this until the steak is finished, then I spear a piece of lettuce and place it in my mouth, "how can you eat that stuff, It's disgusting" Severus says, placing a mushroom in his mouth, I wrinkle my nose, " to each her own" I say biting into the tomato, wiping the juice off my chin, with a napkin, I finish, my plate of food and it disappears, I smile, and stand up, and go to the middle, grabbing a bowl, and placing apple slices and strawberries and raspberries and cherries, and grapes, in it, with a small scoop of ice cream, and sit back in my place, when someone, in back robe sits next to me and steals a raspberry, I turn to the girl with the heavily lidded eyes, and smirk, "c'mon Bella, can't a girl eat in peace" I say taking a small sip of pumpkin juice, she shakes her head, "nope, here gotcha something" she throws a small package in front of me, and I open it, finding a small charm, a snake shaped as an s, I smile and clip it to the bracelet, waving it at Bella, she nods and turns to her dinner, when u realise something, my eyes widen and I jump out of my seat, and run over to the Gryffindor table, attracting a few curious eyes as I go, I stop behind Sirius, "what d'you think aunt walburga and uncle Orion will say?" I whisper in his ear, he jumps, "merlins beard charm you scared me" he yells, as the whole hall goes silent, I look up, "what d'ya think yer all looking at?" I yell, my thick scottish accent showing, they all turn away and continue their conversations, "I dont know, probably disown me" he says with a laugh, I crack a grin, "if they dont kill you first" I joke, James glowers at me, "shouldn't you be rubbing shoulder with your new friends over there" he says, gesturing behind him, I raise my eyebrows, " they're not friends they're family" I say, he scoffs, "course they are, all the same you lot are" I frown, and move some platters, off the table, and stand on it, " right people, I just want one small, teensy tiny little thing," everyone is looking at me now, "if you are related to me in any way whatsoever, I want you to stand up," I say, and immediately, the twins at ravenclaw rise to their feet, as does, Sirius, and one by one, almost half the slytherin house is standing, along with a quarter of ravenclaw, and a small amount of people from hufflepuff and Gryffindor, I turn to James, "as I said, my family", I jump from the table, and hug Sirius before going back to my own table, getting claps on the back from everyone.