| Firecrab
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“Five more minutes guys!” Molly said, coming back into the train compartment. She had just left to find out when they would be arriving at Hogwarts.
“Really?” Amy asked incredulously. She could hardly believe the time had passed so quickly.
“Really really!” Molly said, smiling and looking at everyone. “You might want to put your robes on guys; otherwise I’m sure Snape will be more then happy to take points from Ravenclaw again.”
This comment was greeted by a groan from the entire cabin. The entire Ravenclaw house disliked Snape (much like the Gryffindors), but Amy and her friends had a special place in their hearts for him. Ever since their first year, when Brian let loose a pixie in potions class, Snape had hated them. In turn, they were always trying to disrupt his class (and daily life) as best as they could.
“Yea, well, let’s not make it easy for him.” Amy said with a grin. Standing up and reaching above her seat, Amy grabbed her trunk and rummaged around in it for her robes. Pulling a pair out, she stared fondly at the Ravenclaw crest in the corner. Standing up, she slid the robes over her head, covering up her pink top and jeans. Amy sat down and laughed as she watched Brian struggle to get his robes over his head.
“Brian, you might want to try untangling them before you put them on next time.” Molly said, also laughing. She caught Amy’s eye and grinned.
Amy sat down and fiddled with a bracelet on her wrist. It was a thin silver chain that encircled her small wrist. On the chain was a small sapphire, her birthstone, between two smaller diamonds. Amy always played with it when she was feeling anxious, worried, or excited. Looking around the room, she caught Dan’s eye and he grinned.
“Nervous, are we?” He asked with a hint of concern.
Amy stared at him and shook her head. “No-…” Thinking about it, she suddenly fell silent. In her heart she knew she was worried about the year to come and what it would hold for her and her friends. Letting go of her bracelet (but not before giving it a last twist), she cracked a smile. “I guess I am, but only a little bit. And I’m excited!”
“Well that’s good.” Dan said before turning away to talk to Brian. Amy smiled and turned to Molly, who was next to her.
“So, how about you, excited for the new school year?” Amy inquired.
Molly’s face lit up, and Amy knew she couldn’t wait. “Yea! I can’t wait to start my classes; they should be loads of fun. And…” Molly lowered her voice with a glance at Dan and Brian. “I heard that the boys in our year got cuter!”
Amy laughed at that. Molly loved boys, almost as much as she loved school work. However, Amy was one of the only people who knew that Molly also had a secret crush on Brian. Throughout the school, Amy was known as a great friend and secret keeper, as well as a good confidant. She was also known for being excellent at Defense against the Dark Arts, so no one would ever try to get anything out of her (Unless they wanted to risk being covered in boils for a week).
Amy was surprised to hear the train stop, and couldn’t help thinking ‘has it really been five whole minutes?’ Getting up from their seats the group headed out of their compartment. The corridors in the train were packed with students all trying to stay together. Amy grabbed Molly’s hand and began weaving her way through the crowd towards the nearest exit. When the doors were opened, Amy, Molly, Brian, and Dan got of the train and moved out of the way to avoid the rush of students coming out of the door.
“Are you glad we got out of there or what?” Brian asked rubbing his arm, which had been bumped several times.
“Of course.” Molly said, looking at Brian’s arm with concern while he blushed.
“Hey guys, come over here!” Amy jumped as she heard Dan yell from a few yards away. He was standing by a horseless carriage.
“Come on, lets get there before Dan decides to leave us here.” Molly said, laughing. Amy grinned too, it was the sort of thing Dan would do. Walking over the carriage, Amy stopped when she saw that Dan was still outside, holding open the door.
“After you, madam.” He said with a mock bow.
“Uh huh, you think I’m going to fall for that one again?” Amy raised her eyebrows. “I’m not going to fall for it. Last time you did that, I ended up riding up to the school alone and having to explain to Snape why I took up a whole carriage.”
“Hey, you don’t trust me?” Dan asked with mock indigenization
“No, I don’t.” Amy said, with a grin. “How about you go first?”
“All right, all right” Dan grumbled, getting in.
Amy got in behind him, fallowed by Brian and Molly. When they were all inside and the door was shut the carriage began to move up the winding road to Hogwarts.
“So,” Brian said, leaning forward in what Amy had come to recognize as his ‘plotting pose’. “What do you think our first prank should be? Turning on all the water in the boys bathrooms and clogging the sinks?”
“No, we need to do something that the whole school will see…” Molly said.
“I know just the thing!” Dan said, grinning wickedly. “And no, I’m not going to tell you guys, it’ll be a surprise. You’ll find out at the feast.”
“That’s no fair!” Amy said, laughing.
“Yea it is!” Dan replied, also laughing. “Anyway, you don’t have long to wait, were about to come up to the main gates.”
“Fine, be like that.” Amy said, settling back in her chair. She had no idea what he was going to do, but she knew it was going to be good if he wouldn’t tell them. She amused herself for the next few minutes by guessing what it could be, and was just in the middle of a great idea when they pulled up to Hogwarts.
“All right, everybody out, I want a moments more freedom all to myself before submitting to teachers every whim.” Brian said.
“Yea and what whims are those?” Dan asked with a smirk.
“Oh, you know, homework, getting to class on time… Their whims are so strange” Brian said with a dramatic sigh.
“Get out of the carriage you big baby.” Molly said from outside. “You’re holding up the line.”
Everyone got out and Amy stared up at the school before going in. For some strange reason the school had a darker air about it, as if it were holding its breath and waiting for something bad to happen. Amy shuddered and walked up the steps and through the great doors.
-There you go, another update as promised. I really hope you like it! I tried to add some more information about the main character, Amy. Please tell me what you think!- |