Freya

Hogwarts Express

" It's for your own safety Rae", said Mariam in a tired voice as she combed her daughter's hair . Rae looked towards the reflection of her mother into the mirror and choose to ignore her . Her green eyes locked into a pair of black ones of her mother , which reflected anger. An emotion that recently had been visiting her constantly. "Mom! Rae! It's time to go " shouted Haymes at the top of his voice signalling them to hurry up. Rae quietly stood up and collected Nepolean, her faithful owl , the only friend she would confide in these days. Mariam bewitched rest of the luggage as she followed her daughter.

They apparated outside the Leakey Cauldron where a black car stood bearing the symbol of the great Merlin family , royalty of the wizarding world, Haymes quickly opened the door as Mariam and Rae settled . " All set for Hogwarts " asked Orson , Rae ignored it and stared outside. " Rae , darling how long will you continue this ?" He asked , Rae continued staring , not even acknowledging her father. Orson sighed sadly and said " Rae please talk to me, Sirius Black is dangerous , he will come for us and Dumbledore is the only wizard who can stop him , Ilvermony wouldn't be able to protect you " , Rae shook her head and said " it will , and I am a Thunderbird I can protect myself " , Orson smiled and said " I have never doubted your magic , but sweetheart knowing that you are safe , it will help this old man sleep at night". Rae looked down debating on what to reply. " But dad all my friends are still going to Ilvermony , they are not changing schools " , Orson paused thinking of the appropriate reason to justify his previous statement. " Your changing schools because I trust Dumbledore more ", Rae looked towards her father , her green eyes piercing grey ones of her father trying to figure out the truth. " You are hiding something from me dad , and if you are not going to say, I will find it myself " said Rae with determination. On hearing Mariam and Orson exchanged nervous glances.

The rest of the ride went on smoothly and quietly . On arriving at the station the Merlin family headed for the platform number nine and three quarters. " To reach platform number nine and three quarters you have to run through the wall " said Orson pointing towards the wall. Rae gulped nervously and stood there debating whether to run or not. When she saw two redhead boys looking identical to each other who apparently were arguing with each other . Both of them stopped and stared at Rae curiously . " Fred! George! Why are both standing there like statues ?! We are already late! " , said a redheaded lady " We are going mum " cried one of them. Soon her eyes landed on to Rae and her family , her eyes widened in realisation. Just then a tall redheaded man arrived there and greeted Orson " hello Mr. Merlin and Mrs. Merlin". " Hello Arthur " Orson greeted back politely . " Meet my wife Molly and my sons Fred and George " . Just then a redheaded boy slightly older than the twins arrived arguing with another redheaded boy who was slightly younger than the twins , behind him was a thin looking black haired boy wearing glasses accompanied by a girl of the same age having bushy brown hair and a red haired girl younger than him. Orson looked towards Rae and said " this is Freya Merlin , my daughter " . Rae smiled in acknowledgment . " She will continue her education at Hogwarts now from the third year" . Mr. Weasley then one by one introduce everyone , but only one person in particular caught the attention of Rae which obviously would be the boy who lived aka Harry Potter.

The Hogwarts express whistled loudly signalling it's departure. " Little sis this is for your journey " said Haymes as he handed her a small box as he pecked her on the forehead, Rae hugged him and smiled. Rae quickly bid everyone goodbye and boarded the train. Rae pulled out her wand , ten and a half inches made up of yew wood containing a feather of a Thunderbird blended with small pieces of chimera scales for its core , which had intricate beautiful designs carved on it. As soon as she held wand , a familiar sense of warmth spread through her body which gave her strength to accept her new destiny.

Rae finally settled into the compartment which was apparently empty except for a man huddled into the corner deeply engrossed in sleep. She then opened the box her brother had handed her . It contained a small blank piece of paper and chocolate balls. Rae smiled and tapped the pieces of paper with her wand . Words began to appear which were apparently written in beautiful cursive writing ,
Hello little sis,
I am sorry for not being there for you when you needed me the most , so I made some chocolate for you with lots of love. I promise that I will be there to receive you when come home.
Your favourite big brother,
Cayden.

Rae smiled and popped a ball in her mouth as she saved the rest for later. She enjoyed the chocolate as she wondered what Hogwarts would be like, when door of the compartment slid open revealing Ron, Harry and Hermione. " Can we sit here ?, everywhere else is full " , Rae smiled , " yeah sure " . The trio settled giving quick glances to person sleeping in the corner. "Who d'you reckon he is?" Ron hissed as they sat down and slid the door. "Professor R. J. Lupin," whispered Hermione at once. "How d'you know that?" ."It's on his case," she replied, pointing at the luggage rack over the man's head, where there was a small, battered case held together with a large quantity of neatly knotted string. The name Professor R. J. Lupin was stamped across one corner in peeling letters.

Hermione smiled at acknowledging Rae, she too smiled back. " So Hi , its awkward for you isn't it , changing schools " said Hermione, Rae smiled and replied " yes it is but difficult situations means difficult decision" ," so which school you attended before? " questioned Hermione , " Ilvermony , I am thunderbird " Rae replied proudly , " what is a thunderbird ? " Ron asked looking confused , " Ilvermony has houses like Hogwarts , Thunderbird is one of them , people who are adventurous are placed there" replied Hermione in a matter of fact tone. " So are you already sorted ? " Hermione asked , " No , I will be sorted alongwith the first years " replied Rae when the train stopped suddenly .

"Great,"  said  Ron, getting up and  walking carefully past Professor Lupin  to  try  and  see  outside.  "I'm  starving. I  want  to  get  to  the feast.  .  .  ." "We  can’t  be  there  yet," said Hermione,  checking her watch. "So why're we  stopping?" The train was getting slower  and  slower. As the noise of the pistons  fell  away,  the wind and rain sounded louder than ever against the windows. Harry, who was nearest the door, got up to look into the  corridor. All along the carriage, heads were sticking curiously out of their  compartments. The train came to a  stop with a jolt, and distant thuds and bangs told them that luggage had  fallen  out  of the racks. Then, without warning, all the lamps went out and they were plunged into total darkness. "What's going  on?" said Ron’s  voice  from behind  Harry. "Ouch!" gasped  Hermione. "Ron, that was my  foot!" Harry felt his way back to his  seat. "D'you think we’ve broken  down?" "Dunno  .  .  ." ," Lumous" Rae cried illuminating the compartment.

"There's  something  moving out there,"  Ron  said. "I  think people are coming  aboard.  .  .  .", " Has this ever happened before ? " Rae asked looking worried."I'm  going  to  go  and  ask  the  driver  what's  going  on," replied Hermione.

"Quiet!" said a hoarse voice suddenly. Professor Lupin appeared to have  woken up at last. Harry could hear movements in his corner. None of them  spoke. The light illuminated his tired,  gray  face, but his eyes looked alert and  wary. "Stay where you are," he said in  the same hoarse voice, and he got slowly to his feet ,but the door slid slowly open  before Lupin could reach it. Standing in the doorway, was  a  cloaked figure that towered to the  ceiling. Its face was completely hidden  beneath its hood. Harry’s eyes darted downward, and what he saw made his  stomach contract. There was a hand  protruding from the cloak and it was  glistening, grayish, slimy-looking, and  scabbed, like something dead that had  decayed in water. . . . But it was visible  only for a split  second. As though the creature beneath the cloak sensed Harry’s  gaze,  the  hand  was suddenly  withdrawn into the  folds of its black  cloak. And then the thing beneath the  hood, whatever it was, drew a long, slow,  rattling  breath, as though it were  trying  to  suck  something more than air from  its surroundings. An intense cold swept  over them all. Rae felt the dorp insanely .  The cold went deeper than  her skin. She looked towards Harry  whoes eyes were rolling up  into  his  head. Rae pointed her wand towards the creature. The creature looked at her and sucked the air around her. She felt alone , lonely and her vision started to blur. She desperately tried to focus as her senses failed the noise around her faded into a horrifying shriek as the light around her got dimmer as her eyelids closed and she fell on the floor with a loud thud . 

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