It's my first year at Hogwarts and I have a mixture of feelings about it. I'm excited as everyone seems to be but I'm also nervous probably more so than many of the wizards here, I sighed to myself, I knew I would be alright, everyone else, but my parents, have been since they came here. I could hear my aunt's words spinning in my head and I didn't even know what they meant until now.

"Pure blood" I whispered to myself, rolling my eyes, "I don't see how that will help me in such a school" The platform seemed packed with wizards that are either first years like myself or previous students, all saying goodbye to their families, my aunt and her family, who I lived with, weren't with me as they were all busy and so dropped me off. Shaking my head I got onto the train to Hogwarts, I sat in a compartment that was empty hoping it would stay that way. I took out my book and continued reading where I had left off from earlier as I was waiting for the train to leave. I had a habit of flicking the corner of my bookmark making the small part of the corner is now faded and the laminate bend and slightly broken.

After a while I heard the door to the compartment open and I saw two people standing just inside the doorway. One a blonde haired girl, her hazel eyes looking scared and extremely nervous, the other a small boy with dark brown hair which looked almost black, his blue eyes seeming nervous, he seemed to be looking just as uncomfortable, I nodded towards them as I looked back to my book; they sat down in the seats opposite me. They started talking to each other quietly about Hogwarts. I decided to at least make an effort to get to know these two people, I closed my book as I lifted my head smiling at them, "I'm Scarlet"

"I'm August" the blonde smiled back at me I took in her hazel eyes and delicate face that was smiling kindly back at me. She turned to the brunette boy next to her giving him a slight nudge to edge him on. His head was down as if embarrassed or unwilling to give his name this made me wonder even more about him.

"Albus" He said so quietly it was almost a whisper. I raised an eyebrow at him. I shrugged, smiling reassuringly at him. Albus smiled back at me. We started discussing Hogwarts when suddenly a cat appeared out of nowhere and landed in August's lap, lying down. Albus and I looked at the black cat that had seemed to apperate into the carriage appeared while August petted it.

"I'm guessing that's your cat" I stated out of irritation. I turned back to Albus, curiosity building as to why he seemed so shy. He looked at me then back to August. She nodded at us.

"Yes, this is my little Shadow. Isn't she so cute?" August explained. I looked back at Albus who met my gaze. I wasn't particularly fond of other people's cats, especially this one it seems.

"Yes she seems really cute" Albus smiled back. I wasn't sure how to reply so I nodded at his one thinking it as polite. We sat in silence for some time after that, before Albus spoke again, "So are you a first year as well August?"

"Yes, I'm quite excited really, I'm the first oldest one of us to attend" I smiled at him. This was a great achievement of mine as I have never really been the first for anything like this and my aunt's family are all perfectionists, my parents apparently weren't so I found it difficult to attempt to reach their standards.

"Really? The first one? My brother is a few years older than me so he's already here" Albus explained. August nodded.

"And my sister's here as well same year as James, Albus's brother, they seem quite close" As she said that we heard a knock on our compartment door. We all looked towards it; standing outside the door was a tall boy that seemed to be from one of the older classes. He had dark unruly hair that seemed unable to be tamed, his eyes a clear blue, he looked remarkably like Albus once I thought about it.

"Talking about me then" he looked at Albus, and then around the compartment, his eyes finally resting on mine, I looked straight back at him giving him a clear once over before he looked away. I rolled my eyes as I looked at Albus.

"I'm assuming this…" I looked back over at James before looking at Albus again, "is your brother"

"Yes this is James" Albus replies going slightly quieter.

"The one and only James Sirius Potter at your service miss" James sat beside me. He seemed cocky and I don't do well with cocky, it reminded me of my cousins. I moved slightly away from him.

"Too bad your services aren't needed Mr Potter" I heard the venom in my voice and I had no intent on changing that. August and Albus looked at me shocked, I shrugged back at them. James laughed.

"To you maybe, Albus and August here might differ with your opinion." He smirked. The kind of smirk you can hear in his voice as well as see on his face. I didn't like him much so far. I looked out the window choosing to ignore him.

"Well, James… although it is nice of you to check on us, you should be with your friends" August stated. She did have a nicer approach to telling him to get lost however I didn't believe it would work.

"Very well then, as long as Albus here is ok with me leaving him, I will go." James replied sincerely. I looked at him shocked. It seemed almost as if I judged him wrongly. He turned to me and smirked before he looked over at Albus, who shrugged at him, "Very well I shall obey my orders. Until next time Miss… sorry I didn't get your name"

"Tempest, Scarlet Tempest" I smirked back. James looked at me challengingly with a half smirk on his lips. I shrugged at him and turned away from him to look out of the window.

"Miss Tempest, until next time" I heard him get up and leave the carriage. I looked back at Albus and August, glad he was gone. I'm sure the relief was spread across my face, but neither said anything about it.

"I'm sorry if he bugged you Scarlet, he has a knack for annoying people. Especially anyone who he thinks is easily wound up." Albus apologised. I smiled at him; he seemed nothing like his brother at this moment in time. Part of me started to wonder if he really was like James but just concealed it, I quickly dismissed the thought.

"It's fine Albus. I'm sure I will give him a run for his money any day" I smiled as I said it. It was true; I'm not easily annoyed since I'm good at annoying my own family. We carried on talking from where we had left off before James had interrupted; the lady with the trolley had come and gone while we talked away about Hogwarts.

We finally saw Hogwarts out of the window of the carriage, it was a stunningly beautiful castle that made the scene wonderful. It seemed like a dream, so much so I couldn't believe it was real. The train slowed to a stop as we scrambled off. I could hear somebody call for the first years, he seemed like a giant up close. Albus started to smile when he saw the man in front of us, August's smile seemed to get bigger. It was obvious they knew him. I took a closer look at the giant, he had long, curly, messy hair and was wearing a brown overcoat.

I got seated into the boat that would assumedly take us across the river as August and Albus talked to Hagrid for a while, before joining me. The journey across the river wasn't as exciting as we all thought it would be although the view from the boats at Hogwarts was impressive. The view eventually vanished from our sight. I let out a sigh as the journey continued.

Sanding in the cue as Professor McGonagall