Told by the brightest witch of her age - Emma Malfoy
Wotcher people! Seeing as we are going to be telling things in a sort of chronological order I'll be writing about the first train trip to Hogwarts and a bit of the Sorting. Which I might add, was a lot of fun. It was the first time I'd ever met James, Ted and Fred. Lucky I have a great memory. So let us go back… back into time… back to the Year of 2022, the year of opportunities, the beginning of an Era…
(ok, maybe I'm a bit dramatic...but well it really was the beginning of a new life for me)
Quote of the Era: "You, Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, Mr. Lupin, and Ms. Malfoy, are a bunch of good-for-nothing-dim-witted marauders!" – Said by the infamous McGonagall.
Year: 2022, 1st year
I walked next to my father between the platforms at King's Cross station in London. We were walking at a fast step, we didn't want to be late on my first year to Hogwarts.
We stopped between the platform 9 and the platform 10.
"Are you ready?" my father asked turning to me
"yes...but where exactly is my platform?" I asked looking around
"cant you see it?" he asked "it's right in front of you"
"dad...in front of me is just a wall that divides platform 9 and 10" I said with a mater-of-fact tone
"That is what we want to make the muggles think...the Hogwarts Express is in Platform 9¾, between platform 9 and 10" my father explained
"so...to get there, we have to go through that wall?" I asked with wide eyes
"exactly" answered my father.
He got behind me and wrapped his arms around me, also grabbing my trunk. He counted to 3 and then we both ran to the direction of the wall. I closed my eyes as we approched it, I was expecting a crash but it never came.
When I opened my eyes again I was in a completely new platform. It was full with people and a huge train was waiting for people to board.
My father started to walk again, and I followed close behind. He stopped at some point and then turned to me and gave me a smile.
"Got everything? all your books and cloth?" he asked me
"yes dad! I have everything" I said with a smile
"you sure? did you checked?" he asked raising an eyebrow
"twice!" I answered with a grin.
"good"
"dad...can I ask you something?"
"anything you want"
"Why you dont like the house you were sorted when you were at Hogwarts?"
"Its not that I didnt like it...but it filled my head with a lot of 'pure-blood' rubbish and I hurted a lot of people thanks to that"
"and...what happens if I am sorted into Slytherin?"
"now, Emma I want you to know something" he kneeled in front of me and took my shoulders in his hands "Slytherin is not a bad house"
"but all the dark wizards are from Slytherin!"
"Am I a dark wizard?"
"no..."
"Then, that explains not everyone from Slytherin is a dark wizard" he said "It doesnt matters if you are sorted into Slytherin. That wont make you a bad person. We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are."
"Do you really think I will be in Slytherin?"
"probably...but you could also be in Gryffindor. YOur mother was a Gryffindor for the few months she studied in Hogwarts"
"Mom....do you think she would be proud of me?"
"I dont think so...I'm sure she would be proud"
He kissed my forehead and then standed up. he waved his wand and I saw my trunk disappear.
"Its time...you better get inside the train"
I nodded and went to hug him tight. He hugged me back and kissed my forehead once again.
"I'll owl you as soon as I can" I said after breaking apart
"I'll be waiting for your owl" he said with a smile "Take care Emma"
"I will...bye dad!"
"Goodbye, and remember it doesnt matters in what house you'll be sorted. I will be proud and I'm sure your mother would be too"
"Thanks dad" I gave him one last hug and then went to board the train.
I took a seat on one compartiment tht was empty. I standed by the window and waved to my father goodbye. He waved back and then the train started to move.
As soon as he was out of sight I sat back down on my seat. I then heard the door get open.
"hey-uummm- mind if I sit here?" a skinny boy with very messy black hair that stuck up at the back was at the door "there are no other compartments left."
"I dont mind at all" I said with a smile. He responded to the smile and sat in front of me.
The boy looked around the compartiment really excited. He was bouncing on his seat, not able to stay calm for a moment.
"are you a first year?" he asked still smiling
"Yes, and you?" I asked politely
"same" he said back "I'm James Sirius Potter by the way"
"Emma Malfoy" I said. the smile on his face disappeared and an odd look came to his face. He then shook it off and faked a smile.
"is everything alright?" I asked
"Do you know in what house do you want to be sorted?" he asked totally ignoring my question
"not really"
"I do" he said excited "I want to be a Gryffindor! my father was one"
"oh, who is your father?" I asked trying to make some conversation
"Harry Potter!" he said proudly
"wow! that is really cool...to be son of the one who defeated the Dark Lord"
"indeed...and who is your father? in what house was he in?"
"My father is Draco Malfoy, and he was a Slytherin" I answered. The odd look came back to his face, but this time it didnt disappeare.
"So you do are the daughter of a Death Eater"
"My father is not a Death Eater!" I snapped frowning "and dont you dare call him that!"
"alright...sorry, I thought he was"
"He is not...at least not anymore" I said turning my view back to the window
"I'm sorry...I shouldnt have said what I said"
I shrugged but didnt say a thing. Great, my first minutes in this train and I already was known to be the daughter of someone who was a death eater. I didnt care, I knew my father was not a death eater but I couldnt stand people calling him that...
My thoughts were interrupted when the door of the compartiment got open once again. 1 boy with silver-white hair was standing there.
"What's up James!" he said with a grin
"Fred! thought you had lost the train" answered James cheerfully.
"They wont get rid of me so easy" the boy who seemed to be named Fred smirked and then his view turned to me "oh, I see you have a friend"
"I just met her" said James
"I'm Emma Malfoy" I said presenting myself
"Fred Weasley II" he answered
"He is my cousin!" added James
"cousin?" I asked. They looked nothing alike...and their last names were different.
"yeah! his father is brother of my mother" explained James. I nodded and smiled at Fred.
"Can I sit with you?" he asked
"sure!" said James. Fred smiled and took a seat next to James.
Soon after that, we heard a woman's voice coming from the hall. I turned to the door curious and saw a woman pulling a trolley full with candies and food.
"anything from the trolley dears?" she asked us
"yes!" said James and Fred standing up.
They went to the woman and bought lots of candies. I didnt bought anything. My father had given me some galleons to spend on anything I wanted, but I didnt want to waste it on candies...
Fred and James mixed all their candies in a space between both of them at the compartiment's seat.
"Do you want something?" asked James offering me a candy
"oh no, that is yours...you eat it" I said
"We wont eat all of it" said Fred "Grab whatever you want"
"thanks" I gave them a small smile and grabbed a chocolate frog.
"oh! I know a spell that can make the frog come to live!" said James
"you can?" asked Fred excited
"yeah! wanna see it?"
"sure!! do it!"
I offered James my chocolate frog and he grabbed it. He put it on the seat and pointed his wand at it.
"REVIVO!" he said. Some sparks came out of his wand and then the frog started to jump around the compartiment.
"see? its alive!" said James proud of his work
"bad thing is...I wont be able to eat it" I said
"if you catch it, you will" said Fred
"catch it? Its jumping like crazy!"
"lets stop it then"
Fred got his wand out too and started to point it at the frog. he changed the direction everytime it moved. They couldnt make it stop since it was moving too much and any spell seemed to work.
Suddenly the compartiment's door got open. I turned my view to the door and saw a guy with electric blue hair standing there. He was tall, more than me, and he looked sick and tired as if he had just run 10 miles without stopping.
"What is going on here?" he asked as he saw the frog jumping from place to place
"I gave life to the frog and now it doesnt stops moving" explained James
"need some help stopping it?" he asked raising an eyebrow
"please?" I asked pleading. He gave me a small smile and then took his wand out of his robes.
"PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!" he called. The frog stopped in it's tracks and fall on the compartiment's seat.
"that was brilliant!" said Fred
"a simple spell" said the boy shrugging "anyways, can I stay here? I was sort of kicked out of the compartiment I was at" he said rolling his eyes
"Sure! take a seat" I said gently.
He smiled and took a seat next to me. I looked at him closely, he was handsome but he looked older than 11 years old. maybe he was years older? but then I noticed. It was his tired look and the scars he had on his face that made him look so sick and tired.
"My name is Ted Remus Lupin" he said
"Fred Weasley II"
"James Sirius Potter"
"and I'm Emma Malfoy"
"nice to meet you all...is this your first year?"
"yes!" we all answered
"thats great" he said "its my first year too"
We continued to chat, getting to know one another. They asked me about my father and I made it clear he wasnt a Death Eater. What surprised me was that they believed me!
After some more chatting and laughs at some jokes Fred or James did the train started to slow down.
"seems like we are reaching Hogwarts" said Ted looking at the window which had an amazing view to a huge castle. the castle I was going to live for the next months....
Wotcher people! Seeing as we are going to be telling things in a sort of chronological order I'll be writing about the first train trip to Hogwarts and a bit of the Sorting. Which I might add, was a lot of fun. It was the first time I'd ever met James, Ted and Fred. Lucky I have a great memory. So let us go back… back into time… back to the Year of 2022, the year of opportunities, the beginning of an Era…
(ok, maybe I'm a bit dramatic...but well it really was the beginning of a new life for me)
Quote of the Era: "You, Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, Mr. Lupin, and Ms. Malfoy, are a bunch of good-for-nothing-dim-witted marauders!" – Said by the infamous McGonagall.
Year: 2022, 1st year
I walked next to my father between the platforms at King's Cross station in London. We were walking at a fast step, we didn't want to be late on my first year to Hogwarts.
We stopped between the platform 9 and the platform 10.
"Are you ready?" my father asked turning to me
"yes...but where exactly is my platform?" I asked looking around
"cant you see it?" he asked "it's right in front of you"
"dad...in front of me is just a wall that divides platform 9 and 10" I said with a mater-of-fact tone
"That is what we want to make the muggles think...the Hogwarts Express is in Platform 9¾, between platform 9 and 10" my father explained
"so...to get there, we have to go through that wall?" I asked with wide eyes
"exactly" answered my father.
He got behind me and wrapped his arms around me, also grabbing my trunk. He counted to 3 and then we both ran to the direction of the wall. I closed my eyes as we approched it, I was expecting a crash but it never came.
When I opened my eyes again I was in a completely new platform. It was full with people and a huge train was waiting for people to board.
My father started to walk again, and I followed close behind. He stopped at some point and then turned to me and gave me a smile.
"Got everything? all your books and cloth?" he asked me
"yes dad! I have everything" I said with a smile
"you sure? did you checked?" he asked raising an eyebrow
"twice!" I answered with a grin.
"good"
"dad...can I ask you something?"
"anything you want"
"Why you dont like the house you were sorted when you were at Hogwarts?"
"Its not that I didnt like it...but it filled my head with a lot of 'pure-blood' rubbish and I hurted a lot of people thanks to that"
"and...what happens if I am sorted into Slytherin?"
"now, Emma I want you to know something" he kneeled in front of me and took my shoulders in his hands "Slytherin is not a bad house"
"but all the dark wizards are from Slytherin!"
"Am I a dark wizard?"
"no..."
"Then, that explains not everyone from Slytherin is a dark wizard" he said "It doesnt matters if you are sorted into Slytherin. That wont make you a bad person. We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are."
"Do you really think I will be in Slytherin?"
"probably...but you could also be in Gryffindor. YOur mother was a Gryffindor for the few months she studied in Hogwarts"
"Mom....do you think she would be proud of me?"
"I dont think so...I'm sure she would be proud"
He kissed my forehead and then standed up. he waved his wand and I saw my trunk disappear.
"Its time...you better get inside the train"
I nodded and went to hug him tight. He hugged me back and kissed my forehead once again.
"I'll owl you as soon as I can" I said after breaking apart
"I'll be waiting for your owl" he said with a smile "Take care Emma"
"I will...bye dad!"
"Goodbye, and remember it doesnt matters in what house you'll be sorted. I will be proud and I'm sure your mother would be too"
"Thanks dad" I gave him one last hug and then went to board the train.
I took a seat on one compartiment tht was empty. I standed by the window and waved to my father goodbye. He waved back and then the train started to move.
As soon as he was out of sight I sat back down on my seat. I then heard the door get open.
"hey-uummm- mind if I sit here?" a skinny boy with very messy black hair that stuck up at the back was at the door "there are no other compartments left."
"I dont mind at all" I said with a smile. He responded to the smile and sat in front of me.
The boy looked around the compartiment really excited. He was bouncing on his seat, not able to stay calm for a moment.
"are you a first year?" he asked still smiling
"Yes, and you?" I asked politely
"same" he said back "I'm James Sirius Potter by the way"
"Emma Malfoy" I said. the smile on his face disappeared and an odd look came to his face. He then shook it off and faked a smile.
"is everything alright?" I asked
"Do you know in what house do you want to be sorted?" he asked totally ignoring my question
"not really"
"I do" he said excited "I want to be a Gryffindor! my father was one"
"oh, who is your father?" I asked trying to make some conversation
"Harry Potter!" he said proudly
"wow! that is really cool...to be son of the one who defeated the Dark Lord"
"indeed...and who is your father? in what house was he in?"
"My father is Draco Malfoy, and he was a Slytherin" I answered. The odd look came back to his face, but this time it didnt disappeare.
"So you do are the daughter of a Death Eater"
"My father is not a Death Eater!" I snapped frowning "and dont you dare call him that!"
"alright...sorry, I thought he was"
"He is not...at least not anymore" I said turning my view back to the window
"I'm sorry...I shouldnt have said what I said"
I shrugged but didnt say a thing. Great, my first minutes in this train and I already was known to be the daughter of someone who was a death eater. I didnt care, I knew my father was not a death eater but I couldnt stand people calling him that...
My thoughts were interrupted when the door of the compartiment got open once again. 1 boy with silver-white hair was standing there.
"What's up James!" he said with a grin
"Fred! thought you had lost the train" answered James cheerfully.
"They wont get rid of me so easy" the boy who seemed to be named Fred smirked and then his view turned to me "oh, I see you have a friend"
"I just met her" said James
"I'm Emma Malfoy" I said presenting myself
"Fred Weasley II" he answered
"He is my cousin!" added James
"cousin?" I asked. They looked nothing alike...and their last names were different.
"yeah! his father is brother of my mother" explained James. I nodded and smiled at Fred.
"Can I sit with you?" he asked
"sure!" said James. Fred smiled and took a seat next to James.
Soon after that, we heard a woman's voice coming from the hall. I turned to the door curious and saw a woman pulling a trolley full with candies and food.
"anything from the trolley dears?" she asked us
"yes!" said James and Fred standing up.
They went to the woman and bought lots of candies. I didnt bought anything. My father had given me some galleons to spend on anything I wanted, but I didnt want to waste it on candies...
Fred and James mixed all their candies in a space between both of them at the compartiment's seat.
"Do you want something?" asked James offering me a candy
"oh no, that is yours...you eat it" I said
"We wont eat all of it" said Fred "Grab whatever you want"
"thanks" I gave them a small smile and grabbed a chocolate frog.
"oh! I know a spell that can make the frog come to live!" said James
"you can?" asked Fred excited
"yeah! wanna see it?"
"sure!! do it!"
I offered James my chocolate frog and he grabbed it. He put it on the seat and pointed his wand at it.
"REVIVO!" he said. Some sparks came out of his wand and then the frog started to jump around the compartiment.
"see? its alive!" said James proud of his work
"bad thing is...I wont be able to eat it" I said
"if you catch it, you will" said Fred
"catch it? Its jumping like crazy!"
"lets stop it then"
Fred got his wand out too and started to point it at the frog. he changed the direction everytime it moved. They couldnt make it stop since it was moving too much and any spell seemed to work.
Suddenly the compartiment's door got open. I turned my view to the door and saw a guy with electric blue hair standing there. He was tall, more than me, and he looked sick and tired as if he had just run 10 miles without stopping.
"What is going on here?" he asked as he saw the frog jumping from place to place
"I gave life to the frog and now it doesnt stops moving" explained James
"need some help stopping it?" he asked raising an eyebrow
"please?" I asked pleading. He gave me a small smile and then took his wand out of his robes.
"PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!" he called. The frog stopped in it's tracks and fall on the compartiment's seat.
"that was brilliant!" said Fred
"a simple spell" said the boy shrugging "anyways, can I stay here? I was sort of kicked out of the compartiment I was at" he said rolling his eyes
"Sure! take a seat" I said gently.
He smiled and took a seat next to me. I looked at him closely, he was handsome but he looked older than 11 years old. maybe he was years older? but then I noticed. It was his tired look and the scars he had on his face that made him look so sick and tired.
"My name is Ted Remus Lupin" he said
"Fred Weasley II"
"James Sirius Potter"
"and I'm Emma Malfoy"
"nice to meet you all...is this your first year?"
"yes!" we all answered
"thats great" he said "its my first year too"
We continued to chat, getting to know one another. They asked me about my father and I made it clear he wasnt a Death Eater. What surprised me was that they believed me!
After some more chatting and laughs at some jokes Fred or James did the train started to slow down.
"seems like we are reaching Hogwarts" said Ted looking at the window which had an amazing view to a huge castle. the castle I was going to live for the next months....
Told by the brightest witch of her age - Emma Malfoy
Wotcher people! Seeing as we are going to be telling things in a sort of chronological order I'll be writing about the first train trip to Hogwarts and a bit of the Sorting. Which I might add, was a lot of fun. It was the first time I'd ever met James, Ted and Fred. Lucky I have a great memory. So let us go back… back into time… back to the Year of 2022, the year of opportunities, the beginning of an Era…
(ok, maybe I'm a bit dramatic...but well it really was the beginning of a new life for me)
Quote of the Era: "You, Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, Mr. Lupin, and Ms. Malfoy, are a bunch of good-for-nothing-dim-witted marauders!" – Said by the infamous McGonagall.
Year: 2022, 1st year
I walked next to my father between the platforms at King's Cross station in London. We were walking at a fast step, we didn't want to be late on my first year to Hogwarts.
We stopped between the platform 9 and the platform 10.
"Are you ready?" my father asked turning to me
"yes...but where exactly is my platform?" I asked looking around
"cant you see it?" he asked "it's right in front of you"
"dad...in front of me is just a wall that divides platform 9 and 10" I said with a mater-of-fact tone
"That is what we want to make the muggles think...the Hogwarts Express is in Platform 9¾, between platform 9 and 10" my father explained
"so...to get there, we have to go through that wall?" I asked with wide eyes
"exactly" answered my father.
He got behind me and wrapped his arms around me, also grabbing my trunk. He counted to 3 and then we both ran to the direction of the wall. I closed my eyes as we approched it, I was expecting a crash but it never came.
When I opened my eyes again I was in a completely new platform. It was full with people and a huge train was waiting for people to board.
My father started to walk again, and I followed close behind. He stopped at some point and then turned to me and gave me a smile.
"Got everything? all your books and cloth?" he asked me
"yes dad! I have everything" I said with a smile
"you sure? did you checked?" he asked raising an eyebrow
"twice!" I answered with a grin.
"good"
"dad...can I ask you something?"
"anything you want"
"Why you dont like the house you were sorted when you were at Hogwarts?"
"Its not that I didnt like it...but it filled my head with a lot of 'pure-blood' rubbish and I hurted a lot of people thanks to that"
"and...what happens if I am sorted into Slytherin?"
"now, Emma I want you to know something" he kneeled in front of me and took my shoulders in his hands "Slytherin is not a bad house"
"but all the dark wizards are from Slytherin!"
"Am I a dark wizard?"
"no..."
"Then, that explains not everyone from Slytherin is a dark wizard" he said "It doesnt matters if you are sorted into Slytherin. That wont make you a bad person. We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are."
"Do you really think I will be in Slytherin?"
"probably...but you could also be in Gryffindor. YOur mother was a Gryffindor for the few months she studied in Hogwarts"
"Mom....do you think she would be proud of me?"
"I dont think so...I'm sure she would be proud"
He kissed my forehead and then standed up. he waved his wand and I saw my trunk disappear.
"Its time...you better get inside the train"
I nodded and went to hug him tight. He hugged me back and kissed my forehead once again.
"I'll owl you as soon as I can" I said after breaking apart
"I'll be waiting for your owl" he said with a smile "Take care Emma"
"I will...bye dad!"
"Goodbye, and remember it doesnt matters in what house you'll be sorted. I will be proud and I'm sure your mother would be too"
"Thanks dad" I gave him one last hug and then went to board the train.
I took a seat on one compartiment tht was empty. I standed by the window and waved to my father goodbye. He waved back and then the train started to move.
As soon as he was out of sight I sat back down on my seat. I then heard the door get open.
"hey-uummm- mind if I sit here?" a skinny boy with very messy black hair that stuck up at the back was at the door "there are no other compartments left."
"I dont mind at all" I said with a smile. He responded to the smile and sat in front of me.
The boy looked around the compartiment really excited. He was bouncing on his seat, not able to stay calm for a moment.
"are you a first year?" he asked still smiling
"Yes, and you?" I asked politely
"same" he said back "I'm James Sirius Potter by the way"
"Emma Malfoy" I said. the smile on his face disappeared and an odd look came to his face. He then shook it off and faked a smile.
"is everything alright?" I asked
"Do you know in what house do you want to be sorted?" he asked totally ignoring my question
"not really"
"I do" he said excited "I want to be a Gryffindor! my father was one"
"oh, who is your father?" I asked trying to make some conversation
"Harry Potter!" he said proudly
"wow! that is really cool...to be son of the one who defeated the Dark Lord"
"indeed...and who is your father? in what house was he in?"
"My father is Draco Malfoy, and he was a Slytherin" I answered. The odd look came back to his face, but this time it didnt disappeare.
"So you do are the daughter of a Death Eater"
"My father is not a Death Eater!" I snapped frowning "and dont you dare call him that!"
"alright...sorry, I thought he was"
"He is not...at least not anymore" I said turning my view back to the window
"I'm sorry...I shouldnt have said what I said"
I shrugged but didnt say a thing. Great, my first minutes in this train and I already was known to be the daughter of someone who was a death eater. I didnt care, I knew my father was not a death eater but I couldnt stand people calling him that...
My thoughts were interrupted when the door of the compartiment got open once again. 1 boy with silver-white hair was standing there.
"What's up James!" he said with a grin
"Fred! thought you had lost the train" answered James cheerfully.
"They wont get rid of me so easy" the boy who seemed to be named Fred smirked and then his view turned to me "oh, I see you have a friend"
"I just met her" said James
"I'm Emma Malfoy" I said presenting myself
"Fred Weasley II" he answered
"He is my cousin!" added James
"cousin?" I asked. They looked nothing alike...and their last names were different.
"yeah! his father is brother of my mother" explained James. I nodded and smiled at Fred.
"Can I sit with you?" he asked
"sure!" said James. Fred smiled and took a seat next to James.
Soon after that, we heard a woman's voice coming from the hall. I turned to the door curious and saw a woman pulling a trolley full with candies and food.
"anything from the trolley dears?" she asked us
"yes!" said James and Fred standing up.
They went to the woman and bought lots of candies. I didnt bought anything. My father had given me some galleons to spend on anything I wanted, but I didnt want to waste it on candies...
Fred and James mixed all their candies in a space between both of them at the compartiment's seat.
"Do you want something?" asked James offering me a candy
"oh no, that is yours...you eat it" I said
"We wont eat all of it" said Fred "Grab whatever you want"
"thanks" I gave them a small smile and grabbed a chocolate frog.
"oh! I know a spell that can make the frog come to live!" said James
"you can?" asked Fred excited
"yeah! wanna see it?"
"sure!! do it!"
I offered James my chocolate frog and he grabbed it. He put it on the seat and pointed his wand at it.
"REVIVO!" he said. Some sparks came out of his wand and then the frog started to jump around the compartiment.
"see? its alive!" said James proud of his work
"bad thing is...I wont be able to eat it" I said
"if you catch it, you will" said Fred
"catch it? Its jumping like crazy!"
"lets stop it then"
Fred got his wand out too and started to point it at the frog. he changed the direction everytime it moved. They couldnt make it stop since it was moving too much and any spell seemed to work.
Suddenly the compartiment's door got open. I turned my view to the door and saw a guy with electric blue hair standing there. He was tall, more than me, and he looked sick and tired as if he had just run 10 miles without stopping.
"What is going on here?" he asked as he saw the frog jumping from place to place
"I gave life to the frog and now it doesnt stops moving" explained James
"need some help stopping it?" he asked raising an eyebrow
"please?" I asked pleading. He gave me a small smile and then took his wand out of his robes.
"PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!" he called. The frog stopped in it's tracks and fall on the compartiment's seat.
"that was brilliant!" said Fred
"a simple spell" said the boy shrugging "anyways, can I stay here? I was sort of kicked out of the compartiment I was at" he said rolling his eyes
"Sure! take a seat" I said gently.
He smiled and took a seat next to me. I looked at him closely, he was handsome but he looked older than 11 years old. maybe he was years older? but then I noticed. It was his tired look and the scars he had on his face that made him look so sick and tired.
"My name is Ted Remus Lupin" he said
"Fred Weasley II"
"James Sirius Potter"
"and I'm Emma Malfoy"
"nice to meet you all...is this your first year?"
"yes!" we all answered
"thats great" he said "its my first year too"
We continued to chat, getting to know one another. They asked me about my father and I made it clear he wasnt a Death Eater. What surprised me was that they believed me!
After some more chatting and laughs at some jokes Fred or James did the train started to slow down.
"seems like we are reaching Hogwarts" said Ted looking at the window which had an amazing view to a huge castle. the castle I was going to live for the next months....
Wotcher people! Seeing as we are going to be telling things in a sort of chronological order I'll be writing about the first train trip to Hogwarts and a bit of the Sorting. Which I might add, was a lot of fun. It was the first time I'd ever met James, Ted and Fred. Lucky I have a great memory. So let us go back… back into time… back to the Year of 2022, the year of opportunities, the beginning of an Era…
(ok, maybe I'm a bit dramatic...but well it really was the beginning of a new life for me)
Quote of the Era: "You, Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, Mr. Lupin, and Ms. Malfoy, are a bunch of good-for-nothing-dim-witted marauders!" – Said by the infamous McGonagall.
Year: 2022, 1st year
I walked next to my father between the platforms at King's Cross station in London. We were walking at a fast step, we didn't want to be late on my first year to Hogwarts.
We stopped between the platform 9 and the platform 10.
"Are you ready?" my father asked turning to me
"yes...but where exactly is my platform?" I asked looking around
"cant you see it?" he asked "it's right in front of you"
"dad...in front of me is just a wall that divides platform 9 and 10" I said with a mater-of-fact tone
"That is what we want to make the muggles think...the Hogwarts Express is in Platform 9¾, between platform 9 and 10" my father explained
"so...to get there, we have to go through that wall?" I asked with wide eyes
"exactly" answered my father.
He got behind me and wrapped his arms around me, also grabbing my trunk. He counted to 3 and then we both ran to the direction of the wall. I closed my eyes as we approched it, I was expecting a crash but it never came.
When I opened my eyes again I was in a completely new platform. It was full with people and a huge train was waiting for people to board.
My father started to walk again, and I followed close behind. He stopped at some point and then turned to me and gave me a smile.
"Got everything? all your books and cloth?" he asked me
"yes dad! I have everything" I said with a smile
"you sure? did you checked?" he asked raising an eyebrow
"twice!" I answered with a grin.
"good"
"dad...can I ask you something?"
"anything you want"
"Why you dont like the house you were sorted when you were at Hogwarts?"
"Its not that I didnt like it...but it filled my head with a lot of 'pure-blood' rubbish and I hurted a lot of people thanks to that"
"and...what happens if I am sorted into Slytherin?"
"now, Emma I want you to know something" he kneeled in front of me and took my shoulders in his hands "Slytherin is not a bad house"
"but all the dark wizards are from Slytherin!"
"Am I a dark wizard?"
"no..."
"Then, that explains not everyone from Slytherin is a dark wizard" he said "It doesnt matters if you are sorted into Slytherin. That wont make you a bad person. We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are."
"Do you really think I will be in Slytherin?"
"probably...but you could also be in Gryffindor. YOur mother was a Gryffindor for the few months she studied in Hogwarts"
"Mom....do you think she would be proud of me?"
"I dont think so...I'm sure she would be proud"
He kissed my forehead and then standed up. he waved his wand and I saw my trunk disappear.
"Its time...you better get inside the train"
I nodded and went to hug him tight. He hugged me back and kissed my forehead once again.
"I'll owl you as soon as I can" I said after breaking apart
"I'll be waiting for your owl" he said with a smile "Take care Emma"
"I will...bye dad!"
"Goodbye, and remember it doesnt matters in what house you'll be sorted. I will be proud and I'm sure your mother would be too"
"Thanks dad" I gave him one last hug and then went to board the train.
I took a seat on one compartiment tht was empty. I standed by the window and waved to my father goodbye. He waved back and then the train started to move.
As soon as he was out of sight I sat back down on my seat. I then heard the door get open.
"hey-uummm- mind if I sit here?" a skinny boy with very messy black hair that stuck up at the back was at the door "there are no other compartments left."
"I dont mind at all" I said with a smile. He responded to the smile and sat in front of me.
The boy looked around the compartiment really excited. He was bouncing on his seat, not able to stay calm for a moment.
"are you a first year?" he asked still smiling
"Yes, and you?" I asked politely
"same" he said back "I'm James Sirius Potter by the way"
"Emma Malfoy" I said. the smile on his face disappeared and an odd look came to his face. He then shook it off and faked a smile.
"is everything alright?" I asked
"Do you know in what house do you want to be sorted?" he asked totally ignoring my question
"not really"
"I do" he said excited "I want to be a Gryffindor! my father was one"
"oh, who is your father?" I asked trying to make some conversation
"Harry Potter!" he said proudly
"wow! that is really cool...to be son of the one who defeated the Dark Lord"
"indeed...and who is your father? in what house was he in?"
"My father is Draco Malfoy, and he was a Slytherin" I answered. The odd look came back to his face, but this time it didnt disappeare.
"So you do are the daughter of a Death Eater"
"My father is not a Death Eater!" I snapped frowning "and dont you dare call him that!"
"alright...sorry, I thought he was"
"He is not...at least not anymore" I said turning my view back to the window
"I'm sorry...I shouldnt have said what I said"
I shrugged but didnt say a thing. Great, my first minutes in this train and I already was known to be the daughter of someone who was a death eater. I didnt care, I knew my father was not a death eater but I couldnt stand people calling him that...
My thoughts were interrupted when the door of the compartiment got open once again. 1 boy with silver-white hair was standing there.
"What's up James!" he said with a grin
"Fred! thought you had lost the train" answered James cheerfully.
"They wont get rid of me so easy" the boy who seemed to be named Fred smirked and then his view turned to me "oh, I see you have a friend"
"I just met her" said James
"I'm Emma Malfoy" I said presenting myself
"Fred Weasley II" he answered
"He is my cousin!" added James
"cousin?" I asked. They looked nothing alike...and their last names were different.
"yeah! his father is brother of my mother" explained James. I nodded and smiled at Fred.
"Can I sit with you?" he asked
"sure!" said James. Fred smiled and took a seat next to James.
Soon after that, we heard a woman's voice coming from the hall. I turned to the door curious and saw a woman pulling a trolley full with candies and food.
"anything from the trolley dears?" she asked us
"yes!" said James and Fred standing up.
They went to the woman and bought lots of candies. I didnt bought anything. My father had given me some galleons to spend on anything I wanted, but I didnt want to waste it on candies...
Fred and James mixed all their candies in a space between both of them at the compartiment's seat.
"Do you want something?" asked James offering me a candy
"oh no, that is yours...you eat it" I said
"We wont eat all of it" said Fred "Grab whatever you want"
"thanks" I gave them a small smile and grabbed a chocolate frog.
"oh! I know a spell that can make the frog come to live!" said James
"you can?" asked Fred excited
"yeah! wanna see it?"
"sure!! do it!"
I offered James my chocolate frog and he grabbed it. He put it on the seat and pointed his wand at it.
"REVIVO!" he said. Some sparks came out of his wand and then the frog started to jump around the compartiment.
"see? its alive!" said James proud of his work
"bad thing is...I wont be able to eat it" I said
"if you catch it, you will" said Fred
"catch it? Its jumping like crazy!"
"lets stop it then"
Fred got his wand out too and started to point it at the frog. he changed the direction everytime it moved. They couldnt make it stop since it was moving too much and any spell seemed to work.
Suddenly the compartiment's door got open. I turned my view to the door and saw a guy with electric blue hair standing there. He was tall, more than me, and he looked sick and tired as if he had just run 10 miles without stopping.
"What is going on here?" he asked as he saw the frog jumping from place to place
"I gave life to the frog and now it doesnt stops moving" explained James
"need some help stopping it?" he asked raising an eyebrow
"please?" I asked pleading. He gave me a small smile and then took his wand out of his robes.
"PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!" he called. The frog stopped in it's tracks and fall on the compartiment's seat.
"that was brilliant!" said Fred
"a simple spell" said the boy shrugging "anyways, can I stay here? I was sort of kicked out of the compartiment I was at" he said rolling his eyes
"Sure! take a seat" I said gently.
He smiled and took a seat next to me. I looked at him closely, he was handsome but he looked older than 11 years old. maybe he was years older? but then I noticed. It was his tired look and the scars he had on his face that made him look so sick and tired.
"My name is Ted Remus Lupin" he said
"Fred Weasley II"
"James Sirius Potter"
"and I'm Emma Malfoy"
"nice to meet you all...is this your first year?"
"yes!" we all answered
"thats great" he said "its my first year too"
We continued to chat, getting to know one another. They asked me about my father and I made it clear he wasnt a Death Eater. What surprised me was that they believed me!
After some more chatting and laughs at some jokes Fred or James did the train started to slow down.
"seems like we are reaching Hogwarts" said Ted looking at the window which had an amazing view to a huge castle. the castle I was going to live for the next months....