Just another Weasley~(Harry potter ff)

Chapter 2~Start of Something Big.

Harry was starting to get desperate.
He was standing between platform 9 and 10, the thing was he had to get to platform 9 3/4! The other thing was people were giving him weird looks though it was fair, if a little boy was standing with a large trunk and an owl looking absolutely lost he'd be freaked out too. He was about to give up hope when a voice snapped him out of his daze of hopelessness.
"-packed with muggles,
of course-"
Harry swung around, the speaker was a plump woman who was talking to four boys and one girl. The boys all had fiery red hair and the girl looked completely different than them so she instantly caught Harry's eye. She had long locks of blond hair rolling down her back as she walked closely with one of the boys. Each of them was pushing a trunk like Harry's, he quickly followed after them his heart hammering and when they stopped so did he.
He also took notice of another red-haired girl who was holding the plump woman's hand but her other hand reached out and clutched the blonde girls.
"Mom can't I go..." She whimpered.
"You're not old enough Ginny now be quiet, alright Percy, you go first." He heard the woman say and what looked like the oldest boy marched forward. Harry watched carefully but just as the boy reached the dividing barrier he disappeared.
Harry blinked in confusion.
"Fred, you next." The woman proclaimed. "I'm not Fred I'm George"! Piped up the boy who started striding toward the barrier. "Honestly and you call yourself our mother"! He scoffed.
"Just go"! The blonde girl suddenly pressed and Harry couldn't help but smirk at her commanding voice toward the boy. The boy chuckled before saying, "Only joking, I am Fred." Then he was gone and Harry had to blink again.
He was defiantly going mental.
What seemed to be his twin chased after him and then he disappeared too. "Alright Lia now you dear," the woman chimed turning to the blonde one.
She nodded quickly before planting a kiss on the little girl's head and then gracefully sprinted toward the barrier and then you just saw the ends of her hair before she disappeared altogether.
"Excuse me," Harry blurted out. "First time at Hogwarts?" The woman guessed.
"Ron's new too and so is Amelia" she pointed to where the blonde girl just vanished and the only fiery head boy left. "Er the thing is- I- don't know how to-" he stuttered out stupidly. "How to get on the platform"? She guessed again and he nodded quickly.
"Not to worry," she began.
"All you have to do is walk straight at the barrier between platforms nine and ten. Don't stop and don't be scared you'll crash into it, that's very important. Best do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous. Go on, go now before Ron."
"Er- okay," Harry said not so sure.
He pushed his trunk around and stared at the barrier.
One thing was for sure....
It looked very solid.
Meanwhile Amelia landed on the platform with a stumble and sprinted towards the Hogwarts express that loomed before her. A nervous feeling churned in her stomach as she looked around for a familiar face. She had decided after a few moments of waiting for Ron that he was probably going to take ages so she went to go find an empty compartment for them.
She thought about approaching some people and try to make friends but it all seemed so difficult, what if they didn't like her? What should she say? What should she do?
It wasn't long before she was scrambling on the train and was amazed to see all the kids, that she didn't notice she was right behind the twins as she still scanned the crowd in the train for Ron.
Fred looked back and instantly noticed Amelia behind them looking worried as he noticed she scanned the crowd looking for Ron. Yeah, where was he?
"Just follow us and we'll introduce you to some of our friends while we find an empty compartment." Fred advised trying to ease her worry by letting her tag along with them. She didn't even look at him as she continued to scan the crowd and a look of hurt darted across Fred's face.
"No thanks I'm going to pass I HAVE to find Ron," she replied putting emphasis on the 'have'. With that she moved in the opposite direction and down the train corridor.
Fred stared after her retreating figure and her blonde locks bouncing as she weaved through all the students. "I can't believe it, she didn't even look at me and she completely passed up my offer, too worried about her precious Ron"! Fred ranted to his brother but he was only half listening as he spotted their friend Lee Jordan who was signaling the twins toward an empty carriage.
"Well to be fair mate Ron is her best friend," was George's gruff reply.
"Well everyone seems to forget that I'm just as much her friend!" Fred snapped as he weaved in and out of the people following directly after his brother who had apparently spotted Lee before he did.
But then again George's thoughts weren't focused on a certain blonde.
"Whatever you say," George murmured back.
Amelia tried to weave her way while tugging her trunk to find an empty compartment but to her dismay they all seemed to be full. She then realized that she and Ron couldn't have their own compartment so they would have to share with somebody.
She stopped when she saw only one person sitting in a compartment, he was seated over by the window and Amelia couldn't really get a good look at him. She slid open the compartment door and stepped inside pulling her trunk and owl along with her. The boy looked up the moment she stepped inside but Amelia still didn't get a good look at him because his black hair fell in front of his face.
All she saw was his piercing green eyes.
"Sorry all the compartments are full, do you mind?" Amelia barely finished her question before the boy was saying, "not at all"! She sent him a thankful smile and rose on her tippy toes to try and put her trunk in the overhead bin for the luggage.
The reason it was so hard was because she noticed there were two trunks in the bin all ready. One she thought she recognized as Ron's and another one that had the initials H. P on the front. To say she was struggling was an understatement. She let out a gasp when the trunk was suddenly taken from her hands.
She stepped back and watched as the twins got her trunk up there with no problem at all. She would have laughed at them being show offs if her heart wasn't beating at there sudden entrance. Where did they come from?!
She didn't get to say thank you because Mrs. Weasleys voice sprang through the air.
"Fred? George? Amelia? Are you in there?"
"Coming mom!" The twins both said at once and then climbed out through the train, Amelia following right behind them to say goodbye to her.
Amelia sent the boy one last lingering look, what did those initials mean?
Harry slumped back in his seat, half hidden so he could watch the red- haired family and the blonde girl on the platform and hear what they were saying. Their mother had just taken out her handkerchief. "Ron you've got something on your nose." The youngest boy tried to jerk away but she grabbed him and began rubbing the end of his nose. The youngest boy whined and tried to wriggle free, Harry noticed that the blonde girl and the little red haired girl were clutching their stomachs in laughter.
"Aaah has ickle Ronnie got somefink on his nosie"? One of the twins asked, that only made the two girls laugh harder.
"Shut up."
Ron retorted after sending the two girls a glare. "Ok I'll stop laughing only because I love you Ron," the blonde girl managed through her laughter and the little girl nodded in agreement trying to conceal her laughter as well. Harry tried not to notice the glare one of the twins shot Ron after the blonde one said she loved him.
"Where's Percy"? Asked the mother.
"He's coming now," the blonde girl said pointing to the oldest boy that came striding towards them. "Can't stay long mother," he said gruffly. "I'm up front, the prefects have got two compartments to themselves-"
"Oh, are you a prefect Percy"? One of the twins interrupted with an air of surprise. "You should have said something we had no idea"
"Hang on, I think I remember him saying something about it." The other twin egged on.
"Once-"
"Or twice-"
"A minute-"
"All summer- "
"Oh, shut up." Percy the prefect scolded.
The blonde and the little girl erupted with laughter again. "All right dear, well, have a good term- send me an owl when you get there." She then kissed Percy on the cheek and he left. She turned a skeptical eye to the twins.
"Now, you two." She started making the two girls snicker.
"This year behave your selves. If I get one more owl telling me-" she sucks in a breath. "You've blown up a toilet or-" she was cut off, "Blown up a toilet? We've never blown up a toilet." They denied and then exchanged a look.
"Great idea though, thanks mom." They reached down and kissed her on the cheek before racing to get back on the train.
"Look after Amelia and Ron"! She yelled after their retreating figures. "Like that'll happen" he heard the one who was Ron snort followed by what he could only guess the blonde girl was Amelia jabbed him in the ribs. The woman then turned to Amelia and Ron, the little girl instantly started to cry.
"Oh, don't cry Gin." Amelia brushed the tears off her cheeks. "I'll send you tons of owls." Ron was already making his way on the train and Amelia followed shortly behind him sending the girl and the woman one last smile.
Harry felt the train start to pull out of the station and saw the little girl half laughing half crying as she ran after the train until it turned the corner.
As Amelia climbed on the train after Ron she had to swallow the lump in her throat from seeing Ginny cry.
"I put my stuff right in here," Ron was saying to her. She furiously whipped at her eyes to stop the tears from leaking. She looked up at where Ron was pointing and noticed the same boy that she sat her stuff with.
"That's so weird me too," she cracked a smile. Ron slid the door open and stepped inside Amelia followed her curls swishing as she spun on her heel to slide the door closed.
Once she turned around she noticed that the boy's hair wasn't in his face anymore and she could see him clearly. Her mouth dropped open and before she knew it her feet were taking her forward. Harry looked up in alarm as he noticed Amelia quickly approaching him. Ron didn't seem to notice because he was too busy taking scabbers out of his cage.
Amelia abruptly stopped in front of Harry not even noticing the alarmed look he was sending her. While Harry was preparing for whatever Amelia was going to do to him, it surely was something bad by the determined look on her face. To his surprise she gently reached her hand forward and her finger tips lightly skimmed his forehead to move his hair back. Her fingers then traced his lightning scar marveling at it. Usually Harry would jerk out of some one's touch if they made moves to touch his scar but this was different. There was general warmth radiating off her fingers as they traced his scar. He was only worried when she suddenly jerked away from his forehead letting out a shrill gasp. He blinked at her sudden reaction to his scar.
"You're Harry potter!!"
Her hand flew to her mouth. "Are you really Harry potter"? Ron blurted out, Amelia couldn't mask the emotions flooding through her.
She hadn't even seen that it was Harry Potter before!
She stumbled back still staring at his scar and she landed on the seat next to Ron. "So that's where You- Know- Who-"? Ron stuttered. "Yes," Harry answered knowing what he meant. "But I can't remember it," he added.
"Nothing"? Asked Ron eagerly and Amelia suppressed an eye roll of course Ron would ask about that, did he not consider Harry's feelings?
"Well I remember lots of green light, but nothing else." Harry stammers.
"Wow."
Ron and Amelia said at the same time. Ron continued to stare at Harry but Amelia quickly bumped him in the arm and Ron looked away.
He got Amelia's message: 'It's not good to stare.'
"Are all your family wizards"? Harry asked and Amelia could tell he was clearly trying to change the subject. However, Amelia didn't like the subject change, she didn't know if she wanted the great Harry Potter to know that she was only muggle born. Ron sensed her unease and acted as if she was truly a part of their family which in some senses she was.
"Er- yes I think so," he replied shortly actually thinking about it.
"I think moms got a second cousin who's an accountant, but we never talk about him." Amelia nodded along glad that Ron could see her discomfort.
"I would love to have three wizard brothers and a sister." Harry said after a brief silence.
"Five wizard brothers and two sisters." Ron corrected and Amelia couldn't help but laugh as Harry's widened eyes.
"I'm sixth in our family to go to Hogwarts along with Amelia here. You could say I've got a lot to live up to. Bill and Charlie have already left- Bill was head boy and Charlie was captain of Quidditch. Now Percy's a prefect. Fred and George mess around a lot, but they still get pretty good marks," Ron took a second to glance at Amelia. "I would say out of all of us Amelia's most like the twins." Harry couldn't help but chuckle as Amelia held her head in mock shame.
"Everyone expects me to do as well as the others, but if I do its no big deal because they did it first." When Ron said this Amelia moved her hand to rest on his.
"None of that matters because you should be your own person."
He ignored her words altogether.
"I never get anything new, I've got Bills old robes, Charlie's old wand and Percy's old rat." He motioned down to scabbers and Amelia winced.
"His name is scabbers and he's useless," Amelia said dryly and Harry hid a smile. Amelia then listened intently as Harry explained what his home life was like and Amelia couldn't help the expression of disgust that took form when he was describing the muggles he lived with. They were completely opposite of who her parents were.
She didn't think anyone could be so... Well she wasn't allowed to say those types of words.
"....And until Hagrid told me, I didn't know anything about being a wizard or about my parents or Voldemort-"
Amelia and Ron both gasped at the same time.
"What?" Harry asked arching his eyebrows. "You said You-Know-Who's name!" Amelia claimed sounding both shocked and slightly impressed which made Harry's heart hammer in his chest words tumbling out of his mouth.
"I just never knew you shouldn't. See what I mean? I've got loads to learn." Concern and worry clouded Harry's features and her heart went out to him.
"You won't be. There's loads of people who come from muggle families and they learn quick enough." She was saying before she could stop herself. Ron sent her a secretive glance but Harry didn't seem to notice as he nodded in relief.
A comfortable silence fell around them and Amelia stared out the window. They were out of London now and Amelia watched in relaxation as the rolling green hills sped past. It wasn't long before an old looking woman came by pushing a trolley full of candy. She could only guess this was the trolley George and Fred had been talking about last night.
"Anything off the cart dears"? She said sweetly.
And a grin broke out on Amelia's face when Harry practically bought the whole cart. It was nice sitting there with her best friend and what hoped would become one of her best friends eating their way through pastries.
"What are these"? Harry says shyly holding up a package of chocolate frogs. "They're not really frogs are they"?
Amelia's face brightens and she practically snatched the package from him. "No but they're my favorite, see!" She rips the package open and the chocolate frogs leap out. "See what the card is, I'm missing Agrippa!" Ron sighed as Amelia jumped around to catch the frogs.
Harry watched in amazement as one frog crawled on the window and then fell straight into Amelia's hand and she smiled widely at it. I could explain the irony of that to you, but not even Amelia knew yet.
"Oh of course you wouldn't know! Chocolate frogs have cards, inside them you know, to collect- famous witches and wizards. I've got about five hundred, but I haven't got Agrippa or Ptolemy." Ron says in exasperation but Amelia isn't listening as she giggles still trying to catch the frogs.
Harry unwraps one of the chocolate frogs that Amelia hands him and picks up the card. It showed a man's face, he wore half-moon glasses and had a long crooked nose along with flowing silver hair, beard and mustache. Under the picture was the name Albus Dumbledore.
"So this is Dumbledore"! Harry suddenly exclaims happily making Amelia and Ron jump.
"Don't tell me you've never heard of Dumbledore!" Amelia groaned but giggled as one of the frogs landed in Ron's fiery hair. "Can I have a frog? I might get Agrippa- thanks-" Ron said as Amelia plucked the frog off his head and handed it to him. Meanwhile Harry turned over his card and read:
ALBUS DUMBLEDORE
CURRENTLY HEADMASTER OF HOGWARTS
~Considered by many the greatest wizard of modern times, Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and his work on alchemy with his partner Nicolas Flamel. Professor Dumbledore enjoys chamber music and tenpin bowling.
After Harry was done reading his eyes widened when he saw the picture was empty!
"He's gone"! Harry gasped and when he looked up he met the amused eyes of Amelia and Ron. "Well you can't expect him to hang around all day," Amelia let out a laugh as she chewed on a chocolate frog.
"No! I've got Morgana again and I've already got three of her..." Ron swore and Amelia shook her head in disbelief about how obsessed Ron was.
Amelia worked on setting up a pile of chocolate frogs now that she had rounded them all up. "Do you want it? You can start collecting," she heard Ron say to Harry. She didn't pay attention to the conversation much.
"Help yourself," and Ron was snatching some chocolate frogs. "Hey save some for me"! Amelia said giving Ron an accusing look. After he promised to only take a couple Amelia sat back happily chewing on a frog. She watched Harry as he stared at the different wizarding cards in awe. But then saw his gaze switch to Bertie Bott's Every flavor Beans.
"You want to be careful with those," Ron warned Harry.
Amelia gave out a shudder, "Ugh I hate those."
Ron ignored Amelia's comment and began to explain to Harry. "When they say every flavor, they mean every flavor-you know, you get all the ordinary ones like chocolate and peppermint and marmalade, but then you get spinach and live and tripe. George reckons he had a booger-flavored one once." After Ron was done explaining Harry looked interested so they started trying different ones. Amelia was perfectly content watching them in amusement and occasionally laughing when they got a bad one and spit it out. The countryside was now flying past turning into deep twisting woods. Amelia shot out of her seat in surprise when there was a knock at the door. Not a second later a round faced boy stepped in the compartment looking tearful.
Amelia's face masked concern while the two boys just looked interested.
"Sorry," the boy started sucking in a deep breath.
"Have you seen a toad at all?"
They all shook their heads in unison. But they didn't realize shaking their heads meant the boy started wailing. Amelia flinched by the sudden sound and couldn't help but place a hand on the boy's shoulder in sympathy. "I've lost him! He keeps getting away from me"! The boy sobbed tears fell onto Amelia's hand and she quickly removed it. "He'll turn up" Harry tried to mutter reassuringly. "Well if you see him..." The boy said miserably before padding out of the room.
Amelia fell back on the seat again feeling sorry for the boy, but she also thought he was being a bit too emotional. "Don't know why he's so bothered" Ron mumbled. "If i'd brought a toad i'd lose it as quick as I could," he sighed.
"You brought scabbers so you can't even talk"! Amelia hissed and in return Ron poked his tongue out at her. They all looked at the rat that was still snoozing on Ron's lap. "He might have died and you wouldn't know the difference," Amelia taunted. Nothing in the world could make Amelia like that rat.
"I tried to turn him yellow yesterday to make him more interesting, but the spell didn't work I'll show you look..." Ron began to rummage for his wand while Amelia was reeled into a fit of laughter remembering what happened yesterday. Ron had just raised his wand when the compartment door slid open again.
The toadless boy was back, but this time he had a girl with him.
Amelia's eyes instantly darted to the girl who had a smirk set on her face. A smirk played on her lips as well just something about this girl screamed that they were going to be friends. She also noticed that she was already wearing her new Hogwarts robes.
"Has anyone seen a toad? Neville's lost one" she said briskly. Amelia narrowed her eyes, so that's what the boy's name was. Her tone just screamed the word bossy and it was a quality Amelia also had and liked it in a friend.
"We've already told him we haven't seen it." Ron snapped and Amelia cast him a disapproving look. When was he going to learn that to make friends you shouldn't be rude?! The girl wasn't paying attention to that she was paying attention to the wand in his hand. "Oh, are you doing magic? Let's see it then." Nobody could even process what she said before she took a seat across from Amelia.
Amelia who had already seen this spell fail and knew it was hilarious added, "Yeah Ron let's see it."
He sent her an annoyed glare before stuttering an okay. Then he cleared his throat and Amelia couldn't help the smile that appeared on her face as he started, Harry looked interested.
"Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow,
Turn this stupid, fat rat yellow."
He chanted and waved his wand, but nothing happened as Amelia expected.
"Are you sure that's a real spell"? The girl piped up frowning. "Well it's not very good is it"? Amelia snickered not being able to conceal her laughter.
After Amelia said this the girl launched into a whole speech and all three of them were barely able to keep up with the words tumbling out of her mouth.
"I've tried a few simple spells just for practice and it's all worked for me. Nobody in my family's magical at all." Amelia was very surprise when she heard this, another muggle born?
She thought she was the only one.
Amelia quickly snapped out of her thoughts and focused back on what the girl was saying.
"I mean, it's the very best school of witchcraft there is, I've heard- I've learned all our course books by heart, of course, I just hope it will be enough-I'm Hermione Granger, by the way, who are you"? The words had tumbled out of her mouth so fast it left the trio speechless.
Amelia was the first one to get out of her stunned state and she offered a little wave. "Amelia it's nice to meet you."
She nodded than looked at Ron because obviously since he was sitting right next to Amelia would be the next to say his name. "I'm Ron Weasley," he mumbled grumpily and Amelia knew it was because he teased him.
"Harry potter," Harry muttered quickly.
"Are you really"? Hermione gasped just like Amelia when she found out. But before Harry could respond words were tumbling out of her mouth again.
"I know all about you of course- I got a few extra books, for background reading, and you're in Modern Magical History and The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts and Great Wizarding Events of the Twentieth Century."
Harry looked dazed and Amelia stared down at her lap, ok so maybe she was wrong about this friend thing it was clear this girl could talk a lot.
"Am I"? Said Harry still feeling dazed.
"Goodness, didn't you know? I'd have found out everything I could if it was me," she said and then paused looking between the trio.
They all suddenly felt self-conscious under her gaze.
"Do either of you know what house you'll be in? I've been asking around, and I hope I'm in Gryffindor, it sounds by far the best; I hear Dumbledore himself was in it, but I suppose Ravenclaw wouldn't be too bad... Anyway, we'd better go and look for Neville's toad," she exhaled.
How could she say all of that it one breath? She got to her feet, "You three better change, you know I expect well be there soon." She advised before sweeping out of the room Neville marching miserably behind her.
Ron was the first to speak. "Whatever house I'm in I hope she's not in it," he groaned as he threw his wand down.
"Oh c'mon Ron I like her," Amelia interjected.
"Well you have sour taste in friends," Ron pointed out.
"Coming from my best friend"! Amelia shot back. Harry let out a light chuckle before asking, "Are you two always like this"?
"Always." They both said at once, Amelia frowned.
"Ugh now were starting to sound like the twins." She complained and Ron sent her a wry smile.
"Oh yeah what house are your brothers in"? That reminded Harry of the question he wanted to ask since Hermione had finished her little speech.
"Gryffindor" they both said at once again. Ron snickered while Amelia slammed her face in her hands. "Let's stop that," came her muffled voice from her hands.
Gloom settled over Ron, and Amelia could sense it since he went rigid at her side so she raised her head out of her hands. "My parents were in it too. I don't know what they'll say if I'm not." Amelia rubbed his arm, she also felt worried.
Her and Ron both just HAD to be in Gryffindor.
She exhaled, "Yeah I suppose Ravenclaw wouldn't be too bad but Slytherin is unimaginable." Her chest tightened just thinking about being put in Slytherin.
"That's the house Vol- I mean, You-Know-who was in"? Harry blurted out his elbows propped on his knees. "Yeah." Ron replied flopping back in his seat with Amelia still rubbing his arm comfortingly, he looked utterly depressed. Harry wanted to change the subject but he just didn't know how and at the moment he thanked the highest wizards out there that Amelia was there. "Did you hear about Gringotts? It's been all over the daily prophet, but I don't suppose you get that with the Muggles- someone tried to rob a high security vault."
Harry could do was blink. "Really? What happened to them"? He suddenly demanded. Ron was clearly eager with the subject change so he answered.
"Nothing, that's why it's such big news. They haven't been caught. My dad says it must've been a powerful Dark wizard to get around Gringotts, but they don't think they took anything, that's what's odd. Course everyone gets scared when something like this happens in case You-Know-Who's behind it." Ron shuddered when he was done. Amelia watched Harry's face closely almost as if she could see the clocks turning in his head. An uncomfortable silence draped around them.
"Well I'm gonna go get changed into my school robes." Amelia said lifting herself off the seat, she hated uncomfortable silences.
She walked out of the compartment letting the door fall shut behind her as she paced towards the bathroom out of the corner of her eyes she saw Hermione yelling at some students who were laughing uncontrollably. Yeah, Hermione seemed like the time type to scold people.
In the small bathroom, she quickly threw on her robes and let her hair fall naturally down her back. She blinked at herself in the mirror taking a few deep breaths.
This is it, she was heading to Hogwarts.
Judging by the window they were getting close because night was falling. She tried to shake her worries but they just kept creeping back. In fact, she was so focused on the upcoming school year she didn't notice where she was going and knocked right into someone.
Fred smirked deviously down at her, "Watch where you're going Lia or, were you too busy day dreaming about my brother"? He teased but Amelia instantly frowned.
"Which one?"
"Well little Ronikins duh," he replied.
Amelia's hand flew to her throat as she practically choked on air. "Me and Ron? Have you gone mental!" She said in exasperation. Fred blinked and frowned in confusion. "Me and Ron are just friends"! She states clearly.
Relief spread across Fred's chest but he didn't let it show. "It was only a joke," he muttered and then laughed as she playfully pushed him. Her hair had fallen in her face from pushing Fred so she quickly pushed it back behind her ear. Fred's gaze darted away as he took a step away from her and Amelia just stared at him in confusion. She was about to ask what was wrong when a blonde boy and two beefy boys along with a petite girl that had black curls falling down her back burst out of her compartment and she jumped back in surprise. The three boys brushed past them but the middle one with the slicked back blonde hair stopped almost bumping into the girl with black hair. He flashed Amelia a greedy smile that made Amelia shiver.
"Who's this pretty thing"? He said rounding on her.
Amelia backed up into Fred who glared at the blonde boy but out of the corner of her eye Amelia saw the girl with piercing violet eyes and black hair try to latch onto the boy's hand as he rounded on Amelia.
"Back off Malfoy she's not interested in rubbish like you"! He warned.
The boy called Malfoy dropped his smile. "What's this another weasel, I've already had to deal with one today!" He spat with disgust. Amelia could only guess he meant Ron and that made her fill with rage. But she couldn't act on it before the black-haired girl took a sharp intake of breath.
"Come on Drake you don't want to start any trouble before we even get to Hogwarts these people aren't worth it."  She purred in his ear causing a smirk to fall on the boy's lips. The boy tossed a look at Amelia with a sickening glint in his eyes.
"I'll see you around." He said before strutting away and the beefy boys following, the girl stood for a moment she stared at Amelia as if deciding her fate.
It seemed the Malfoy boy realized she wasn't with them because he called out, "Semira let's go we haven't got all day"! With that the girl took off after Malfoy leaving a chill in the air.
Amelia instantly realized how close she was to Fred and backed off. "Who was that"? She whispered as she sucked in a deep breath. Whoever that was it sent a chill up her spine.
"That was Draco Malfoy," Fred answered venom dripping from every word.
"He belongs to one of the eldest Pure blood family's and just because of that thinks he's the best," Fred explained still glaring at the spot Draco was. Dread flowed into Amelia, he was a pure blood so what would Draco think of her? "Who was the girl"? She whispered in fret. Fred frowned, "I actually don't know I've never heard of her," He mumbled. She decided she wouldn't waste her time with people like that.
"Well I better get back to Harry and Ron," she said and couldn't pin point why Fred's face fell.
"Harry... Wait! Harry potter"?!
She simply nodded not wanting to wait for his reaction. She wanted to know why that Draco Malfoy had come out of her compartment. As she slipped back into her compartment Fred shook his head willing his feet to walk back to his own compartment. It wasn't until he was halfway there that he realized with seeing Amelia he had failed to put on his school robes.
"She did that thing again," he mutters to himself as he turned back to head to the bathroom. When he passed her compartment, he spotted her with her hair still tucked behind her ear. He closed his eyes briefly as he walked away. He needed to shake her out of his head. That's it he needed to come up with a new prank to take his mind off her.
Amelia re- entered her compartment her thoughts on the rude blonde boy called Malfoy she begged that she would never have to see him in the rest of her school year. He did not seem particularly pleasant.
Hermione's shrill voice pierced her thoughts.
"You haven't been fighting have you? You'll be in trouble before we even get there"! Amelia frowned and peered down at Ron and Harry. She had only been gone a few minutes and they got into a fight?! She also watched in amusement as Ron fumbled with an answer.
"Scabbers has been fighting not us," he added a scowl towards Hermione.
Oh yeah they didn't like each other.
"Now would you mind leaving"? He asked trying not to sound rude but he miserably failed. She swallowed before nodding, was that hurt on her face that Amelia noticed? Hermione then brushed past Amelia trying to give her a reassuring smile. She stopped when she was at the door turning back to Ron with a vindictive look on her face.
"And you've got dirt on your nose by the way, did you know"?
Amelia cracked up with laughter, oh yeah, she liked this girl. Amelia only had time to take a seat before a voice echoed through the train. "We will be reaching Hogwarts in five minutes' time. Please leave your luggage on the train, it will be taken to the school separately."
Her heart hammered in her chest and her stomach felt like water as she watched Ron and Harry stuff the last of the candy in their pockets. She was too nervous to ask about their fight right now. Once the train started to slow people poured into the train corridor and Amelia's legs worked on her own. She wanted more than anything to stay on the train but her body felt differently and she followed everyone else off the train.
The cold night air hit the trio as they all stepped onto a dark platform. Amelia was just able to spot the twins red hair through the crowd and Hermione's brown bushy hair. Her pulse was pounding in her ears and she was just able to hear, "Firs' years! Firs' years over here!" She whirled around to see a huge man with a bushy beard that beamed at Harry over the sea of people. Now Amelia felt like her feet were stuck to the ground as all the first years raced toward the huge man, she was frozen.
This was all happening so fast she probably wouldn't have moved if a hand hadn't found their way to hers. She jerked her head in that direction expecting to see Ron reassuring her. Instead she looked into the deep brown eyes of Hermione who was frowning at her in concern. "You okay"? She asked. Amelia gulped before nodding. "It's okay I understand," she assured. Amelia couldn't help but smile at this as she entwined her fingers with Hermione. It was nice that Hermione was already acting like a friend to her.
She let Hermione lead her to the big man as they made their way down a winding path and away from the other students. Ron and Harry were a little way away from Amelia right behind the big man. The crowd of first years came up on a black lake, and there it was.
Perched on top a high mountain it's windows gleaming in the night sky was a huge marvelous castle. Everyone gazed at it like it was from a movie.
"No more'n four to a boat"! The big guy named Hagrid ordered. It was Amelia's turn to tug Hermione through the crowd to get to Harry and Ron which they eventually did. "There you are"! Ron exclaimed sounding relieved at seeing Amelia.
It wasn't long before Amelia, Harry, Ron and Hermione were climbing into a boat. They all got comfortable while Hagrid shouted: "Everyone in? Right then- FORWARD"!
Amelia gripped the side of the boat as they all moved off at once but let go when she realized they were only gliding across the lake, which was as smooth as glass. No one talked they were too busy gazing up at the castle looming above them. They all seemed to break out of their trance when Hagrid yelled, "Heads down"!! As the first boats reached the cliff.
For a fleeting moment, everyone thought they were going to crash so they all bent their heads and when they looked up they were traveling through a dark tunnel. Amelia's eyes glazed over as she realized that magic was taking them right underneath the castle. All eyes widened as they reached what seemed to be an underground harbor. They all scrambled out of the boats, Amelia had to admit she stumbled a bit as she tried to get her balance on the rocks but Harry caught her arm to steady her. She shot him a smile and if it wasn't dark which Harry was thankful for she would have seen his blush.
Especially when Amelia gripped his arm which she still held on to because she was not a stable person. Hagrids voice rang out, "Oy, you there! Is this your toad"? That's what made Amelia grip on to Harry's arm because of his booming voice was right next to her ear.
She finally let go when Neville cried, "Trevor"! He raced past them a look of pure bliss on his face. Hagrid's lamp lit up the way and the shadows as they made their way up to Hogwarts, the grass crunching underneath their feet. Amelia walked along side Harry and Ron, Hermione behind her. They walked up a flight of stone steps and then crowded around a huge oak door. When you looked around there was a mix of emotions. Some looked excited and others looked worried.
"Everyone here? You still got yer toad"? Hagrid pointed a big long finger at Neville before raising a giant fist and knocked three times on the castle door.

Amelia's breath caught in her throat, this was the start of something big.