I hate you

July 15th 1996

Harry Potter 

Harry Potter was laughing with Ronald Weasley about something Hermione had said when someone knocked on the door and the three kids sitting in the room turned and looked to see George standing next to a girl with olive skin and auburn hair, her eyes something about them lit a flame of curiosity in Harry she smiled at the three teenagers.

"This is Eleanor, she's new this year," George said, leaning on the door frame.

"Hi" Hermione said,  "I'm Hermione, that's Ron" Ron said hello but it was barely audiable and mainly just an incoherent mumble. "Hi" Harry said more enthusiastically, waving at the girl, but while Hermione was talking to her he couldn't help but wonder where he had seen her before, Hermione was still questioning the girl when she spoke. Ron and Harry turned to face each other as if asking if they heard her voice, it was Australian. Hermione started rambling again. Harry remembered what his godfather had said to him a few moths before his passing. 

"She moved to Australia, she has a daughter, she must be around your age now"

"I'm going to steal her from you guys now," George interrupted Hermione's rant. 

After the two left, Harry turned back to the two other "Thats Isabelle Bakers daughter," the two only looked at him, confused expressions on their faces. Harry sighed at their faces, "Isabelle Baker moved to Australia just after the wizarding war, she was in the Order, she knew about my mum and dad, she was friends with Sirius and Lupin. I don't know exactly what happened but I think after Sirius went to prison she left, something happened between the two,"

"I think Eleanor is what happened, Harry" Hermione said, "did you see her eyes? They looked exactly like Sirius's" Ron opened his mouth to say something but before he could another knock came for the door. 

"Dinner is ready".

~~

July 16th 1996

Eleanor

"Welcome to London" Fred had said, before leaving her alone in the alley, Eleanor was in shock, she thought Diagon Alley was supposed to be happy and a lively place but instead it was a cold, dark place, it felt as if it was unwelcoming to anyone who was there, but maybe it was just the sky, it was dark and cold out but just looking inside of the empty shops it made shivers go up Eleanors spine. Looking down at the bricked ground she started heading towards the only joyous sound in the entirety of Diagon Alley. Entering Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, she saw the most colour she had seen the entire time she'd been in Britain. She saw boy's vomiting into a bucket and a girls tongue grow 8 feet out of her mouth. In awe with everything around her she accidentally ran into two people, knocking one of them over.

"Oh shit, I'm so sorry" she looked at the person she was currently on top of, to see a girl with brown hair and very strong facial features, the girl looked about Eleanors age and she was just smiling brightly at Eleanor. Eleanor got off her apologising a million times over.

"It's quite alright," she said, wiping dust off of her, the other person Eleanor had bumped into wasn't nearly as nice as the girl, he just sneered at her. 

"Sara, come on," he said, pulling on the girls shoulder.

"Fuck off Theo, just go without me, I'll be there soon," He scoffed at her then looked at Eleanor and sneered once again before turning and leaving.

"Sorry about him, we just need to be somewhere,"

"Oh, sorry," had all Eleanor said was sorry since she got here, "you should probably go then" she looked back down at her feet.

"Why would I go now, I haven't even introduced myself yet. I'm Sara Nott, that was my brother, Theodore Nott, but don't call him Theodore. Where are you from?" she asked, looking at Eleanor curiously.

"I'm from Australia, I'm Eleanor by the way, Eleanor Baker." she said, smiling at Sara.

"You're Eleanor Baker, that's so cool, are you really the deadliest witch in the century?" Sara asked, Eleanor's eyebrows raised, did everyone just know about that know now.

"Yeah, I think so, I hope that I am, cause that would mean that I would be having a baby real soon that would have to kill the Dark Lord." she joked, Sara smiled at her. "You're a legacy, that's so cool, oh well, let us not talk about that right now." Sara said, walking towards the door, "I'm in Ravenclaw by the way, Theo is in Slytherin" Eleanor was about to reply as they reached the outside. 

"Hi Eleanor," voice said from about 2 meters away from the two girls. They turned to see Harry, Ron and Hermione all looking at the two girls.

"Oh, Hiya Harry," she gave a small wave to Ron and Hermione as well, they both returned it. "We're going inside, you wanna come," Harry said, side eying the girl standing next to Eleanor, while Sara just smirked at the black haired boy.

"Yea, I'll be there soon," Harry nodded at Ellie and the three of them walked into the Weasleys shop.

"So," Sara said, "You're friends with Harry Potter, guess you're only missing a Hufflepuff, you have Theo in Slytherin, me in Ravenclaw, Harry and all them in Gryffindor and you only need one in Hufflepuff then you will have a person in each house. Not that you'll need to worry, you will be a Slytherin for sure, deadliest witch in the century should be in Slytherin. I have to go, I will see you at school legacy." Ellie smiled at the girl that was turning down an alley, as she walked back inside the trio walked out and Hermione grabbed Ellies arm and took her with them. They went down the same street Ellie had only just seen Sara go down. There was a platinum blonde walking far in front of the 4, a bunch of old hags kept trying to touch Hermione and Ellie, every time they dodged a hand another would reach out from the other side, Eleanor bumped into the stopped boys in front of her, they were mumbling to themselves. 

"Ron help us up" Harry said, before Ron got himself in a position so that the three could climb up, Harry stood on Rons hand and Ron pushed him onto the roof and he did the same with Hermione and Ellie, they lowered themselves onto the roof, Eleanor didn't know what they were supposed to be looking at, there was a the boy, that was in front of them only moments ago, he was in front of this weird cupboard looking thing, it was quite ugly, she didn't know why it would be in a shop, it was far to ugly to ever be bought. She peered off the roof to see Ron thing to see into the building but the blinds were closed and when she looked back up the window they had been previously looking through was now covered by a soft fabric. Ron helped the three down, asking what had happened but all harry kept on saying was 'later' and looking down at the half naked witches in disgust. Walking back up to the twins shop they spotted Ellie's mum, an angry expression on her face, as she spotted the four she walked briskly over to them and the look she gave the trio told them to get back inside. Ellie was apparated back home before being sat down on her bed by her mother.

"Eleanor Baker, do you know what it felt like this morning waking up to talk to you and seeing you not in your bed and being told by Todd that you had gone out with the Weasley twins and when I went to go find you, and where were you? You were in Knockturn Alley, of all places," she snapped at her daughter, sighing at the look of guilt on her face she sat down next to Eleanor."Ellie we need to talk about last night." Eleanor looked up at her mothers face, it was filled with sorrow and regret, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you, I should've told you the dark lord is back, he killed your father last month. Sirius is Harry's godfather and you know about Harrys prophecy, the boy who lived, you need to help each other, the prophecy said about a boy born in July and a girl born in February are to be a legacy forever on and to defeat the great evil. Ellie, dear, you need to learn how you are going to do that, Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall will be teaching you how, you will sometimes go to lessons with Harry and Dumbledore, he will be training you both for the end. Oh Ellie, I love you so much," she said, on the verge of tears, knowing her daughter will be trained for death, she pulled her daughter into a hug and kissed the top of her head, a hand touched her back and she felt the warm touch of Ellies arms around her making her smile, she pulled away and looked at her daughter, putting her hand on her cheek "you have his eyes, his beautiful hazel eyes" Eleanor leaned into her mothers touch, smiling at her.

A soft purring entered the room as Todd walked into the room with Bruno in his arms, Isabelle pulled away from her daughter and stood up, a silent tear falling off her cheek, Todd handed Bruno to Ellie, and Ellie laid on her bed as Bruno curled up her chest falling asleep. After a few minutes she lifted Bruno up and placed him on her bed before getting up, she got out one of her vinyls and put it on her record player, Reel Around The Fountain by The Smiths started playing, lying back down on her bed she curled up around Bruno as he moved into her touch as they both fell fast asleep.

1st September 1996

Eleanor wasn't listening to whatever Harry was talking to Dean about, she had her walkman switched on and she was listening to the album Louder Than Bombs, sighing as she looked out the window, watching as Kings Cross slowly disappeared, looking out at the countryside her mothers voice ringing in her head "they will be training you for the end", she looked down at the letter in her hand, trying to distract herself from the gnawing thought of what 'the end' is.

Dear Eleanor,

You are invited to the slug club, I'm in compartment C,

I would be delighted to have lunch and get to know you.

Professor Slughorn

She didn't want to go, she just wanted to listen to the smiths but she would feel bad, she looked up when she heard the compartment door open, a chubby boy entered "Has anyone else got an invitation to the Slug Club?" he asked, looking around. 

"I do" Harry said "Eleanor, you have one too right," she nodded at him, "We'll have to go I guess, c'mon Neville, Ellie, we will be back soon Dean, Seamus" Harry said standing up, Ellie got up and followed the two boys to the front of the train, taking off her walkman as they reached compartment C, there was Ginny, a boy will dark skin, a boy with a beater build, a boy chomping down on whatever was sitting on the table, and finally there was a boy with dark brown curly hair, his hair was cut into a sort of mullet, he had a scar down his face and he was absolutely disgusted by the boy eating. He looked up at the 3 that had entered the compartment, he looked at Harry then his gaze shifted to Eleanors, they looked at each other before he smirked and looked at the dark skinned boy, pointing with his eyes, although the dark skin boy didn't have to look far as Eleanor sat next to him, he was closest to Ginny and there wasn't many seats. 

"Ahh, Harry m'boy, Mr Longbottam and Ms Baker, welcome," he stopped for a second looking at harry before continuing "welcome everybody to the first Slug Club meeting," the boy eating stopped to look at Professor Slughorn, Eleanor made a face of disgust at the boy and at the teacher, why does he have a club, won't other people feel left out, and why are there only 7 students here, why was she here. "Alright there Belby," Slughorn said to the boy eating, "Alright talk amongst yourselves, you need to know each other if you are to be in this club for the rest of the year, Eleanor stayed silent, she put her walkman back over her ears and pressed play, and looked outside, she didn't realise that the boy with scar down his face was her sworn enemies son, and that she wasn't safe in that club.

"Hey!" she yelled, as her walkman got pulled off her ears, they boy she was sitting next to had taken them off.

"Don't you know its rude to ignore people," he said handing it back to her.

"Didn't your mum ever teach you it was rude to take things that aren't yours," she snapped back, the boy looked at her and smirked.

"I'm Blaise Zabini, where is that accent from? I've been most places, and I haven't heard that before." he asked, looking at her lips for a split second, they were squished up in that compartment which meant that Blaise and Eleanor were very closes to each others faces.

"It's Australian, and I would appreciate it if you got out of my face and stop touching my things." she snapped at him, turning away after he smiled a smile of defeat. 

"Oh Ms Baker, how is your mother, she was one of my bests, she was a very good student and tell me how is your father?" Slughorn asked, her thoughts got sad at the mention of her dad.

"My mother is well, Professor, but my father, he died in the Summer, sir, that is why we moved back here." she said smiling, no one here need to know who her father was, if they didn't already know, everyone seems to know stuff about her that she doesn't seem to know. 

"Oh my look at the time, you lot need to go get ready for school and Eleanor, my dear, give your mother my best, I'm sorry to have heard about your father, you too Mr Zabini. Right, off you go." Eleanor looked at the expression on Zabini's face, it was a look of anger but also sadness, they all filed out of the compartment. As Eleanor got back to her compartment she sat down next to Bruno and she saw a letter sitting on her seat. 

Hogwarts

Professor McGonagall.

Dear E. Baker,

I would like you to follow your peers to the Great Hall and wait outside those doors, there will be another student waiting, you will be talked to about your houses and your subjects, we also would like to take a look at your OWLs with you. 

Signed

Professor McGonagall

Eleanor read the letter two more times before shoving it in her pocket, and grabbing her clothes out of her trunk and she went across the hall to the girl compartment, Ginny and this blonde girl were just about to get changed when she opened the door. "Sorry, I need to get changed as well and I didn't want any of the boys watch me get changed,"

"It's fine Eleanor, close the door and pull down the blinds," Ginny said, Eleanor did as she was told. After the girls had gotten dressed, Ellie stayed with them for a little bit just talking and getting to know each other, before saying her goodbyes and collecting her things and leaving. Just as Ellie opened the compartment doors the hall went black and overcame by a darkness, Ellie kept walking even though it was dark, she felt a person bump into her and heard her stuff fall, just as she was about to yell at the person who had bumped into her the darkness disappeared and it was that boy with the scar on his face. He was already sneering at Eleanor when she looked up at him properly, his eyes were a dark hazel, mirroring her own but a shade darker. She looked away and looked at her things that were completely cluttered around the hall. "Excuse me," she said, the boy was turned around about to walk away. The boy turned back around to face her. "What" he asked, his voice was surprisingly deeper than Ellie had expected, "Is there something you want" Ellie looked at him for a while before muttering a no. He walked away and Eleanor collected her things off the floor and walked back to Harry's compartment. 'Half a Person' filled her ears, the song was a melancholy story as Morrissey puts it, the story of his life. She saw the castle shining brightly and she made sure she had everything, Bruno had been asleep on her chair all train ride, he had barely moved but she need to but him in his carrier before they got to the castle. When they stopped she followed Neville towards the castle, and stopped outside the Great Hall, watching as hundreds of students walked in, she looked across the doorway to see the boy from earlier stopped outside. She scoffed and rolled her eyes as she realised, he was the second student that was supposed to be coming to Professor McGonagalls office. He walked over to Ellie and as he was starting to talk a tall woman dressed in long green robes cleared her throat as she stopped in front of the two. 

"Follow me." she said sharply, she walked off to her office, Eleanor and the boy followed quietly, they followed her into her office and sat down in the two chairs that were sat in front of her desk. "Mr Riddle, we will start with you, where did you go previously?"

"Ilvermorny, Professor, I was in Horned Serpent," Riddle said, he barely had an American accent, it was there but it wasn't really. "I have no Ts or Ds in my OWLs Professor, I only have one A and the rest are Es and Os."

"Right," McGonagall said, glancing at her desk before turning to Eleanor "What about you Ms Baker," 

"I went to the Cheshire Castle, I was in Wagyl," looking at the face Professor Mcgonagalls face she continued with explaining what the house are "Wagyl is where you are filled with Wit, Courage and Cunning. I also got no Ts and Ds but I also got no As, I have all Es and Os, my Os are Potions, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Charms and Transfigurations my Es are the rest of my subjects, I was a prefect at my school and I was halfway through my study of the NEWTs and I was wondering if-" 

"Ms Baker, I know what you are about to ask and the answer is no, you will just have to study again and the learning might be different here then at Cheshire, now the two of you will follow me back down to the Great Hall, where you will be sorted into your houses." McGonagall stood up and walked out of the office, Eleanor and Mattheo followed her once again, but this time she walked with her head low and she could feel Riddles eyes on her. They walked into the Great Hall and she looked up and saw nearly 800 student looking at the two as they followed McGonagall, Eleanor saw Sara smiling at her brightly and she smiled at her. The two walked up to a stool and Mcgonagall called out 'Riddle, Mattheo' and he went and sat up there, and McGonagall put a hat on top of his head. 

"Ahh, a Riddle, cunning, ambitious, you will have good time in SLYTHERIN!" Eleanor looked shocked and as Riddle got off the stool and made his way towards the cheering table.

"Baker, Eleanor" McGonagall called, Eleanor walked up the stool and sat down, she felt the hat getting laid on her head. 

"hmm, a Baker, you're a legacy, the legacy, you have a lot of ambition in here, witty too, very smart, you are also courages, you fit into three houses but which one, you could follow in you parents footsteps and be a Gryffindor or you could have a great future in Slytherin, but you are very smart and will do very well in RAVENCLAW. A loud applause from a middle table and as she was getting off the stool she saw the girl from the Weasleys shop clapping and cheering more than any of her classmates while also having a shocked look on her face, if she looked shocked Eleanor wondered what she looked like. "Eleanor, I'm so happy you're in my house, it'll be so much fun just us two." Sara said, the girl gleaming with excitement, Eleanor sat down next to the girl and while they talked she didn't realise that Mattheo Riddle was talking about her to Sara's brother, and that the both had just started thinking about this girl and would never be able to stop. " I honestly thought you were going to be in Slytherin," Sara said while putting potatoes on her plate, the sorting ceremony had finished and the feast had begun. Eleanor felt to nervous to eat anything, she felt to watched. "My brother 100% thought you were going to be, he wanted you to be, if you ask me I think he likes you a bit. But who knows, he hasn't even talked to you yet, he's a bit of a pussy if I say so myself." Sara giggled at herself and Eleanor too, the two girl continued to talk about how the school worked and just basic things Eleanor needed to know, the girls continued to talked until the feast was over, they both had enjoyed themselves too much they didn't realise until they were practically the last people sitting at their table. Their chattering filled the stair halls amongst a couple hundred students as they left the hall with their peers. Eleanor caught eyes with a Slytherin boy with dark skin, she looked at him a bit longer before realising he was the boy who took her stuff during the first slug club introduction. He smiled at her and waved a small wave and she returned it, even though she was a bit mad in the moment he wasn't so bad. She turned back to Sara as they continued up the stairs, there were a lot of them but as she looked around she realised some of them had red ties instead of blue. As she realised this the two groups reached two different stair cases and they split ways, the Ravenclaws heading up to the right and the Gryffindors to the left. "Eleanor, you still there?" Sara asked, all Eleanor could do was nod, everything about this school was beautiful and shockingly stunning, the portraits moved and so did the staircases, there were ghosts and everything worked in such order, she smiled brightly and grabbed onto Sara's arm and the girls started giggling together, even though they had only known each other a few hours they felt like its been a lifetime. Eleanor would do anything for this girl and Sara the same. When they got the entrance the prefect said something to the statue of a raven and it opened the entrance to their common room, Sara held tightly to Eleanors hand and led her through the common room, rushing past everyone as the girls laughed up the stairs to Sara's dorm. "Oh my god, El you're my dorm mate!" Sara exclaimed, the girls looked at the bed all neat and tidy and saw the bed with Eleanors things on it. The girls talked for hours before getting ready for bed and they both fell asleep as soon as they hit the mattress. And all Eleanor could think about before she slept were those deep brown hazel eyes that belonged to the boy with a scar on his face.