NATURAL SELECTION
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
Chapter 7
It was quarter of nine when Sasporilla awoke. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes as she saw Gooseberry exploring her new home. Opening the cupboard and looking at the old bottles and boxes within. Mrs.Bucket stood in the kitchen tending to the morning fry up. Her father was already gone. He'd been asleep in the chair when they got home from shopping yesterday.
"Hurry up sleepy head." Wysteria said. "Just enough time to get a quick bite to eat, have a wash and get you off to school."
Sasporilla stumbled to the table. Gooseberry jumped onto her head and slid down onto her shoulder.
"Good morning." Sasporilla said as the monkey gave her a great big kiss.
"I've mended that book for you." Wysteria said putting a plate of eggs and chips in front of her daughter. "And I've got you all packed."
"Thank you mum." Sasporilla said handing a chip to Gooseberry.
"I was working on something last night I think the two of you might appreciate." Wysteria said with a smile.
Sasporilla looked at Gooseberry who was confused at just what to do with her chip. Then she looked back at her mum who put an old leather salesman sample case down in front of her.
"Ah." Sasporilla smiled. "It's very nice?"
"Turn it around." Mrs.Bucket prodded her daughter.
Turning it, Sasporilla saw that the front of the case had been painted with a lovely scene of a house with a garden. A door, made of cardboard but perfectly painted was on the front along with a window made of some kind of clear plastic.
Gooseberry ran down Sasporilla's arm and in through the front door.
"Gooseberry!" Sasporilla shouted looking inside the door.
"Open the side." Wysteria said clasping her hands together in excitement.
With the undoing of two snaps the side dropped down to reveal a lush bedroom inside. Gooseberry hopped on and down on her new bed.
"Do you like it?" Mrs.Bucket asked.
Sasporilla couldn't believe what she saw.
"I picked up the bed and chair from some trash and stuffed them until they seemed comfy. The wall paper was from an old sample book left in this case. I guess the muggle was a wall paper sales man. The carpet is made from..."
Sasporilla ran around the table and hugged her mother tightly. Gooseberry, ran up and joined the in hug, happy with her new home.
"Now eat up." Wysteria said. "Big morning."
After breakfast Sasporilla got into her uniform. It was a bit big but as always she was told, "You'll grow into it."
Sasporilla found a couple of extra things she wanted to pack like her journal with the weird sisters ticket stub from last years Halloween concert. She couldn't afford to get in but, her and mum, sat outside the venue and could hear it clearly. After the concert was over, someone through their old ripped ticket stub on the sidewalk and Sasporilla picked it up. A memory of the night and all it meant to her.
By quarter of eleven the Bucket girls rushed into Kings Cross station. Sasporilla pushed her belongings on a flat cart, trying to keep up with her mum who kept shouting "Hurry! Hurry! You'll be late."
They ran through the barrier to track nine and three quarters and for the first time, Sasporilla Bucket saw the great red train that read 'Hogwarts Express'.
"Ok sweet heart, I want you to have this." Mrs.Bucket said handing her a small fist full of coins. "In case you want to get a treat on the train."
"Mum." Sasporilla said putting the coins back in her mothers hand. "I have everything I could ever need. Keep it for the house."
Wysteria hugged her daughter thinking how much she had grown up and selfless she'd become.
"Good morning ladies." Nick Owlmore said leaning in with a smile.
Uncle Nick motioned to the porter who took Sasporilla's things. Gooseberry protested at the man for taking her new house but Sasporilla grabbed it off the top of the trunk.
"I'll carry this with me, thanks." She smiled.
"Well." Nick clapped his hands together in excitement. "Already to start your first year at Hogwarts?"
"Yes." Sasporilla said shyly.
"Well me and the lads wanted to make sure you had a proper send off, ya?" Nick smiled picking his god daughter up by the waist and putting her on the train car step. "Best hug yer mum and find a seat."
Wysteria hugged her daughter goodbye, kissed her on the cheek and hugged her again.
"I love you Sasporilla Imaginarium Bucket." Wysteria said with a tear in her eye.
"I love you to mum." Sasporilla smiled.
"Make us proud." Her mother said waving as Sasporilla stepped inside the car.
Students, both new and old, bustled around the train looking for a seat as the whistle blew.
"All aboard!" The conductor said slipping his pocket-watch into his vest.
As the train pulled out the full Ministry of magic band played pipes and drums. The Aurors of the Magical law enforcement division all stood at attention saluting the train. A banner, as long as two cars read, "Congratulations Sasporilla Bucket."
Sassy saw this through the window as she entered the first empty car. She thought it quite wonderful until she heard the first young witch comment. "Who or what is a Sasporilla Bucket?"
It was quarter of nine when Sasporilla awoke. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes as she saw Gooseberry exploring her new home. Opening the cupboard and looking at the old bottles and boxes within. Mrs.Bucket stood in the kitchen tending to the morning fry up. Her father was already gone. He'd been asleep in the chair when they got home from shopping yesterday.
"Hurry up sleepy head." Wysteria said. "Just enough time to get a quick bite to eat, have a wash and get you off to school."
Sasporilla stumbled to the table. Gooseberry jumped onto her head and slid down onto her shoulder.
"Good morning." Sasporilla said as the monkey gave her a great big kiss.
"I've mended that book for you." Wysteria said putting a plate of eggs and chips in front of her daughter. "And I've got you all packed."
"Thank you mum." Sasporilla said handing a chip to Gooseberry.
"I was working on something last night I think the two of you might appreciate." Wysteria said with a smile.
Sasporilla looked at Gooseberry who was confused at just what to do with her chip. Then she looked back at her mum who put an old leather salesman sample case down in front of her.
"Ah." Sasporilla smiled. "It's very nice?"
"Turn it around." Mrs.Bucket prodded her daughter.
Turning it, Sasporilla saw that the front of the case had been painted with a lovely scene of a house with a garden. A door, made of cardboard but perfectly painted was on the front along with a window made of some kind of clear plastic.
Gooseberry ran down Sasporilla's arm and in through the front door.
"Gooseberry!" Sasporilla shouted looking inside the door.
"Open the side." Wysteria said clasping her hands together in excitement.
With the undoing of two snaps the side dropped down to reveal a lush bedroom inside. Gooseberry hopped on and down on her new bed.
"Do you like it?" Mrs.Bucket asked.
Sasporilla couldn't believe what she saw.
"I picked up the bed and chair from some trash and stuffed them until they seemed comfy. The wall paper was from an old sample book left in this case. I guess the muggle was a wall paper sales man. The carpet is made from..."
Sasporilla ran around the table and hugged her mother tightly. Gooseberry, ran up and joined the in hug, happy with her new home.
"Now eat up." Wysteria said. "Big morning."
After breakfast Sasporilla got into her uniform. It was a bit big but as always she was told, "You'll grow into it."
Sasporilla found a couple of extra things she wanted to pack like her journal with the weird sisters ticket stub from last years Halloween concert. She couldn't afford to get in but, her and mum, sat outside the venue and could hear it clearly. After the concert was over, someone through their old ripped ticket stub on the sidewalk and Sasporilla picked it up. A memory of the night and all it meant to her.
By quarter of eleven the Bucket girls rushed into Kings Cross station. Sasporilla pushed her belongings on a flat cart, trying to keep up with her mum who kept shouting "Hurry! Hurry! You'll be late."
They ran through the barrier to track nine and three quarters and for the first time, Sasporilla Bucket saw the great red train that read 'Hogwarts Express'.
"Ok sweet heart, I want you to have this." Mrs.Bucket said handing her a small fist full of coins. "In case you want to get a treat on the train."
"Mum." Sasporilla said putting the coins back in her mothers hand. "I have everything I could ever need. Keep it for the house."
Wysteria hugged her daughter thinking how much she had grown up and selfless she'd become.
"Good morning ladies." Nick Owlmore said leaning in with a smile.
Uncle Nick motioned to the porter who took Sasporilla's things. Gooseberry protested at the man for taking her new house but Sasporilla grabbed it off the top of the trunk.
"I'll carry this with me, thanks." She smiled.
"Well." Nick clapped his hands together in excitement. "Already to start your first year at Hogwarts?"
"Yes." Sasporilla said shyly.
"Well me and the lads wanted to make sure you had a proper send off, ya?" Nick smiled picking his god daughter up by the waist and putting her on the train car step. "Best hug yer mum and find a seat."
Wysteria hugged her daughter goodbye, kissed her on the cheek and hugged her again.
"I love you Sasporilla Imaginarium Bucket." Wysteria said with a tear in her eye.
"I love you to mum." Sasporilla smiled.
"Make us proud." Her mother said waving as Sasporilla stepped inside the car.
Students, both new and old, bustled around the train looking for a seat as the whistle blew.
"All aboard!" The conductor said slipping his pocket-watch into his vest.
As the train pulled out the full Ministry of magic band played pipes and drums. The Aurors of the Magical law enforcement division all stood at attention saluting the train. A banner, as long as two cars read, "Congratulations Sasporilla Bucket."
Sassy saw this through the window as she entered the first empty car. She thought it quite wonderful until she heard the first young witch comment. "Who or what is a Sasporilla Bucket?"
PLEASE REMEMBER
I am in no way affiliated with Warner Bros. or with J.K.Rowling. My work is purely that of fan fiction & do not ask for, nor accept money, gifts or other compensation for my work. If you really feel you must do something, research which charities J.K.Rowling donates to, then donate to them as such.
I am in no way affiliated with Warner Bros. or with J.K.Rowling. My work is purely that of fan fiction & do not ask for, nor accept money, gifts or other compensation for my work. If you really feel you must do something, research which charities J.K.Rowling donates to, then donate to them as such.