“Okay, were gonna go to Gringotts bank first. We need gold now don’t we?” Said Tonks happily. “Grandma left most of her gold to you so you have a fair amount of gold to last fifty seven years if you spend it like crazy. Right, you go to the pet shop- I heard about your tabby Jasmine. I’ll meetcha there.”
She set off towards a large white building and Ezmi was left next to a small shop with owls perched out of it.
“This must be it” She thought as she wandered in. She took a long while looking at some toads and some rats and a small snake. The only problem with the snake is that she’d have to feed it mice. She was very impressed by the tawny owl which looked very strong. She was about to choose the owl when at the corner of her eye she saw a black cat with bright yellow eyes staring at her.
“That ones just a kitten. It ‘aint got a name yet.” Said the lady at the counter. “Beautiful isn’t she…”
At that moment Tonks came in. Loads of people looked curiously as her bubblegum pink hair flowed delicately in the wind. As Tonks walked towards Ezmi her pocket jingled with the sound of coins.
“Watcher Ezmi- Found a pet yet?” She said looking around her. Ezmi nodded and picked up the little black kitten. Ezmi got a little box filled with cushions and she bought loads of toys for it. She placed the kitten in the box and made some holes into it so that the cat could breathe. “Watcha gonna call him?”
It didn’t take Ezmi long to answer. “Felix.” She said as she prodded his nose lightly. “Nymph-Tonks- Erm… Could I maybe… Get a … Broom..?”
She looked at her toes and was delighted when her aunt handed her a broom with gold writing on it. “‘Asteroid 2000’” She read. She was amazed. It was the newest and fastest broom since a Firebolt. Ezmi had expected a cleansweep or something and she nearly dropped the box containing her new kitten because she was about to hug her aunt.
“Ezzywezzy? Could you pretty please call me Tonks? I’m more used to Tonks.” Asked Tonks as they walked out of the store.
“Sure- as long as you don’t call me ‘Ezzywezzy’ anymore.” They agreed and walked into flourish and blotts. Tonks had gone with the list to get the needed books while Ezmi looked into some care of magical creatures books. She glanced behind her and saw her aunt talking to a strange man with an eye moving in all directions. She quickly remembered this man (with his real eye) and recognized him as mad eye moody; or Mr Moody as she was often told to call him. She went back to her book because she somehow felt Moody’s eye watching her.
*
Ezmi couldn’t believe that she was going to start Hogwarts in less than 24 hours. Tonks levitated Ezmi’s suitcases onto the train and they said goodbye to each other. Mrs tonks, who emt them at the station as she promised. Lots of children flooded onto the train and Ezmi sat in a compartment alone. She stroked Felix and read an issue of the daily prophet. Soon enough, when the train had left the station, two girls and a boy had entered the compartment. There was an eerie silence until a dreamy eyed, blond girl spoke.
“You have a nice cat.” She said.
“Th-thankyou.” Said Ezmi blushing slightly and smiling “My names Ezmi. Ezmi Tonks.”
“Tonks?” Said the red headed girl. “Do you know a ‘Nymphadora’ Tonks? Oh, Im Ginny Weasley, This is Neville Longbottom and this is Luna Lovegood.” Luna Lovegood waved slightly but then went back to reading the latest edition of the quibbler and Neville smiled and leaned over towards Luna to read the quibbler.
“Yeah. She’s my aunt. Why?” Ezmi sounded more curious. “Hey- I recognize the name ‘Weasley’ have we met. Oh has my aunt met you?”
“Umm…Yeah. We’ve never met, but Tonks and I have, your aunt Tonks. Umm… Have you ever heard of the…” Ginny paused to think and she looked like she wasn’t sure whether she should speak “the… Order?”
“-Of the phoenix?” she lowered to a whisper “Of course I’ve heard of it! Uncle Sirius-” she gulped and Ginny knew exactly why “… He used to tell me everything that was going on. James and Lily always were on the lookout to see if anyone was spying…How do you know the Order?”
“My mum, dad and brothers are in it. Have you ever been to 12 Grimmauld place? Since Sirius’s...death, it isn’t his anymore”
“I used to go there all the time. Who ownes it now?” She began to get quite close to Ginny. At that moment the compartment door flew open and another three people emerged together. The first was a red haired boy with freckles. He looked awfully like Ginny and Ezmi knew straight away that they were brother and sister. Behind him there was a girl with frizzy hair who had, what looked like straighteners sticking out of her suitcase. Behind her was a boy with messy black hair and glasses. She could barely see a small scar which the boy had obviously hidden behind his fringe intentionally.
“We’ve been looking everywhere for you.” Said the boy with red hair. Neville and Luna said hello and Ginny gave all three of them hugs.
“Oh!” said the frizzy haired girl “err- who are you?” It was obvious that she was trying to be polite and make a first good impression.
“I’m Ezmi Tonks” she smiled and knew what was coming. The girl asked about Ezmi’s aunt and Ginny told her that they were related.
“Im Hermione, this is Ron and this is Harry” Ron and Harry waved a little. Ezmi could tell that Hermione was shocked that she wasn’t blurting out questions to ask Harry Potter. He was famous and everyone else who ever came across him did. She wasn’t shocked because she knew what it was like to loose someone you care about. It was obvious to Ezmi that Harry had suffered due to Sirius’s death too.
So, Harry was now the owner of 12 Grimmauld place.
“Well” She thought “better him than a death eater.”
Soon, the trolley had come with mountains of chocolate. She was starving. She pulled out a handful of coins and bought four pumpkin pasties, two boxes of every flavored beans, six chocolate frogs and some rainbow droobles.
“So, hows buckbeak? I haven’t seen him since when S-Sirius got him…”
“We call him Wither-wings now, Hagrid looks after him now, so he’s safe in Hogwarts. Wait… how did you know Sirius?”
“My aunt and him are related so he’s like and uncle of mine or something. Or he was…” She was not used to speaking of the death of Sirius. She was strong so she fought off the sadness and went back to the conversation.
“She explained that already Harry.” Said Ginny.
“So, Ezmi, you new here?” asked Ron as he examined her face. “I don’t recognize you.”
“Yeah. I moved from Salamanders, school for witches.”
“b-but that’s in America! You don’t sound American… Did you use a spell or something? To keep your accent?”
“No. England was so important to me. For some reason, my accent always stuck to me. Like glue.”
There was a knock on the door and a boy with bright orange hair and amethyst eyes. He looked like one of the older students but had a childish look about him.
“’scuse me! Can I hide here? Im playing hide and seek. Hi Ron! Hi Harry! Hi Hermione! Good to see ya!” He climbed into the luggage rack and hid behind some of the suitcases. “Im Hiroji. Call me Hiro.” He said to Ezmi. He made a shushing noise to himself as the compartment door was opened by a tall dark haired boy with hazel eyes.
“Sorry to bother you! Can I look for someone?” He waved to Ron, Harry and Hermione. “Im looking for Hiro, just so you know” He climbed onto an empty seat and felt behind the suitcases. He grinned and prodded Hiro’s side where he was especially ticklish. Hiro squirmed and squeaked as he was prodded.
“Damn! You found me again. How’d you always know where I’m hiding?” Pouted Hiro as he climbed out of the luggage rack and plopped onto the seat.
“You always hide in the luggage rack…” said Jeff grinning “ and you also giggle.” He took more notice of the people in the compartment. “Sorry but d’you mind if we sit here? Out seats that we were sitting in are probably been taken.” He shot a glare at Hiro who sunk into the seat. Then Jeff put his arm around his lover.
“Hey, you new here?” asked Jeff to Ezmi.
“Yuhuh Just moved.” She said.
“Ah, I was new last year! And Jeff was new in his third year. Im in my 6th year and Jeff’s in his 7th. Im in the same as Luna and Ginny.” Said Hiro as he stroked Jeff’s hair.
“Im in my seventh.” She smiled at her new friends. The Hogwarts express had stopped and everyone started to get off. “Do I follow the first years?”
Hiro and Jeff nodded (because they were the only people in the compartment who weren’t originally from Hogwarts) and Ezmi carried her luggage with Felix on her shoulder.
She gawped at the giant who was directing the children towards some boats. She followed the first years onto the boats and sat with a auburn haired child.
“Im Ezmi.” Said Ezmi, making conversation.
“I- I’m Taylor. Aren’t you a little big to be a first year?”
“Im new. Im from Salamanders school for witches. Its in America.”
They talked until the boats stopped and they climbed out of them. They walked into the large building of Hogwarts castle and were stopped infront of a Scottish witch woman named McGonagall.
“good evening 1st years.” She caught sight of Ezmi and continued “ and 7th years of-course.” She made a sort of speech but Ezmi wasn’t listening. She was afraid like the first years. The doors were opened and the saw the hall gleaming with smiles. Four long tables were filled with people with different ties.
“Gryffindor, hufflepuff, ravenclaw and slytherin.” Said Taylor as she pointed her small fingers to each of the tables. “I want anything but slytherin. They say everyone that is in that house is or becomes a death eater. Ezmi gulped and trotted forward with the other. She peered round the room and caught sight of her new friends. Luna was in ravenclaw, Hiro was in hufflepuff and the rest were sitting close to each other in Gryffindor. They waved to Ezmi and she waved back.
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