Chapter One: On the Hogwarts Express
"Angela, come on! We're going to miss the train!" my friend, Crissa, yells at me in frustration.
She's almost my exact opposite. She's short, with dirty blonde hair and brown eyes. I'm tall with brown hair and blue eyes. Crissa is as engrossed in sports as I am the library. For the most part I'm closer, at least personality wise, to our mutual friend Lily Evans. But as different as we are, we're close enough friends that we could almost be sisters.
I quickly follow Crissa onto the train and into one of the seating compartment close to the back.
"It's about time you two got here." Lily greets us teasingly.
"Hello to you, too." Crissa mutters.
One Hour Later
"Very Funny." Crissa says sarcastically, obviously not amused. Lily and I had been teasing her about her infatuation with James Potter. "Lily, we both know James hardly ever even notices me, and when he actually does talk to me, he's only trying to get me to convince you to go out with him!"
"Well, I can't stand him, so he's out of luck. Honestly! I don't know what you see in him, Crissa." Lily replies.
"At least he does notice you. I doubt Severus Snape even knows my name." I point out.
The only thing I don't like about Lily is that she has practically every boy at Hogwarts wrapped around her little finger, and she rarely even notices.
"Well, I don't know what you see in old Snivellus!" Crissa dares, "He's mean and ugly, and just plain ma-"
I cut her off with a swift kick to her leg.
"Ouch! What was that for?" she demands.
"Don't talk about him like that." I snap.
"Lay off of him, Crissa. He's alright. Besides, the only reason you don't like him is because James doesn't." Lily speaks up on my behalf.
"He likes you." I tell her, though she'd have to be blind to have not noticed by now.
She rolls her eyes and stands up. "Come on. We'd better get into our robes. We'll be at Hogwarts soon."
My two best friends and I step off of the train and stare up at the enchanted castle. I don't think I've ever seen anything so beautiful… I'm home.