We Are The Cursed Children (Harry Potter Self-Insert Fic because why tf not?)

Breakfast at Hogwarts

Francis woke up to her phone vibrating below her pillow. Her head and neck had the familiar soreness to it. It wasn't that the Slytherin sheets were terrible, in fact they were possibly one of the best things she's ever slept in. They were green silk with silver lining on them. The pillows were soft and plush, it felt like heavenly clouds.

It was just unfortunate the Francis always woke up with a sore body. At least it seemed her back was spared.

Francis reached under her pillow, slipping out her phone and turning off the alarm. She never had the ringtone on, just the movement of the phone's vibrations was enough to wake her. The girl groggily sat up, her jet black hair a tousled mess.

It seemed like the other girls in the room had left because Francis was left alone. Their beds were empty, neatly made. Not bothering about her bed, she slowly got out and left it unmade.

Off to the bathroom... Wherever it was.

...

Francis sighed as she walked with Dustin and J to the Great Hall. She was holding a silver thermos, steaming Thai tea with lots of sugar and milk in it. Her free hand was in the pocket of her dark robes, both sleeves rolled up to her elbows.

When she had found J and Dustin in the Slytherin Common Room, they were sitting playing chess. Well, Dustin was. J was pretending to play with him but they didn't really care much for chess. The two were waiting for Francis knowing that the girl wouldn't want to walk alone to the Great Hall.

Francis glanced down at J's pants, well, now they were shorts. Yesterday, J was wearing the long pants that Hogwarts required their students to wear. But it seemed they were only willing to wear it for the first day because J had spent the first night at Hogwarts cutting off their pants legs.

J just really hated wearing long pants.

The three of them were walking to the Great Hall, the Americrew had agreed to meet up at the entrance.

Finally, they made it. Immediately, J went to throw jabs as Olive, who threw insults back at them. Dustin went to hug his girlfriend who was talking with Annika and Chris.

Francis frowned, asking Julia, "Where's CJ?"

"Oh," Julia shrugged, "She said she was going to get a table for us."

"Oh, okay."

After saying their hellos for the day while ignoring the strange looks the Hogwarts students gave them for their rambunctious and rather crude greetings, the Americrew headed inside the Great Hall.

The Great Hall was large, as it was yesterday. It was brightly lit, candles floating midair set aflame. Students chatted among themselves, excitedly talking about the new school year and whatnot. The Americrew found it hard to find CJ in the sea of students.

The problem with school uniforms is that it makes the student body all one huge blob. It forced the kids to actually remember how people looked like. They didn't have the method of spotting clothing styles to spot people.

"Over here!" A high chirpy voice called out. CJ raised her short arms at her friends, waving them over at her table.

The Americrew made their way to the table, not noticing how the buzzing hall slowly grew quiet as they made their way to their friend. CJ scooted over, Francis taking the spot. The rest of the Americrew sat down as well, quickly admiring the hot breakfast platters arranged on the table.

Today's breakfast was pancakes, scones, muffins, eggs (scrambled, sunny-side up, boiled, you name it), ham, crispy bacon, and chocolates.

The Americrew started filling their plates, taking a little bit of everything. Well, most of them. Julia avoided anything that looked like it had gluten. Olive, Annika, and Chris decided to not pile their plate with food and instead had a small plate. Francis didn't even pick up any food, she just quietly drank from her thermos.