amanda2pt0
Cadet
Hey! I finally got around to posting a HP fic of mine. I want to know what you think, be honest, I can take it. 
Rating: PG? PG-13? Stop it with the hard questions.
Basics: It takes place when Harry's parents started at Hogwarts. Since we don't know very much about their time there, most is my imagination (save us) and there are some new characters (the most obvious of which is the main character). Hope you like it. Sorry in advance about the longness of chapters.
Chapter 1
Parents looked around nervously. Some cried, hugging their small children almost to the point of suffocation. AlexBennet stayed close to her mother. Her twin, Cat, however, thrived on the brink of new independence. She gazed around Platform 9 3/4 at the people with whom she would be spending the next 7 years.
"Five minutes, witches and wizards!" the conductor, dressed in scarlet to match the steam engine, patrolled the platform. A bellboy, also scarlet-clad, took Alex and Cat's trunks.
"You two better be getting on," their father said. Always a serious man, he seemed more solemn than usual. Her mother was on the brink of tears. "You don't want to miss the train to your first year of school."
Alex burst into tears. "Bye, Mum and Dad."
Cat, while she loved her parents, had always been prevented by her independent and stubborn streak from getting to know them as well as Alex had. She regretted it, now especially leaving almost all year for school, but she had to admit to herself that she was glad to be out on her own. As much on her own as she could be going to a boarding school. Kissing her parents goodbye, Cat dragged her sister to the train.
They were greeted by the usual double-take that always followed the girls' entrance to the room. Cat was too accustomed to this to notice. She and Alex had identical faces, both obviously beautiful even at the age of 11, and both were insanely intelligent, having studied magic up to the fourth level before entering witchcraft school this year. The similarities ended there. Alex was quiet, cautious, blonde and blue-eyed, loved reading, and enjoyed the subjects of Herbology, Muggle Studies, Ancient Runes, and Divination over the others. In complete contrast to Alex, Cat had dark hair and eyes, athletic (she was one of the few female Beaters), brave to the point of recklessness, and excelled at Transfiguration, Care of Magical Creatures, and Charms. Pushing past the staring students, they entered a compartment with two other girls, about their age.
"Hi," said Cat, always the more outgoing of the two. "Is anyone sitting there?," she asked the two girls, gesturing to the empty spots on the benches lining three of the walls.
"No, sit down, please." The black girl on Cat's left said, smiling. Alex took that spot, whereas Cat sat next to the other girl, a redhead with remarkably bright green eyes.
"I'm Cat," she said, smiling at the other girls. "I'm a first-year." The train was pulling out of the station through a beautiful countryside.
"Paris," said the black girl.
"Lily," was the redhead. "We're both going to be first-years too."
Paris glanced between Cat and Alex. "Twins?"
Alex spoke for the first time. "How can you tell? I'm Alex."
They all launched into stories of their backgrounds. Lily was Muggle-born, with an older sister named Petunia, a Muggle. Paris was the only child of two Aurors, working in the same department as Cat and Alex's parents. This discussion, along with visions of what Hogwarts will be like, continued through lunch and into the sunset.
A knock echoed on the compartment door. Cat got up to open it, allowing four young boys to enter. The apparent leaders, two black haired boys, addressed Cat, the closest to the door. "Do you have the Evening Prophet?"
The girls glanced around at each other. "No, sorry."
Cat, curious as to why four boys would be inspired to read the paper, asked, "Why?"
The long black-haired boy, who had introduced himself as Sirius Black, replied, "There was another Death Eater attack. Two people dead."
Cat still standing from opening the door, leaning against the wall fot support. She had seen what Death Eaters can do. "Who?," she asked, praying to God that it was not someone she knew.
"Some people by the name of Timothy and Jennifer Bennet."
Alex spoke up. "Sorry?" Cat, looking at her, could tell that she merely thought she had heard wrong. Cat agreed; it couldn't possibly her parents.
"The Bennets. Killed in broad daylight, somewhere abouts Diagon Alley."
Cat closed her eyes and slid to the floor.
"What? Did you know them?," the boy who called himself James Potter asked.
Cat snapped, green eyes full of disgust. Cat heard her distantly yelling at him, but her ears were still echoing with Sirius's words. Timothy and Jennifer Bennet...Death Eaters...
"Oi! Was it you looking for the paper?" A voice sounded out in the hall.
"Yea." Sirius took the paper. "Thanks."
"Cat..." his voice seemed so far away. "Did you want-"
Cat snatched the paper from his outstretched hands. She opened her eyes, the glittering Dark Mark and two portraits of her parents staring back at her. She saw the headline, but couldn't make out the words. She didn't want to. Barely heard over Lily's row with James, Cat muttered "thank you." She looked up at Alex refusing the paper from the blonde boy called Remus, sobbing on Paris's shoulder.
The next few hours passed quickly. Isolated from the world, Cat barely saw, barely heard the boys leave. She unconciously changed into her uniform, only noticing when Lily pointed it out that she was putting her pants on backward.
The train pulled into Hogsmeade station about 7:00. Cat didn't want to leave; she just wanted to remain in the compartment, still on the floor, probably the last place she would ever be happy. They had barely stopped when a black-haired witch entered the compartment. Her eyes looked so sad, Cat couldn't keep contact.
"Alexandria? Catarina?" It wasn't a question. She looked between the two girls. "Please come with me."
Alex looked back, eyes begging Paris to come with her, knowing all the while that she couldn't. They climbed into a carriage in the front of the lengthly line. She jump when she suddenly noticed the creatures pulling them. Horses? No- horse-like. They had leathery skin clinging to their skeleton, wings formed from the same flesh, and fangs below they're all-white eyes. Nice first thing to see of Hogwarts. This is starting out great, eh? As she closed the door, she caught a whiff of the horse's rancid smell.
The witch did not speak the whole ride. Cat doubted she could be heard anyway over Alex's sobbing. She didn't understand why she was not. Maybe she hadn't realized the finality of it. Maybe she wasn't sad at all. No. That's not it. I loved them. But inside, she remembered that she had been in fact grateful to leave them.
Absorbed in her own confusion, Cat followed the witch, who she now knew to be Professor McGonagall, though she couldn't remember how she learned it. Not noticing the majestic castle she was being led through, Cat wasn't even brought back out of her thoughts by a gargoyle springing to life to reveal a ever-spirling staircase.
She heard her name called, but it didn't register. She didn't really feel like "Catarina Bennet" anymore. A hand on her shoulder brought her to the room she hadn't realized she was in. A ruby-and-gold phoenix stared at her.
"Catarina, Alexandria, I assume you know already what I am going to tell you." Cat forced herself to pay attention to the man speaking, who she recognized as Albus Dumbledore, the noted Headmaster.
"Yes, sir." Her voice sounded so small and unsure. Alex obviously didn't trust herself to speak. "I want to know what happened, sir."
Dumbledore looked surprised at this almost-random statement, but disappointed at Alex's response. "I don't. Her blue eyes had stopped crying and looked into Dumbledore's. "Tell her, but I want to go straight to the Sorting. I don't want to know; I don't think I can handle the details."
Dumbledore sighed. Obviously, he thought it better that she knew. "Very well, Alexandria. Professor Flitwick is instructing the students not to talk about the incident, so you will not have to deal with questions."
"Thank you, sir."
"Minerva, take Miss Bennet- Alexandria- to meet the other first-years for Sorting. I imagine they will be arriving soon. I will escort Catarina downstairs once she knows."
Cat meant to smile encouragingly at her sister as Professor McGonagall led her out, but her facial muscles didn't seem to want to move.
"I think your sister is wrong in not learning the truth," Dumbledore began. "Though you both are showing maturity beyond the expected: you wanting to learn the whole story, Alexandria knowing her limits." He lifted a newspaper off the desk. "Forgive me for being so blunt about it, Miss Bennet, but I would not be so if I didn't believe that you could take it in that manner. Your parents went to Diagon Alley shortly after dropping you and Alexandria off at the train. They had bought these-" he produced two brown paper packages, one with the address 'Catarina Bennet, Hogwarts', the other bearing 'Alexandria Bennet, Hogwarts.' With a trembling hand she took them. They must have been sent here. Dumbledore's next statement confirmed her theory.
"They were just leaving the post office to the Leaky Cauldron when they were ambushed by five Death Eaters. The Combustion Curse completely destoryed their bodies, save for these." Fearing he would pull out bones this time, Cat looked away. Instead, Dumbledore pulled out a small envelope.
"Just some things that didn't, well, disintegrate." He looked at Cat concernedly, checking how she was holding up. Not wanting to appear weak, she straightened and said, "Thank you for telling me." Her attempt to sound normal failed. Cat's voice sounded so different, weak. She was sure she was dying.
A very short professor, who Cat assumed as Flitwick, came into the office as Dumbledore and Cat were leaving. "Wait a moment, Catarina. Let's Sort you before you go."
Putting down the packages, Cat but a tattered and faded hat on her head. Only concerned on getting down to give Alex her package, Cat didn't even listen to the voice speaking in her ear. She jumped fantastically when it yelled, "GRYFFINDOR!!"
Ending there. Sorry about the length. R/R Be honest! ^_^
Rating: PG? PG-13? Stop it with the hard questions.
Basics: It takes place when Harry's parents started at Hogwarts. Since we don't know very much about their time there, most is my imagination (save us) and there are some new characters (the most obvious of which is the main character). Hope you like it. Sorry in advance about the longness of chapters.
Chapter 1
Parents looked around nervously. Some cried, hugging their small children almost to the point of suffocation. AlexBennet stayed close to her mother. Her twin, Cat, however, thrived on the brink of new independence. She gazed around Platform 9 3/4 at the people with whom she would be spending the next 7 years.
"Five minutes, witches and wizards!" the conductor, dressed in scarlet to match the steam engine, patrolled the platform. A bellboy, also scarlet-clad, took Alex and Cat's trunks.
"You two better be getting on," their father said. Always a serious man, he seemed more solemn than usual. Her mother was on the brink of tears. "You don't want to miss the train to your first year of school."
Alex burst into tears. "Bye, Mum and Dad."
Cat, while she loved her parents, had always been prevented by her independent and stubborn streak from getting to know them as well as Alex had. She regretted it, now especially leaving almost all year for school, but she had to admit to herself that she was glad to be out on her own. As much on her own as she could be going to a boarding school. Kissing her parents goodbye, Cat dragged her sister to the train.
They were greeted by the usual double-take that always followed the girls' entrance to the room. Cat was too accustomed to this to notice. She and Alex had identical faces, both obviously beautiful even at the age of 11, and both were insanely intelligent, having studied magic up to the fourth level before entering witchcraft school this year. The similarities ended there. Alex was quiet, cautious, blonde and blue-eyed, loved reading, and enjoyed the subjects of Herbology, Muggle Studies, Ancient Runes, and Divination over the others. In complete contrast to Alex, Cat had dark hair and eyes, athletic (she was one of the few female Beaters), brave to the point of recklessness, and excelled at Transfiguration, Care of Magical Creatures, and Charms. Pushing past the staring students, they entered a compartment with two other girls, about their age.
"Hi," said Cat, always the more outgoing of the two. "Is anyone sitting there?," she asked the two girls, gesturing to the empty spots on the benches lining three of the walls.
"No, sit down, please." The black girl on Cat's left said, smiling. Alex took that spot, whereas Cat sat next to the other girl, a redhead with remarkably bright green eyes.
"I'm Cat," she said, smiling at the other girls. "I'm a first-year." The train was pulling out of the station through a beautiful countryside.
"Paris," said the black girl.
"Lily," was the redhead. "We're both going to be first-years too."
Paris glanced between Cat and Alex. "Twins?"
Alex spoke for the first time. "How can you tell? I'm Alex."
They all launched into stories of their backgrounds. Lily was Muggle-born, with an older sister named Petunia, a Muggle. Paris was the only child of two Aurors, working in the same department as Cat and Alex's parents. This discussion, along with visions of what Hogwarts will be like, continued through lunch and into the sunset.
A knock echoed on the compartment door. Cat got up to open it, allowing four young boys to enter. The apparent leaders, two black haired boys, addressed Cat, the closest to the door. "Do you have the Evening Prophet?"
The girls glanced around at each other. "No, sorry."
Cat, curious as to why four boys would be inspired to read the paper, asked, "Why?"
The long black-haired boy, who had introduced himself as Sirius Black, replied, "There was another Death Eater attack. Two people dead."
Cat still standing from opening the door, leaning against the wall fot support. She had seen what Death Eaters can do. "Who?," she asked, praying to God that it was not someone she knew.
"Some people by the name of Timothy and Jennifer Bennet."
Alex spoke up. "Sorry?" Cat, looking at her, could tell that she merely thought she had heard wrong. Cat agreed; it couldn't possibly her parents.
"The Bennets. Killed in broad daylight, somewhere abouts Diagon Alley."
Cat closed her eyes and slid to the floor.
"What? Did you know them?," the boy who called himself James Potter asked.
Cat snapped, green eyes full of disgust. Cat heard her distantly yelling at him, but her ears were still echoing with Sirius's words. Timothy and Jennifer Bennet...Death Eaters...
"Oi! Was it you looking for the paper?" A voice sounded out in the hall.
"Yea." Sirius took the paper. "Thanks."
"Cat..." his voice seemed so far away. "Did you want-"
Cat snatched the paper from his outstretched hands. She opened her eyes, the glittering Dark Mark and two portraits of her parents staring back at her. She saw the headline, but couldn't make out the words. She didn't want to. Barely heard over Lily's row with James, Cat muttered "thank you." She looked up at Alex refusing the paper from the blonde boy called Remus, sobbing on Paris's shoulder.
The next few hours passed quickly. Isolated from the world, Cat barely saw, barely heard the boys leave. She unconciously changed into her uniform, only noticing when Lily pointed it out that she was putting her pants on backward.
The train pulled into Hogsmeade station about 7:00. Cat didn't want to leave; she just wanted to remain in the compartment, still on the floor, probably the last place she would ever be happy. They had barely stopped when a black-haired witch entered the compartment. Her eyes looked so sad, Cat couldn't keep contact.
"Alexandria? Catarina?" It wasn't a question. She looked between the two girls. "Please come with me."
Alex looked back, eyes begging Paris to come with her, knowing all the while that she couldn't. They climbed into a carriage in the front of the lengthly line. She jump when she suddenly noticed the creatures pulling them. Horses? No- horse-like. They had leathery skin clinging to their skeleton, wings formed from the same flesh, and fangs below they're all-white eyes. Nice first thing to see of Hogwarts. This is starting out great, eh? As she closed the door, she caught a whiff of the horse's rancid smell.
The witch did not speak the whole ride. Cat doubted she could be heard anyway over Alex's sobbing. She didn't understand why she was not. Maybe she hadn't realized the finality of it. Maybe she wasn't sad at all. No. That's not it. I loved them. But inside, she remembered that she had been in fact grateful to leave them.
Absorbed in her own confusion, Cat followed the witch, who she now knew to be Professor McGonagall, though she couldn't remember how she learned it. Not noticing the majestic castle she was being led through, Cat wasn't even brought back out of her thoughts by a gargoyle springing to life to reveal a ever-spirling staircase.
She heard her name called, but it didn't register. She didn't really feel like "Catarina Bennet" anymore. A hand on her shoulder brought her to the room she hadn't realized she was in. A ruby-and-gold phoenix stared at her.
"Catarina, Alexandria, I assume you know already what I am going to tell you." Cat forced herself to pay attention to the man speaking, who she recognized as Albus Dumbledore, the noted Headmaster.
"Yes, sir." Her voice sounded so small and unsure. Alex obviously didn't trust herself to speak. "I want to know what happened, sir."
Dumbledore looked surprised at this almost-random statement, but disappointed at Alex's response. "I don't. Her blue eyes had stopped crying and looked into Dumbledore's. "Tell her, but I want to go straight to the Sorting. I don't want to know; I don't think I can handle the details."
Dumbledore sighed. Obviously, he thought it better that she knew. "Very well, Alexandria. Professor Flitwick is instructing the students not to talk about the incident, so you will not have to deal with questions."
"Thank you, sir."
"Minerva, take Miss Bennet- Alexandria- to meet the other first-years for Sorting. I imagine they will be arriving soon. I will escort Catarina downstairs once she knows."
Cat meant to smile encouragingly at her sister as Professor McGonagall led her out, but her facial muscles didn't seem to want to move.
"I think your sister is wrong in not learning the truth," Dumbledore began. "Though you both are showing maturity beyond the expected: you wanting to learn the whole story, Alexandria knowing her limits." He lifted a newspaper off the desk. "Forgive me for being so blunt about it, Miss Bennet, but I would not be so if I didn't believe that you could take it in that manner. Your parents went to Diagon Alley shortly after dropping you and Alexandria off at the train. They had bought these-" he produced two brown paper packages, one with the address 'Catarina Bennet, Hogwarts', the other bearing 'Alexandria Bennet, Hogwarts.' With a trembling hand she took them. They must have been sent here. Dumbledore's next statement confirmed her theory.
"They were just leaving the post office to the Leaky Cauldron when they were ambushed by five Death Eaters. The Combustion Curse completely destoryed their bodies, save for these." Fearing he would pull out bones this time, Cat looked away. Instead, Dumbledore pulled out a small envelope.
"Just some things that didn't, well, disintegrate." He looked at Cat concernedly, checking how she was holding up. Not wanting to appear weak, she straightened and said, "Thank you for telling me." Her attempt to sound normal failed. Cat's voice sounded so different, weak. She was sure she was dying.
A very short professor, who Cat assumed as Flitwick, came into the office as Dumbledore and Cat were leaving. "Wait a moment, Catarina. Let's Sort you before you go."
Putting down the packages, Cat but a tattered and faded hat on her head. Only concerned on getting down to give Alex her package, Cat didn't even listen to the voice speaking in her ear. She jumped fantastically when it yelled, "GRYFFINDOR!!"
Ending there. Sorry about the length. R/R Be honest! ^_^
