Worlds Apart
I Solemnly Swear That I am Up to no Good
By spoliarium
Disclaimer: Ms. JK Rowling owns all the characters from the Harry Potter Series.
Chapter 1:
This is where it all started for Raine Phoenix; Platform 9¾. The black haired girl made her way in-between platforms 9 and 10. Cornelia walked more quickly. She was going to smash right into that barrier and then she'd be in trouble -- leaning forward on her cart, she broke into a heavy run -- the barrier was coming nearer and nearer -- she wouldn't be able to stop --She was a foot away -- she closed her eyes ready for the crash --It didn't come... she kept on running... she opened her eyes. A scarlet steam engine was waiting next to a platform packed with people. A sign overhead said Hogwarts Express, eleven O'clock. Raine looked behind her and saw a wrought-iron archway where the barrier had been, with the words Platform Nine and Three-Quarters on it, she had done it. Smoke from the engine drifted over the heads of the chattering crowd, while cats of every color wound here and there between their legs. Raine got onto a carriage and spotted an empty compartment. She sat down and hugged her backpack and leaned her head against the glass window. After a while, a black haired boy opened the door. Raine looked at him and noticed his carelessly handsome face.
"Is somebody sitting here?" he asked. Raine shook her head.
The boy smiled and pulled his things and lifted his trunks in a corner of the compartment but he could hardly lift it and dropped onto his foot. Raine stood up, trying her best not to laugh and helped the boy carry his trunk. With her help the trunk was finally tucked in a corner of the compartment.
"Thanks." The boy said. "I'm Sirius Black by the way."
"Raine Phoenix." She answered, smiling. "Nice too meet you."
They sat down and talked for a while. Raine tuned into a furry brownish-white squirrel making the young pureblood mutter "Whoa." In front of him, the furry squirrel tuned back into a girl with long, black hair and green-grey eyes.
"An animagus. That's great!" Sirius said, half laughing.
"Thanks." Raine said, eyes filled with ears from laughing.. "You should have seen the face those muggle kids when they saw me transform. Didn't go to muggle School for a week. Told the head master that I'm a witch. Their expression was priceless. Not that I'm against them." Both children laughed.
After a while, a boy with round glasses and untidy black hair entered the compartment. Sirius and Raine looked at him.
"Can't find an empty compartment, mates. Mind if I sit stay here?" The boy said. Both Sirius and Raine nodded and helped him carry his trunk.
"Thanks. I'm James. James Potter." The boy said.
"Sirius Black. Nice to meet you, mate." Sirius said.
"Raine Phoenix. Nice too meet you, James." Raine said.
Not long after, two more people joined them. One was named Remus Lupin and the other was named Peter Pettigrew. Soon, the train began to move and carried them out of London.
Now they were speeding past fields full of cows and sheep. They were quiet for a time, watching the fields and lanes flick past.