Chapter One

Celesta Whitehall stood stoic on the platform of 9 ¾ while her daughter Kate Whitehall couldn't keep her gray blue eyes off any one thing. Everything was so busy. So many people. So many children, children that could be friends with her.

Kate had never been around many people. Her mother wanted her to focus on her studies. She had been over to a few of her mothers friends houses and been around their children. But never so many.

The Black's would be here. Regulus would be here, somewhere among the masses of children.

"Kate, its is time to go to the train now. I have to be somewhere. I will expect a letter from you by tomorrow. I want to know if the Slytherin common room has changed since I was there."

"Yes, mother." Kate replied "Can you see Regulus yet?"

"Regulus will meet you on the train. I don't want you round that blood traitor brother of his. Goodbye Kate."

"Goodbye mother."

Celesta walked off to the wall before Apparating way from her daughter with out even a hug goodbye. But then, if she had, it would have seamed strange to Kate. Hugging was not just something that Kate's parents did.

Kate walked away from where her mother had left her, and towards the train. Now on her own, there would be many things she would be able to see for herself. She might get to talk to Sirius again it had been 2 years since she was last allowed to see him, let alone talk to him. Sirius was a treasure trove of options, options that he had formed by himself. He had told Kate many times of his friend that he was writing to, James. James's whole family were looked upon by her mother to be blood traitors. How they had met was a wonder to Kate. Her mother wouldn't even be in the same room as blood traitors, let alone have Kate be there.

Kate's mother was…protective, to say the least. Celesta had to see everything that Kate would see before her. So that she knew it would "corrupt" her was always what she told Kate.

As Kate boarded the long red train that would whisk her off to Hogwarts and a million and one new experiences. Kate could hardly contain her excitement.

First, find a compartment. Was Kate's first thought. You'll have plenty of time to find people, and drink in everything, after you've got somewhere to think.

Finally, Kate found an empty compartment towards the end of the train. There weren't many people on the train, but some had claimed compartments by putting their trunks in and then going back to friends and family. Friends, Kate couldn't wait.

"Stupid Potter! Why cant he just leave me alone. There are plenty of girls that would be more than happy to go out with him. Why does he have to keep asking me! You'd think he'd know the answer by now!"

Kate waited till the shouting had stop before she put her head out the compartment to see who had been the one doing the shouting. Just as she had done that a mass of red hair and a face bumped head with her.

"Oh goodness I'm so sorry. I wasn't looking where I was going. I'm so sorry. Are you alright?" the face with the red hair said looking concerned.

"Yes. I'm alright, just a bump." Kate answered, rubbing the red bump that was appearing on her forehead.

"I'm Lily Evans." the red head said holding out her hand

"Oh hello, I'm Kate, Kate Whitehall." Kate said shaking her hand.

"Do you mind if we sit here for a while, we're trying to escape someone." Lily said motion to herself and the boy behind her.

"Oh yeha sure. I'm not sitting with anyone anyway."

"Oh well then we'll just sit here for the whole ride!" Lily said with a friendly smile on her face.

Kate smile back "That would be great! I'm just going to wait for a bit till more people get on and then I need to look for someone, he said he'd look out for me and help me round the school."

"Oh really! That's so nice, to have someone already here and willing to help you about. Is it your brother? What year is he in, I might know him? To help you find him."

"No he's not my brother and he didn't really volunteer to help me about, when his mom mentioned it to him he said he would meet me on the train and help me out for the first few days. He's a second year and his name is Regulus Black."

Lily just stared at Kate.

"Regulus Black!" Lily said.

"Regulus Black?" the boy said.

"Yes, do you know him?"

The boy was the first to reply.

"Know him yes I do. He's in my house. Are you going to be joining us?"

"Joining us? You make it sound like a cult!" Kate laughed.

"What he meant, was are you going to be a Slytherin?" Lily answered.

"Oh, that. Well my mother said that I would be a Slytherin, because both she and my father were."

"But that has nothing to do with the sorting!" exclaimed Lily. "You are sorted based on your personality. The hat chooses. You would think that a child coming from a family with two magical parents would be able to tell their child that!"

"Perhaps." Was all the boy said.

"I'm sorry I didn't catch your name?" Kate said turning her attention to the boy.

"Severus, Severus Snape." said the boy extending his hand.

"Or you could just call him Snivelly. The rest of us do!" A boy with a grey eyes shaggy dark hair said. He was leaning against the compartment door said.

"Oh Evans why do you hang out with this grease bag when you could hang out with me!" Said a second boy from behind the first. He had blue eyes and a mass of dark messy hair.

"Oh Merlin. What part of your stupid head wont take 'no' for an answer, Potter!" Lily shouted at the second boy.

"Sirius?" Kate said

"Yeha, dose my name precede me? And who might you be?" The first boy said with a smirk on his face.

"Don't you recognise me? Its only been two years. I can't have changed that much." Kate said.

The first boy stood up properly. His grey eyes giving the little girl a searching look. Finally, a smile appeared on his face.

"Kate? Kate is that you? Merlin, girl!" Sirius jumped on the girl hugging her close to him "How have you been. Merlin, its been years! Why didn't you respond to any of my owls!"

"Sirius…I need to breath!" Gasped Kate.

Sirius released her, only to hold her between his hands, looking at her face.

"You've never been round at all. Why? You used to come round once a month?"

"Yeha, I know Sirius. My mother stopped me from seeing you. She said that you were a bad influence. Well those weren't her exact words…she said that you were a filthy blood traitor. But I still came round though. I thought that you might come down to see who was visiting or something. And you know my mom gets all my post first." Kate said with a sad look in her eyes.

"You were still coming over? But everyone said that your mom was giving you in-depth studies or what ever." Sirius said, confused.

"Yes well she still came over and saw me every month while I wasn't at school and she visited mother every month while I was away." A smug new voice came from the hall.

"What do you want Reggy? Your not wanted." Sirius said with venom in his voice not even bothering to look at Regulus.

"On the contrary, mother wants me and Kate wants me too. Don't you Kate?" Regulus smug voice came from the door way.

"Well, technically mother said I should sit with you, but she didn't say I had to Regulus. But I'll join you in a bit."

Kate didn't know why she would. She had been bored with Regulus for the past few summers. Sirius was fun and interesting. He always had a new story to tell her. In his letters that he sent her when he went to Hogwarts. That was until her mother started taking her mail before she could get it.

Regulus was just like her mother and every other person that she met with her mother; boring with the same opinions of the world and the people in it. Regulus's back straightened. His smirk vanished from his face and then he walked away without saying a word.

"So why are you sitting with the likes of Snivelly?" Sirius asked Kate.

"What am I, invisible? Aren't you going to introduce me to your friend, Sirius?" the boy with the messy hair said from the doorway.

"Oh yeha. You. Forgot you were here," laughed Sirius. "This is James Potter. My comrade in arms and my brother in the fight against the boring and mundane."

"Or you could just call him Big Head. I do." Lily said with a loathing look.

Authers Note

Ok this is my first series. So be nice. I do plan on updating each week. Just so you guys know. I hope you enjoy it. Reviews are welcome! ^.^