I only own Onyx,

her family, and the plot

Written: Thursday, January 5th, 2018
Published: Saturday, January 6th, 2018 

Edited: N/A

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Chapter 6- First Day

"SOME SOULS JUST UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER UPON MEETING." -N.R. Hart

ONYX GROANED SLIGHTLY as rays of the glittering sun stab at her eyelids begging her to open them so they could get to her eyes and grant her the gift of sight. Instead, Onyx let out a groan-worthy of Bigfoot and rolled over onto her left shoulder and pulled the white and black throw blanket up over her head.

Then as she felt as small furry weight settle on her side Onyx pulled down her covers and peered at Chip's mischievous face.

Then she remembered...

She was starting at Hogwarts today!

Quickly Onyx picked up Chip cradling him in her arms as she walked over to his cage and gently pushed him in.

Then dancing across the hard floor she moved over to her closet and quickly chose a relatively normal looking outfit.

With the outfit in her hands, Onyx skidded across the floor and into the bathroom. She put her outfit down on the countertop and quickly took off her pajamas. Then she carefully stepped into the shower.

Onyx flicked the water on and as the freezing cold water hit her, not dampening her excitement in the slightest, she jumped around to avoid the cold water until it warmed up.

Once it did she quickly cleaned herself up and washed her hair and by the time she was done the only thing she could smell was lemon and vanilla. Her two favorites.

After all the suds had been washed down the drain she quickly got out and breathed in the amazing scents deeply. As she breathed out Onyx became aware of the fact that her skin was quickly heating up and as it did so every bit of water was evaporating into thin air.

Then she quickly went over to the counter and slipped on her underwear, jeans, belt, socks, and combat boots. Then she quickly wrapped her chest with a band of soft white cloth. Onyx did this instead of wearing a bra because she found it was more comfortable and sturdier.

Quickly she brushed her long, thick, straight, hair out so that it lay comfortably on her back and hid most of her face. Then Onyx pulled on her top struggling slightly due to the tightness of it. After that, she pulled her jacket on and flipped her hair up so that it was above the jacket rather than under as it had been a few seconds prior.

Onyx moved into her room as quickly as she could not wanting to be late for Uncle. She quickly attached her watch together around her wrist. Then she slipped her wand into a pocket on the inside of her jacket.

After that, Onyx grabbed her trunk and after placing her pet's cages on top of it she began to move out the door towards the entrance of the school.

When Onyx reached the entrance she realized that she had again skipped a meal. It had been a common occurrence as since she was 9 she just simply didn't feel very hungry unless she had skipped several meals. Onyx simply told herself simply to eat at the feast or on the train instead.

Then with a whoosh of air Uncle was here, "Are you ready Onyx?"

"Not remotely," Onyx replied very nervous to actually be starting at the school she had lived at for the past 11 years.

"Let's go!" She said not wanting to miss the train as she would look even more out of place then.

In answer Uncle simply grabbed her wrist and with one twist they were gone.

Onyx took a quick look at her watch and saw she had 5 minutes to get on the train, "You can go Uncle Albus. I'll be fine.

"Okay, my dear," Uncle said blue eyes twinkling merrily at her.

Then without another word exchanged he simply turned on his heel and vanished.

Not speaking to anybody but hearing all the usual hurtful comments about her hair Onyx jumped onto the train pulling her pet and her trunk up after her. Looking for an empty compartment she wandered into one that was a little ways down the train.

Heaving her trunk up into the luggage rack she picked a book from it. Setting the book down on the seat she then let Chip out of his cage.

Quickly Onyx pulled Chip's now empty cage onto her trunk as well. Then she settled down in the corner of the compartment and began to read.

A few minutes later a gray-haired woman popped her head into the compartment. Chip raised his head once from the seat across from Onyx alerting the white-haired girl to the woman's presence.

"Anything from the trolley?" The woman asked the girl.

Onyx set her book down on the couch before standing up and reaching into the luggage rack for her purse. She then turned back around to face the woman who expectantly looked at her.

"I'll take the lot." She said holding out a handful of money.

After Onyx had eaten some of the pumpkin pasties and packed the rest of her sweets into her messenger's bag she heard a knock on the door.

"Come in," Onyx called out once.

Without another second to spare a black haired girl popped into the room. The girl was one Onyx had never spoken to before but she remembered seeing in Gringotts. Onyx thought one of the reasons she remembered her is she stood out a lot because her eyes were a bright electric blue

"I'm Jasmine Francis. Do you mind if I sit here? Black started to get a bit irritated with me." The blue-eyed girl said.

"Come right in. However, I am going to go to sleep." Onyx said feeling very tired.

Without a word, she stretched her legs across the gap between the seats and let her head lean back closing her eyes as she let her mind drift into blankness.

Onyx woke to somebody prodding her shoulder rather sharply. Not wanting to be poked she gave whatever was poking her a sharp slap and she heard someone cry out in pain.

Ignoring everything Onyx tried to let her mind go back to the state of bliss it was in before.

However, it seemed her wishes couldn't be complied with and instead she was rapped sharply on the forehead as someone began to speak, "Come on Onyx wake up. We have less than half an hour before we get to Hogwarts."

Instantly Onyx shot up and without a word grabbed her robes and uniform from her trunk.

She quickly made her way out the door and towards the restrooms and as soon as she was inside she quickly changed as fast as she could into the uniform.

Onyx slipped her wand out of her previous clothes and put it in one of the many pockets her robes seemed to have and made her way out of the restroom grabbing her clothes as she went.

As events had seemed to do these days, karma, for what she was not sure of, turned every single one into something embarrassing. Onyx made her way down the hallway to go back to her compartment but she was looking at the floor and not watching where she was going.

Sure enough Onyx bumped into what at the time she deemed to be a wall. Of course, it wasn't but as her terrible sense of balance would have it she began to fall. Instantaneously she felt a pair of hands jump to her waist and pull her back to her feet. Suddenly Onyx remembered her powers and she quickly made a conscious effort to calm down. Too much excitement and her eyes likely would flash to white and never turn back.

After she had sufficiently calmed down she looked up to see who had saved her from a great deal of pain in her arse. As she looked up at him Onyx was struck instantly by the number of scars the boy had on his face and neck. Almost as many as on her own but still too many for a boy his age. He also had hair somewhere between brown and blonde and beautiful hazel eyes.

Under her slightly calculating gaze she watched as his eyes briefly flicked to gold then back to his normal hazel and instantly she understood. He was a werewolf.

Apparently, he recognized that Onyx figured it out and his eyes widened in panic.

"It's okay I won't tell anyone, ..." She said smiling at the panic-stricken boy.

"Remus Lupin." He finished for her smiling nervously back.

"Onyx Woods, a pleasure to make your acquaintance but I'm afraid I've gotta dash," Onyx replied knowing her time left on the train was short.

He simply inclined his head slightly and continued on his way down the hall. She set off at a run towards her compartment slightly afraid that another person had learned of her heritage.

As she reached the door of the compartment she slammed it open and barged in rather unceremoniously only to be awestruck by the view outside the window.

Jasmine turned to see what she was looking at as Onyx breathed out, "Hogwarts."

Quickly Onyx ushered Chip back into his cage as the train came to a screeching stop. Taking off full of excitement she began to run not knowing or caring where she was going. That is until she crashed into the largest pair of legs on the castle grounds.

Quickly Onyx felt herself get lifted up by the waist and set flat on Hagrid's palm.

"Hey, Hagrid," Onyx called out to the half-giant.

"Ey 'nyx." He replied gruffly.

Then without any warning, Hagrid began to tickle her and only when she was howling in laughter did he finally stop and just let her stand up flat on his palm.

Onyx simply pushed off his hand and tucked her body backward and as fast as she could she let herself turn twice before landing in a boat next to three familiar figures. One was not all that welcoming while the other two she knew were decent people.

Who were they you may ask? Well, there was Remus and Jasmine, but Black was there too. Simply ignoring Sirius Onyx kept silent as she faced the front of the boat.

However, it appeared she had unknowingly placed her trust in the wrong person as she felt a rough hand push the small of her back and with a huge splash she hit the water.

Not wanting to get her wand lost she pulled it from her robes and shoved it in between her teeth. Then she began to swim as fast as she could in one direction popping her wings out and using them to propel her faster but not bothering to open her eyes as the water was so murky it would be useless.

As Onyx felt her feet touch solid ground she pulled herself up so she was standing in the water. Quickly she snapped her wings back into her tattoos wincing at the burning feeling. As the boats approached the shore she quickly came to the conclusion that it was Black who pushed her as the other two were way too nice to do something like that. Quickly she stuffed her wand into her pocket and stood up preparing to create a revenge prank.

So, quickly Onyx came up with a scheme. She quickly rolled a large amount of the sticky mud from the lakeside into a ball and held it in her hand. As the boats hit the shore she quickly spotted Black.

"Hey Black, can you come over here please?" Onyx called out hiding the mud ball behind her back.

As he sauntered up to her with a lazy smirk on his gracing his lips Onyx repressed the urge to spit in his face as best she could.

Then when he was in front of her she whispered, "Close your eyes."

Not questioning her in the slightest he shut his eyes. Then with a wicked grin on her face, Onyx flicked her wrist and watched as the slimy mud ball exploded all over his face

"That's what you get when you play with fire, Black." Onyx spat at him as his face broke into a twisted grimace.

Then she made her way away from him and up towards Hagrid who was now at the doors to the castle. She contemplated whether to do her air dry trick and since it was getting quite chilly being sopping wet out in the cold of September she decided why not. Quickly Onyx breathed in and out as all the water dissipated unaware of the fact that a certain grey-eyed tormenter had seen the entire thing.

Hagrid knocked 3 times on the door and almost instantly it was opened by Professor McGonagall. Onyx snickered quietly because the other first years got a slightly fearful look in their eyes as they peered at her. The first time Onyx saw her she knew she was not somebody to be crossed, but as time went on she learned if you were kind and hard working and paid attention you would gain a very real friend in her.

"The first years Professor," Hagrid said.

"Alright follow me." Professor McGonagall said to us.

The first years all followed quietly behind her and then when we came to a room right across from the great hall she ushered us in.

"I will come back and get you when it is time for the Sorting." She said.

Then she walked away. Feeling a slight chill in the atmosphere Onyx's mouth quirked up in a small smirk as she knew it signified the arrival of some of her best friends. She heard about five screams so she turned on my heel only to see the ghosts of the four houses.

"Hello, Sir Nicholas, Friar, Helena, Baron," Onyx said waving to them.

"Hello, Onyx." Said all of them except the ever silent Baron.

Then they continued on their way through the wall and everybody started chatting again as if four spirits didn't just pop through the wall. Suddenly Professor McGonagall came back through the door and all the first years lined up in alphabetical order in front of her. Wordlessly she turned around and we followed her through the doors of the great hall. She pulled out her list of names and Onyx heard her call out

"Adele, Tom"

Hufflepuff the sorting hat cried as it sat on his head,

"Crete, Aquilla"

Ravenclaw

"Egeline, Bagheera"

Slytherin

And "Johnson, Daniel."

Gryffindor

Among many others.

Somewhere among the masses Sirius and his twin Karma were both placed in Gryffindor shocking many people. A fiery-haired girl directly before Jasmine was also placed in Gryffindor as was a dark-haired boy with glasses called James. Remus, Jasmine, and another kid by the name of Peter were also placed in Gryffindor.

Onyx quickly glanced at the fire-haired girl apparently called Lily as a look of sadness spread across her face as a boy called Severus Snape was placed in Slytherin. Then as the line dwindled down till she was the very last person left Onyx finally heard the two words she had been dying to hear for over half an hour.

"Woods, Onyx"

Afraid she walked up to the stool and sat down pulling the hat down over her head. A little voice seemed to open in the back of her head began to speak, "Ah yes the daughter of dragons it's been millennia since I have sorted one of you. Hmm... your plenty clever and cunning. You would do well in Slytherin. Never mind you don't have the overwhelming ambition."

"Hey, I'm plenty ambitious!" Onyx thought at the hat indignantly.

Completely ignoring her the hat continued, "Let's not even address the possibility of Hufflepuff."

"Hey!" Onyx thought again, "That was unnecessarily rude."

"However, you are very smart and witty. You would also do well in Ravenclaw. Never mind you have too much sneakiness for the house of the Eagle, but I know where you belong, you belong in the house of the brave of heart with your friend. You belong in Gryffindor."

Shakily Onyx took the hat off her head and set it back on the stool and plodded over to the red and gold table. Hearing many congratulations she half-heartedly thanked everyone then looked up at Uncle Albus. He sent a small wink her way when she sat down and perking up a bit she sent one back. As quickly as it started the sorting was over and the food appeared. However Onyx didn't eat much as she was too busy thinking.

Onyx was so different from her new housemates. She wasn't brave. She wasn't like them.

She was a cowardly dragon in a lion's den.

This couldn't work out well.

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