Summary: Prelude to "Roses From Someone", "Secrets Inside", "One American Reject", and "Balls, Half-Hearts, and Triangles".
Disclaimer: I do not own anything except Sarah and Tim, who are my characters. J. K. Rowling is the genius behind Harry Potter and ©Ron Weasley© and everything else.
~~Roses, Secrets, Rejects, and Hearts Prelude~~
Hermione walked down the isle of the Hogwarts Express, heading towards her compartment, when she heard some odd music coming from one of the other compartments. She turned to the door it was coming from and slowly opened it. Inside was a girl, sitting alone, with a Walkman in her lap and headphones blaring. Her deep chocolate hair was pulled into a high ponytail, and her eyes were staring at nothing in particular, as if she were lost in thought.
Hermione quietly closed the door behind her. "Hi?"
The girl jumped three inches. She pressed a button down quickly and turned to Hermione. "Hi! Sorry 'bout that. Lost in my own lil' world, ya' know?" Hermione couldn't recognize her accent at all and slowly shook her head.
The girl threw off her headphones and placed the CD player in her bag. She turned again to Hermione. "I'm Sarah by the way. Sarah Hunter." She held out her hand.
"Hermione Granger." She took her hand and shook it.
"Nice to meet you. I'm new here. Ya' know, we didn't ride trains to school. At my old school, we flew in."
"On your broomsticks?"
"Naw… too many muggles. We came in on planes, then drove in these awesome limos. "
"Where is your old school?"
"The U.S. Actually, it's 'was'. You-know-who got to it and… yeah."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"Yeah… Hey, you haven't seen a guy named Tim around here, have-" Sarah was cut off when the door was opened again, this time by a tall, red-haired boy.
"Oy, Hermione, come meet this… oh, hey!" the boy addressed. "You're Sarah, right? Tim's been talking all about you!"
Hermione looked puzzled. "Who's Tim?"
"He's a guy who came over with me, from my old school," Sarah explained.
"Oh. OK. Oh, Sarah this is Ron, one of my friends."
"Hi," they said in unison.
"Herm, come on!" he pleaded, grabbing her by the arm and beckoning Sarah to follow.
Ron practically dragged them over to their compartment, where Harry and Tim were waiting.
When Sarah walked through the compartment door, Tim's face lit up instantly, yet he quickly chased his large grin away with a small, polite smile before she ever took notice.
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A/N: Yes it was short, yet it HAD to be! Anyway, read "Roses From Someone" (R/H), "Secrets Inside" (H/G), "One American Reject" (OC/OC kinda), and "Balls, Half-Hearts, and Triangles" (all of the above) to find out what happens for everyone.
~*S.H. Weasley ^_^