*So will never admit to the many ways he gets Soo to notice him.*

The first time Wang So met Hae Soo, he was sure she was the most annoying girl in the whole wide world. Yet, he was okay with that.

The door to the compartment opened as a petite dark-headed girl all decked out in her robes stood there. "Can I sit here? All the other compartments are full."

"We're—" So begins.

"Sure! Go right ahead!" Eun answers with a wide grin as he hops from his seat across from his elder brother to sit next to him. So could only grumble at the annoyance of having less personal space now that his little brother was next to him.

The girl smiles as she takes a seat right across from the boys. "I'm Hae Soo. What are your names?"

"Wang Eun!" Eun eagerly pipes up.

So remains quiet as Eun answers for him. "This is my big brother, So-hyung over here."

"Wang So," So corrects as he eyes Soo to make sure she had heard him.

Soo didn't give any notice to Eun, as she stares at So. "Your face… there's a scar…" she points in surprise.

So turns his head away from her as he raises a hand to cover the scar on his right face then coldly tells her. "Don't look at it."

"You're the Boy Who Lived… Your father defeated—" Soo lowers her voice to a hushed whisper. "—You-Know-Who."

He didn't reply a word to her.

Eun senses the awkward silence building up and holds up a chocolate frog in his hand as he sticks it in front of Soo's face. "Chocolate frog?" he asks mainly to break the weirdness and change the subject from their father.

So turns his head around to see Eun who takes out more treats from a box next to him. "So-hyung bought out the whole trolley! We have tons of goodies so feel free to have some."

Her nose crinkles as she shakes her head and pushes his hand down. "No thanks. My parents are dentists. I do not want cavities."

"Dentists?" Eun echoes.

"It's a muggle profession," So explains to Eun.

"But why would they want to work as dentists?" Eun asks.

"Because my parents are muggles," Soo explains matter-of-factly.

The confused expression on Eun's face seemed to grow from a Level One to a Level Five. He turned to his older brother. "So-hyung… Hogwarts is for wizards, right? Not muggles?"

"Idiot," So mutters under his breath.

Soo chuckles. "I am a wizard, if that is what you are wondering." She takes out her wand as she points it at Eun. "You have some chocolate on your nose by the way," she points out as she flicks her wrist slightly to cast a spell. Immediately, the smudge of chocolate disappears from Eun's nose and he wipes his nose in amazement.

"A mudblood, then," So states. The word sort of slipped out and before he could even apologize, Soo turns to look at him.

"I prefer to not use that term," Soo answers coldly. "Being muggle-born does not make me any less of a wizard than the two of you."

Reacting quickly, Eun elbows So and chuckles nervously. "My brother didn't mean that! Right, So-hyung?"

So is silent as he attempts to mumble an apology but Soo was already standing up. "We'll be arriving soon. The two of you better change into your robes quickly. I'll be visiting the bathroom."

As the two boys watch Soo exit the compartment car, So could tell that he already messed up big time.

Despite his earlier remarks that may or may not have cost him some friend points with the girl, when Soo returned from the bathroom, she seemed to be in a cheerier mood as she sat down again in her seat. Her nod of approval came as she saw that the two boys had listened to her suggestion to change into their robes. Seeing her, he notices how proper Soo carries herself in the way she sits and talks. Even her ebony hair falls with grace each time she turns or moves. So was sure that she was the prettiest and smartest girl on this train. Just like he was sure that Eun was the most obnoxious person abroad on this train.

"So your parents are muggles… is it supposed to be genetic? Or did your parents mess up it up?" Eun asks as he inspects close to Soo's face.

"Yes and No, honestly that's how it is." Soo remarks as she edges away from Eun. "But if you try to put your face near mine, I will turn your hand into putty."

So smirks as Eun's face turned into a look of terror. "Don't mind my little brother. He wasn't born with social skills."

Eun scowls and sits back in his seat with another chocolate frog in hand.

"So you two are brothers?" Soo asks as she points at the two boys.

"Yes, but we are not the only two siblings here. We were a children of nine, eight sons and one daughter." So responds.

"Oh, I see… so are you the eldest or second youngest among the siblings?" Soo asked again curiously as Eun barged in to answer instead of So.

"So-hyung is the third eldest brother among the siblings. He was supposed to go to Hogwarts three years ago with my four older brothers then two years with my sister and two younger brothers. But he had some issues that are very, very troublesome in the family. And as for me, I also was supposed to join in with my sister and younger brothers two years ago, but I would rather wait for my big brother, So to go with me." Eun smiled optimistically.

Soo nodded with understanding then stares at So who averts his eyes away from her and is silent for a moment.

A small whimper sounds from his bag as his grey wolf cub, Nuri, pops out of the bag and crawls down to the seats before hopping up, settling on top of Soo's lap. Nuri lowers its head as it finds comfort on the girl's lap.

"Nuri likes you," So comments, although he could feel a teensy bit of jealously forming in his chest. He tries to shake it off as it is ridiculous to be jealous of your own pet wolf.

Soo smiles but glances worriedly at the bag on her left. "Um, except I don't think he'll think too kindly of Min."

"Min?" So echoes. Immediately, out of the corner of his eye, he notices something wiggling in Soo's bag. Nuri must have sensed it too because he growls at the bag and then quickly cowers back in fear as it crawls back up the wall and into So's bag, although not before shooting So a dirty look, as if he was to be blamed for it.

Soo chuckles as she takes out a small white kitten from her bag. "Min. My companion white cat."

"Awwww," was Eun's first comment. "Better put that away before my wolf cub here eats that thing for lunch."

Soo shoots Eun a dirty glare. "You keep your carnivore dog away from my Min."

Eun quickly covers his wolf cub's ears. "Don't say that! He'll hear you!"

It wasn't long before the train arrives at Hogwarts and all of the wizards are shuffled into boats to get to the school. As they file down the Great Hall, So immediately notices his second older brother, Yo, sitting over at the Slytherin table along with his fifth brother, Won and his only sister, Yeonhwa. While on the other side, his fourth brother Wook, his seventh brother, Baek Ah and finally his eighth brother, Jung sitting over at the Ravenclaw table as his fourth brother, Wook smiles and waves but So looks straight ahead instead.

Soo nudges him from behind. "There's someone looking at you," she whispers.

"Ignore him," So replies back.

"I can't… he's looking at me now," Soo whispers back.

So turns back his head and sure enough, Wook was now focusing his attention on Soo. He shoots his brother a dirty look as he quickly pushes Soo forward in front of him.

He and the rest of the first years then crowd around the front as the Headmaster, Choi Ji-mong, smiles down at them with a twinkle in his eye. "Let the sorting begin!"

So watches as one by one, the other students get sorted into the houses. Soon, the line gets smaller and smaller until it was just his group left. Eun goes first and immediately, the sorting hat shouts out Gryffindor before even touching the dark hair on top of his little brother, Eun. Soo follows after and So is barely breathing as he holds his breath to see what house she gets. It seems to take the hat some time and from his guess, Soo was either going to be placed in Ravenclaw or Gryffindor.

"Gryffindor!" the hat shouts. Applause is heard from the Gryffindor table as they now got two new students in a row.

Soo hops off the seat and walks over to her house table but not before giving So a small smile. Gryffindor. He has to get into Gryffindor.

With bold steps, he marches up to the seat and sits down. Choi Ji-mong places the sorting hat on him and immediately, the hat begins to speak to him.

"Hmmmm, what an interesting little mind you got there, Wang So," the sorting hat snickers. Was it a snicker? Do hats snicker?

"Place me in Gryffindor!" So orders it.

"Gryffindor?! Well, I see… you do have some of the qualities fit for a Gryffindor. Hmmm, so you got a little crush, eh? On the previous girl? She was a difficult decision as well. But not so much as you. Hm… Gryffindor… Ravenclaw… or Slytherin?"

"Not Slytherin," he grits his teeth.

"Oh? But you are one of the Wang Brothers, aren't you? And like your family before you, they have all been placed in the prestigious Ravenclaw or Slytherin. Unlike your optimistic younger brother here, who had the most qualities for being a Gryffindor, Lucky him."

"I don't want to follow in my brothers' shadows."

"Yes, yes. I see… hm, let me see then. How about we place you in…" the hat mumbles. "SLYTHERIN!" it shouts out loud to the Great Hall.

The Slytherin house table whoops and yells loudly with applause as Choi Ji-mong removes the hat from So. The boy's mouth drops open. "Traitorous hat," he growls at the sorting hat.

He sulks as he makes his way over to the Slytherin table to take his seat beside his siblings, Yo, Won and Yeonhwa. As he passes by Eun and Soo, he gives a silent yet sad stare.

He sulks in the dorms for the next three days. Nuri notices his master's depression but instead of comforting him, Nuri rolls its beady eyes if that was possible and goes back to sleep as it covers back into its corner of the nightstand.

Yo and Won notices the moody attitude of their third brother and immediately guesses as to the reason of why. After all, it was strange for their brother to show any emotion beyond mildly displeased and annoyed. As a smile curls up on the two mischievous brothers' faces, a plan slowly begins to hatch in the two prefects' minds.

Despite not being placed in the same house, So still sees Soo quite often since they have every class together. It wasn't hard to spot her from the sea of first year students. In Charms, he watches in amusement as Eun blows up a feather instead of levitating it and is in awe as Soo manages to float a feather all the way to the ceiling on her first try.

A knock comes at the door and the whole class looks up to see an older boy enter the classroom. "Sir, may we please borrow our brother for a moment?"

"Ah, yes. Prefect Yo and Prefect Won, is it not? Go ahead, So, run along now. Class shall be ending shortly so gather your things as well," Professor Young-gyu responds as he resumes to helping a student with the levitation lesson.

So grumbles but does so as he packs his books and things with him. He follows his two brothers out of the classroom but not before giving a fleeting glance at Soo, who in turns, gives him a curious gaze.

"What is it?" So asks abruptly as the three of them step out the door and into the hallway.

"That girl who sits next to you in class… she's really beautiful, isn't she?"

So turns to look at Yo with an incredulous gaze. "Why?" he asks, almost accusingly.

Yo only gives a whimsical smile then faces Won with a nod as the fifth brother pulls out a small vial from his robes and said. "Wouldn't it be great if she falls in love with you, dear brother?"

Immediately, So could see where this was heading. "Oh no you don't!" he shouts as he tries to swipe the vial away but Won is quicker then throws it to Yo as he catches it and raises it up while dodging So's catching hand. "Or what if she falls in love with our good looking brother, Wook instead?" Yo jests.

So halts in his steps as he annoyingly stares at his brothers. "What do you want?"

"Chore wheel," Yo simply states. "You have to do your chores to the utmost perfection. No slacking, no half-attempts, nothing less of perfection."

To anyone, it would sound like an almost ridiculously request but given Yo's utmost desire for perfection and order, it was understandable. So had been slacking when it came to doing his chores. It wasn't hard to slack off given how Yo did end up cleaning up after his mistakes with almost no complaints. But obviously, the prefect had probably just been silently stewing the past three months until this moment. "Fine," So grumbles as he holds out his hand. "Now hand it over. All of them. I know you made more than one."

The next day, Soo had a slight bounce in her steps as she practically floats into Potions class. She drops her books on the desk besides So as she happily announces her good news. "Professor Sik-ryeom has agreed to take me on for extra lessons in Herbology."

"What? But you're only a first year! And why would you want more work?" Eun questions. The idea of doing extra work was beyond Eun's imagination.

"Because, Herbology is fascinating. Many plants provide ingredients needed not only for potions but also medicine," Soo states.

So rubs his chin. "So you will be spending your afternoons at the greenhouses?"

Eun frowns as he furrows his eyebrows. "But we were going to go ask the third years if they can help us buy chocolate frogs. I need to find all the cards and collect 'em all!" he whines a little.

Soo shrugs. "You two boys will just have to go on without me. Get me a frog if you can, will you?"

Before So could reply, the door opens and the middle-aged male professor walks through the door, bringing in an ominous air about him. The kids in the class shudders in unison as they all have heard the rumors about the professor from the upper class students. So only grumbles because he was going to tell Soo that he would deliver her some chocolate frogs if she wanted.

After Potions class, Soo waves goodbye to them as she hurries to go see Professor Sik-ryeom about her schedule. Eun only grumbles besides So which only brings him to question why Eun was so upset.

"What?" So asks in annoyance as he watches Soo disappear around the corridor hall.

"Without a girl, how are we going to ask the third years to help us? You know they'll only laugh at us!"

So rolls his eyes. "Don't worry. I'll ask Yo or Won."

"Oh thank god!" Eun sighs in relief as he hugs So. "You're the best big brother I could have ever hope for."

"Get off me."

Eun grins. "Hey. Ask him to get me some things from Zonko's Joke Shop too."

Asking his brother was a mistake. Yo only laughed in his face and then walked off. Fortunately, there were some nice third year girls he was able to convince to get him chocolate frogs in exchange for the Wang Brothers' pictures (Mostly Yo, Wook, Baek Ah, Jung and… himself). He had to dig through his luggage to find last year's Christmas photo card but it was worth it as the girls came back with a big haul of chocolate frogs. Surprisingly, the girls also listened to Eun's request of some prank items from Zonko's as they handed him several sugar quills and frog spawn soaps. He didn't want to guess what was in the other black bag that Eun had asked to remain shut.

As he sits in his room with the stash in front of him, he wonders what is the proper way to send them to Soo. If he sent her a bunch of chocolate frogs, surely Eun would be onto him and tease him for the rest of his life. He stares at the frog spawn soap. He wonders if it was wise to send such a thing to Soo. After all, she and her cat thing were definitely appalled at Eun and his brown wolf cub during the train ride.

Putting the soap aside, he wraps up the chocolate frogs as he packages it and hands it to Nuri. "Deliver this for me, Nuri."

Nuri sighs but opens up his mouth to reveal his sharp fangs as he bites down on the package and crawls away. But before he delivers the package of chocolate frogs, Nuri comes back discreetly and finds the frog spawn soap as he carries it to deliver it to his friend, Min, with an evil laugh in mind. The grey wolf cub leaves Soo's room as he hears her shout angry words cursing at his master, So.

To be continued for SoSoo Hogwarts AU Part II! :D