'I can't wait to get to school,' a 13-year-old girl thought as she boarded the scarlet steam engine. She was headed off for her third year at Hogwarts. 'I wish someone was here to see me off to school,' she thought when she looked out the compartment window and saw a women seeing off five red-haired children and a girl with bushy brown hair.

She moved away from the window quickly hoping that the girl hadn't seen her. 'That was close; if she had seen me, she might think I am rude or something.'

''Hey no-name,'' an all too familiar voice said from behind her.

She spun around so quickly that her shoulder length black hair went into her face covering her blue eyes. She quickly pulled her hair out of her eyes.

''Not you!'' she said, the moment she laid eyes on them.

Standing in the doorway to the compartment were three 13-year-old boys, the one speaking was smaller than the other two and had blond hair. The other two were bigger. The blonde-haired boy's _expression changed when she said this, because he had no clue who she was; at least he didn't think he knew this girl.

''You should know my name by now Malfoy!" she said in a slightly exasperated voice.

''Nameless freak." Malfoy said after a long pause.

''Excuse me!'' she said in a leave-me-alone tone.

She walked over to the door and slammed it closed in there face. 'My name is Lesandra Marie Illusion. He should at least know that my last name is Illusion,' she thought and walked over to look out the window the train had started to move.

'Why don't these damn compartment doors have locks.' Sandra thought this just as the door came open again.

''I should to curse you for that you filthy little mudblood,'' Draco said to her in a threatening voice. Sandra made one quick movement with her arm that pulled her wand out of the sleeve of her jacket. Sandra cast the first curse that came to mind.

'Oops, I didn't mean to do that. Oh, well, it should wear off in about fifteen minutes,' Sandra thought as she looked at the boy's all of whom had been hit by the spell. She had been a little too eager and the spell had knocked them back into the door on the other side of the walkway. In fact they had hit the other door so hard they got knocked out. 'Oh, well, I don't like them. They should wake up soon, and the warts should be gone, before long too.' Sandra thought with a laugh.

Sandra closed the door and walked over to the window and looked at her cloths she was wearing a pair of blue jeans and a light blue jacket over a light blue sweatshirt. 'I don't care if I do look like a muggle, that was just plain rude. I wish Cinna would get back soon, she should have a letter from Dezy.' Sandra sat down and looked out the window and watched as the train started to leave London behind. 'I wish that one of my friends came to Hogwarts,' Sandy thought hopelessly.

Sandra got up picked a bag up of the seat over by the door. Sandra pulled out a sketchpad and a pencil. She put the bag back down by the door then went and sat down and started to draw a picture. When she finished drawing the picture she looked at it and laughed. It was a good drawing. She had drawn a picture of Malfoy, Crabb and Goyle lying in the hall with warts all over there face.

Sandra put the pad and pencil away and sat down and looked out the window.

She looked at her watched and realized that it was about time for the witch with the trolley to come by. Sure enough she did. After a quick lunch of cauldron cakes she took out her stuff and drew another picture. This one was of her one and only friend. When she was done she put her stuff away and just looked out the window.

After a while Sandra started to think of home. Well, she didn't actually have a home she was an orphan; her parents died when she was really little. She grew up in an orphanage with ten other girls her age.

Sandra fell asleep thinking about the orphanage and her only friend Dezy.

Sandra woke up when the train started to slow down. She rubbed her eyes and looked around the lights above the rack was turned on. It was raining so hard that Sandra could hardly see out the window.

'What's going on, we can't be at school yet.' Sandra was a little worried because it was now raining very hard and the train had never stopped until it got to Hogwarts before. She looked at her watch. 'It's only five thirty; we don't get to school until six,' she thought.

The train slowed to a stop and all of a sudden the lights went out. Sandra stood up and headed for the door. Just when she was about to open it the door squealed opened and a creature in a black hooded cloak stood before her.

She backed away in fear. Her legs felt like they would give way at any moment. The creature took a deep rattling breath. At that moment a chill came over her so cold that she started to shiver uncontrollably. 'Just keep standing, don't collapse, come on Sandy, you can do this.'

Finally after what seemed like an eternity the creature left. As soon as it left, Sandy's legs gave way and she fell to the floor.

After a while the train started moving but Sandra still could not find the strength to stand. ' Why am I so cold and what was that thing?' After a while of wondering about these two things a person walked by. They were about to keep going when they noticed her sitting on the floor. She watched their feet as they came closer to her. Sandra didn't look up she was still shivering and it was hard to move.

''It's okay those dementor's have the worst effect on the best of us.'' The person said in a hoarse voice as they handed her a piece of chocolate.

Sandy took the chocolate and looked up at the person. He was wearing extremely shabby wizards' robes. He looked like a young man but he looked a little sickly to her. He had brown hair flecked with gray.

''Thank you.'' Sandy said weekly.

''Eat the chocolate it will help. Are you okay did you get hurt?'' He said then he turned and left.

''I'm okay.'' Sandy said in her meek little voice.

''If you ever need help with anything just come to me.'' The man said.

''Okay. I will. You're the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher right?'' Sandy asked still in a meek voice.

''Yes. Now be a good girl eat your chocolate.'' He said with a warm smile.

''Okay. You can go now I feel better.'' Sandy said feeling slightly rude at how the words had sounded.

"Okay. I will leave you now but remember if you ever need help come to me." He said then left.

After he left Sandy ate the chocolate and almost immediately felt better. She could feel warmth spreading all the way to her fingertips. Sandy stood up and went over and shut the compartment door then sat down and looked out the window. Not long after she sat down the train started to move.

'I can't believe that I fell like that.' A voice in the back of her head said. 'That was really stupid. You can take being beat up by fifteen other people and not fall to the ground and on of those thing's come around and you fall to the floor.' The voice in the back of her head was growing loader and angry. 'Chris just shut up already.' She thought angrily at her twin. 'Why did I get stuck with you in my head?' Sandy asked the question in her head knowing full well that her twin didn't know either. 'No clue but I do know it is good to be able to talk to you when we are forbidden to see each other.' Chris's voice sounded in her head again.

''Yeah well leave me alone!'' She shouted out loud.

'Sorry. I will leave you alone for two or three day's with that audited.' Chris said. After about ten minutes they train came to a stop at Hogsmeed Station. She got up and opened the door and went into the crowded hall and out onto the platform, which was just as bad as the train.

She heard Hagrid's familiar voice calling for the frightened first years to come and take the boat ride across the lake to the castle.