[hi, this is a starting chapter for my newest fan-fic, please comment, and let me know if you like it or not, i will continue if you do. =D]
January was not your typical 17 year old girl, though she wished greatly that she could be. She was a witch, and a pretty good one at that. She had grown up in a small town in the US, and has gone to the Salem Witches Academy for 6 years, this year was supposed to be her final and last year before finishing.
Well until that is, her muggle father died of stomach cancer at the young age of 49. See January lived with her muggle father in America by choice, her mother had pressed deep feelings about her going to live with her, when she found out that yes, January was a witch. Her mother was a great, and powerful witch who is an unspeakable at the Ministry of Magic. When she found out she was pregnant with a muggles child, he took all the responsibility, and full custody of January, as soon as she was born, so that Jaclyn (January's Mother) need not worry about what people would think of her.
January's father's death, had led to some hard times for her, and her mother as well. After a week of grieving, January was forced to contact Jaclyn to arrange a possible way of meeting, and for some help as she was now on her own. Yet Jacyln took this surprise with stride. She welcomed January greatfully and offered her a room in her home.
January apparated on August 2nd to her mothers flat in London. It was a glamorous place, full of muggles of course, but since her mother was alone and was an unspeakable. The area did not bother her.
After a week an a half, Jaclyn entered Januarys room.
"January, darling, I have arranged for you to continue your schooling this year."
"WHAT?!," January was not prepared for this, she was of age, she did NOT want to go to some foreign wizard school. Especially while the grief of losing her father still wore on her.
"Well I suspected that it might do you some good, and its a wonderful school, its where I learned everything."
"But...but?!" She just couldn't believe this was happening to her.
"No but's sweetie, You will be recieving your letter of supplies shortly, and then we shall go to Diagon Alley to get them."
"WAIT. What's the name of this school even?! And whats diagon alley?!" This sounded ridiculous, why was her mother doing this to her?
"You will be attending, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizarding, and Diagon Alley is the place for everything to do with Wizards in London."
"Wait,Wait, Witchcraft, AND Wizarding?! There's boys attending this school also? You do know that I am from a all-girl institute mother?"
"Yes, well, you will have to get over that won't you?" And she strode from the room.
After shopping for supplies, and buying new robes. It was finally September 1st. And her mother had just shown her the train, and left with a swish of her cloak. Yet, the train was beautiful, a dazzling red, with smoke billowing from the engine. Someone January actually saw hope in this school, but that wasn't the only thing she saw. She had never in her life seen so many Wizard teenagers in her life. "And alot of them are very cutteee", she thought to herself.
After boarding the train, and finally settling herself in a empty compartment at the end of the train. She began to relax, and drifted into a light, and day dreamy sleep. That was until she heard yelling outside the compartment. Suddenly the door slid open and a handsome black haired boy strode in, followed closely by a boy in glasses, and a short round one.
"HA! Taught him a lesson didn't I James?"
"Sure did Sirius, ya sure did." Replied the other dark haired boy with glasses, he must be James.
The boy called Sirius looked over his shoulder and finally saw January sitting there. "Oi! Who're you? I don't think I've seen you before, have I"
"No, I doubt you have. The names January, or Jan, I'm an exchange student from America."
"Wooo weee. Well thats nice to know Jan. I'm Sirius, Sirius Black," The boy exclaimed,"And this ugly git here is James Potter, and this otthhher ugly git here, is Peter, but you might as well call him wormtail." And he and the other two sat, and began talking under their breath, and rummaging through their pockets.
Jan just turned away and pulled out her wand, and began to die each of her nails a different color, the boredom of this train was killing her, some music or something would be wonderful. Just then, a bang came from the boys across from her, and then the soft hum of music.
"ahh I knew I could get it to work," exclaimed James," This is an old muggle radio, I've made it so it plays without the batteries, or plugs."
Sirius and Wormtail both leaned over to listen and twiddle the dials, until Sirius had found a actual song. After listening for a moment, Jan couldn't contain herself.
"Why don't you turn that up? You know who that is don't you?!"
"umm No," Replied Sirius," DO you?"
"Well thats Led Zepplin, Turn it up."
James smiled and turned the knob almost reluctantly, and nodded his head to the beat."
Jan just sat there in shock, happy to have the music, yet shocked that these boys, these boys her age, did not know who Led Zepplin was, but she took it off her mind and just smiled.
Chapter 2.
After a long and otherwise uneventful train ride. They were told to put on there robes and get ready to get off.
After grabbing her luggage and getting off the train, she followed the boys off to find they were walking towards carriges pulled by none other than thestrals. January had only lately found out what thestrals looked like after watching her father die. So it was quite strange to see, but she smiled anyway and grabbed one for herself. ( The boys had met up with another boy and their carriage was nearly full.)
Almost right after she sat down, a girl with long red hair and a badge on her chest came and sat down.
"Hello, I'm Lily," she said outstreching her hand, " and you are?"
"January, I'm new here."
Lily smiled graciously and said, " Well thats interesting, are they going to sort you?"
January had been told about the sorting process, but in her letter from the school, they said because of her age, and the fact that she would only be there a year, they would not sort her, but find a dormitory with some extra room, and that would be her house for the year.
"Ah, no they aren't a professor is going to meet me in the entrance and let me know where I will be sleeping."
"Oh, thats strange," responded Lily, " Well at any cost I hope they don't put you in Slytherin. That would just be cruel of them."
"erm, yeah I hope not." Jan responded but reluctantly, she wondered why Slytherin was so bad, she knew that her mother was a slytherin, yet she decided its better if she didn't tell everyone that at the moment.
Not long after, another two got into the carriage and they set off. When the school finally came into sight, January was actually excited, it was a magnificent castle, with many turrets and towers and was shining brightly in the night. "Wow," she said to herself under her breath.
Lily was very nice, and stuck to Jan, all the way into the entrance hall until she quickly explained that she was Head Girl and had to meet up with a professor before going into the hall, and said goodbye.
Not sure what to do next Jan just stood in the hallway letting the people coming in go around her, while staring around at the beautiful castle.
"You must be Miss Harvey?"
January almost jumped as she turned to see a very strict looking witch standing behind her.
" Yes, that would be me."
"My name is Professor Mcgonagall, I am the transfiguration teacher, and deputy headmistress of this school. I hope you will enjoy yourself, and learn quite a lot while you are here. You will be staying in Gryffindor Tower, for they have an extra bed. And if you would follow me, I will show you the Gryffindor table in the great hall."
January just smiled and followed the professor into another magnificent hall, where the ceiling looked exactly like the nighttime sky. There were four enormous tables that the other students were filling, and another long table at the front where it seemed the teachers sat. Mcgonagall led Jan to a table at the far left and smiled, "Miss. Evans! ' I wonder if you have met our new friend January?' She will be sleeping in the 7th years dorms in gryffindor tower this year."
Jan looked to see yet again the smiling face of Lily.
"Yes Professor, we have met, would you like me to guide her for some time?"
"Yes please, Miss Evans, that is very friendly of you. Now if you will excuse me, I have to retrieve the first years!"
Mcgonagall walked away without another word, and Jan sat down next to Lily.
Just then they were silenced by a astonishing man, with white hair that went all the way down his back, and a beard that was amazing long. You could just see his bright blue eyes past his half moon spectacles.
"Silence please! And now the sorting!"
January watched as the Professor placed a ragged hat upon a stool, which began to sing. And soon enough, a group of very young children were all trying on the hat as it yelled out one of the four gryffindor houses for whichever it thought the child belonged.
Not long after was the feast, and then bed. She followed Lily up what seemed like 10 staircases down fifteen hall ways and behind many hidden doors until they reached a portrait of a fat lady to which Lily gave the password, ( chimaera scale) and into a beautifully decorated room, and up another staircase to a beautiful dormitory. January was quickly introduced to two other 7th years ( Elizabeth and Sarah) and quickly changed and into bed.
The morning came early, and off to breakfast they went. Through the common room, Jan noticed that the boys from the train were also here and in this house. She smiled and said, "HI."
"Hey! You got put in Gryffindor! Thats cool, I could show the ropes if you'd like," the boy Sirius had just addressed her, and she realized all she could do was smile. Being around boys was not normal for her, but shes growing to like it.
"ah thanks, that would be nice." She replied really quickly, and turned away smililng to herself. She continued to follow Lily through the portrait hall.
"Hey, what do you think of the Sirius fellow?" She asked Lily.
"Ahh, the boys, Sirius, James, Lupin, and Peter are rarely ever seen apart from each other. I'm just beginning to tolerate them honestly. But overall they aren't bad guys. Pranksters at the worst." Lily sounded kind of far off as she was saying this, like she was thinking about something very hard. They kept walking and proceded to the great hall for another delicious meal.
The same professor greated January again halfway through her meal. " Hello Miss. Harvey, I hope you are well this morning. We need to schedule your classes for the term. Now I have talked to your headmistress from the academy and she informed me that you were in all the highest classes."
"Well yes, but I didn't want to overdo myself this year, I've been working on transfiguration the most, and I'm quite well at potions. So those are the ones I really care about. Ancient Runes would also be a nice subject." Jan was proud of herself on her schoolwork but at Salem she didn't have many distractions or friends. She was really hoping to settle down this year on school work and just enjoy herself. Especially because she was in a different country and school, and basically a different world.
"Alright Miss Harvey we will setup those classes, and how about we add on Defense against the Dark arts? To make your schedule a little bit fuller."
"Thats fine Professor. " January smiled as she said it and just took her schedule she was given. Not a minute later, the Sirius boy walked up and sat right down next to her.
" Hey pretty. Can I see your schedule?" Sirius said almost too casually. But all she could think as she handed him her schedule was, "oh my gosh he called me pretty. NO i'm not pretty he just wants something, what does he want!!?"
See January Harvey was very american, living there for seventeen years had something to do with it of course, but she had an etched look of english, mostly from her mother. She had a heart shaped face with almond shaped eyes, brown of course with intensly long eyelashes. Her hair was also a brown but was naturally highlighted from the sun of the summer, It was long and straight, her bangs swept to the right side and her dimples showed when she smiled or laughed. She was tall and thin, and her body had finally filled in about a year ago. She no longer was gangly or childish. Yet no one but her father had ever called her pretty. NEVER. She was 17 years old, never kissed or even hugged a boy.
But Sirius didn't seem to want anything from her, he checked her schedule, shot her a smile and said, " Hey you share all my classes except one, and our breaks are at the same time, why don't you meet me in the entrance hall after the first lesson. I'll show you the grounds."
"Alright," she replied. She was excited, she was going to walk the grounds with a cute boy and she was soo excited she could hardly stand it.
He strode away, while she sat there astonished.
She turned to Lily to talk to her about the boy, but Lily hadn't been paying attention, she had a book propped up and was reading it rapidly as though she was trying to find something, Jan looked above the book, and saw that the boy James was staring at Lily as though to catch her attention, and Jan realized that Lily wasn't reading but pretending to hide from the boy. _________________
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Salem Witches Academy um errr i used to live in salem and trust me there wont be no acdamy me there maybe a salme witch gallows acadamy _________________
"HI, I don't like the fact that you used salem witches academy, it just doesn't sound believable"
No, you aren't saying that. You made a comment about you living in Salem, and blah blah blah. Well this is fiction, and the book is fiction, and wizards and witches are fiction. So I doubt you will find a Wizarding academy anywhere. Though you could use one to teach you how to spell.[/quote] _________________
ah, thanks, and sorry for tripping out, i just need something good said, not some comment about my pretend school.
Its just a starter chapter, if people read, i'll continue. _________________
ok i understand u just want to start on a good note it is ok i probly would have cursed the person off by know and have already written deaththreats but moving on _________________
hahaha thanks.
i'm not sure how original it is.
I believe there was something in GOF at the quidditch world cup about witches with a banner that said salem witches institute _________________
good job!
i enjoyed it.
i hope you write more soon! _________________ www.theboywholivedd.piczo.com
name: mona
house: gryffindor
wand: 11" cedar, phoenix feather
You should write more it's an interesting story. I like reading about things in the mauader's time. _________________
Wand:8" Cedar with Unicorn Hair
Animagi:Squirrel
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