Post by raynerose21 on Aug 31, 2007 15:09:22 GMT 10
Chapter One
Apprehension Builds: Aboard the Hogwarts Express
Albus saw his parents, his aunt and uncle, and Teddy disappear in the mist and heaved a great sigh like a toddler who had misplaced his favorite toy. Before turning to his cousin Rose he looked out of the weather streaked window and grinned thinking that he had finally broken out of his childhood like a butterfly breaking out of its cocoon. Slightly daunted as well at the missing safety of his parents which he had all his life he turned to Rose who seemed immersed in her own world and gazed at her hazel eyes so like her father’s.
“Shall we find a compartment then?” he remarked
“Yes of course” she replied her voice hoarse since she had been ominously quiet for several hours now.
Gesturing at Rose he led her through the empty corridor attracting whispers and curious looks from every passerby they seemed to encounter. Al felt rather uncomfortable as he was attracting more looks of awe than he had ever done in his lifetime. After several awkward moments Rose found an empty compartment.
Relieved Al entered and settled himself by the window as Rose put their belongings away.
“Rosie?” Al remarked breaking the silence between the two which had surfaced as they walked through the corridors.
“Hmm?” she replied trying to make room for Cassius, Al’s handsome screech owl and Andorra, her tabby cat.
“Are you nervous? About the sorting I mean” he said in a rush in order to cover up his own apprehension. Glancing at him for the first time with her bushy ginger hair blowing hither and thither she gave him a scorching look as if she could she could she all the thoughts in his head transparent like pristine glass.
“Of course I am Al, I expect everyone is no one knows for sure which house there going to end up in” she retorted softly parting her hair to one side giving him a rather affronted look she added “ And besides Uncle Harry doesn’t care if you end up in Slytherin what are you so afraid of?”
“I dunno…James said that the darkest wizards come out of slytherin I just don’t want to end up like them”
“Well you won’t Albus Potter I can guarantee you that” she addressed him like he had missed a very obvious point examining him like she did when she was angry. Tufty black hair and almond shaped emerald eyes they looked nothing alike sometimes she wondered if they were even related.
“Um excuse me? Can I sit here everywhere else is full”
retorted a quiet voice from the entrance to the compartment. A girl with blue eyes like that of the endless periwinkle haven outside and lively curls of auburn hair had entered. Patiently waiting by the door she cast them a nervous smile. Broken out of her investigation Rose stirred surveying the intruder.
“Of course” she said after a few moments of awkwardness. “I’m Rose Weasley by the way and this is Albus Potter my cousin”
“I’m Ariella Aduro” she remarked as she stowed her luggage. “It’s nice to meet you both” she embellished as she took a seat next to Rose.
“You too Ariella” grinned Rose “You’re the first person to not look at us like we have three heads”
“Why would anyone do that? Call me Ari”
“Because our parents are pretty famous” replied Al he was looking at Ari with a look of curiosity in his emerald eyes. While Rose explained the answer to the next question Ari had inquired about (“Why are they famous?” she said her eyes full of wonder) Al surveyed her closely she had a looming grace about her and as he looked into her azure blue eyes he felt a strange comfort cast over him.
“Wow” exclaimed Ari after Rose’s speech about all things magical.
“So your muggle-born? Then Ari?” inquired Rose searchingly
Shrugging with a sheepish look in her eyes she replied
“I don’t know both my parents are dead…I grew up in an orphanage in Ireland”
“I’m sorry” Al reprimanded sincerely
“Don’t be I never knew them. After all you can’t miss what you didn’t have right”
“I guess” Rose said remorse in every syllable
As the afternoon wore on the sky outside the streaky windows turned from an opalescent turquoise to murky pewter gray. Streaking the rain lashed against the lantern lit compartments as the express traveled through steep mountains and flat lying valleys. Considerably the mood had become lighter since Ari’s revelation and the three friends joked frolicked and feasted on the many fancies the food cart had supplied them. When the rain had turned into soft mist that transformed the windows translucent so you could barely see out of them Rose stood up.
“We’re nearly there” she added mechanically to Ari and Al’s to their identically analytical looks.
“I suppose we should change into our school robes then?”
“Yeah” intoned Rose silently. Al could see all the thoughts swirling around her head like a enormous hurricane of worries, he had known Rose had her insecurities about making it into Gryffindor and upheld the family honor (7 generations of weasleys had been in Gryffindor). Guttering all other thoughts in Al’s had the looming thought of the sorting cascaded through his body as he pulled on his school robes. Had his father been right about the sorting hat? What if he did end up Slytherin would he end up estranger from the rest of the family? Could he himself become a fabled dark wizard like the house legends suggested?
Out of the corner of his eyes he saw that Ari had become sickly green, he supposed it would be the hardest for her. After all she was the one diving into the unknown, into this new world where she had no one. Plagued by guilt Al cast her a smile as if to say words of comfort that he could not form into speech. Finally as the distant sounds of movement and screeching of the trains brakes they arrived at Hogsmeade station. Casting his reflection a look of anticipation he gathered his belongings and with his two friends exited into night air and a new life knowing fully well that he would never get the old one back.
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I am a humongous fan of the HP series well actually u can say I am addicted and writing fanfics is shall you say part of my withdrawal process....lol its nothing compared to JK rowling but my mind just needed to hear what happens next so I wrote this for myself so dont be 2 brutal with it ......hope u enjoy it and if u dont Im sorry I wasted ur time