A/N: I own nothing except for Catherine. Everything is the property of J.K Rowling.

Chapter 1

Bon, alors c'est quai 9 ¾. 9 ¾? C'est pas possible. Catherine looked twice at the ticket she was holding in her hand. She was supposed to board a train that left in ten minutes from platform 9 ¾. She was standing in between platform 9 and 10, and can assure you that there was no platform 9 ¾. Calisse, she thought to herself, il devrait mieux s'expliquer comment ce rendre sur le quai. Out of all the unusual things Catherine had seen in her life, this one took the cake. And rest assured, Catherine has seen weird things. Catherine was a witch. She had just finished her fourth year, last June at the famous Academie de Sortilege Beauxbatons in Québec, Canada, and was about to start her fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in London, England. Catherine was forced to move to London, England after the most feared wizard of all time had killed her parents. He tried to kill her next, but she had somehow survived the attack. His killing curse didn't work on her. She was the first person to have ever survived a direct hit of the killing curse. That is why she was now being sent to her only living family. Catherine barely spoke any English and was now in the most English country one could find themselves in. She had a hard time reading, writing and speaking it. She understood ok, as long as the person didn't speak too quickly.

Getting tired of standing around, Catherine decided to walk around and see if maybe there was someone else that was also going to her school. She figured other witches and wizards should be easy to spot, even if they were in muggle clothing. Pushing her trolley, which held a rather large trunk and a cage with an owl in it, Catherine started walking up the platform. She didn't have to walk too far when she spotted another family a short distance away. One of the girls was pushing a trolley with a trunk like hers and a cage with an owl! Catherine headed over to them, "Excusez-moi, please, I am sorry to be a bozzur to you, but could it be possible of you to tell me 'ow to get on ze platform?" she asked them. She figured if they weren't a wizarding family, she could just walk away and let them think she was mental. "Are you off to Hogwarts? Is it your first year? Our Lily is starting her fifth year" as she pointed to a young girl with red hair and green eyes. Catherine smiled, "Eet is my first year at 'Ogwarts, but I am as well starting my fift' year. I am transferring from Québec." she finished, proud at the fact that she was up to two sentences in English that someone understood. The lady smiled warmly at her, "How fascinating, you see the trick is to just walk right through the barrier, Lily go ahead and show her how it's done." Catherine watched as the girl took off at a run and ran right through the solid barrier. She was impressed, at Beauxbatons; they took a bus that would pick them up at their house. Grabbing her trolley, Catherine started walking quickly towards the barrier, she took off at a run and waited for the collision, but none came. She found herself facing the red head on another platform where there was a red train with the words Hogwarts Express written on it. She was staring around in awe as the rest of the family came through the barrier. Catherine thanked them and started looking for an empty car. Finding one, she took her heavy trunk off the trolley and started trying to push it up the stairs through he train door. "Need some help?" asked a boy about her age,

"Please, zat would be appreciated." she replied,

"Oy, Sirius, get your sorry arse over here and help with this pretty lady's trunk." he said and gave her a wink. Catherine smiled back as another boy who also seemed to be her age walked over. Together the two boys lifted her trunk in an empty compartment. Catherine grabbed her owl and followed them into the train. "You new here?" asked the boy named Sirius, "Yes, I am transferring from a school in Québec. I will be starting my fift' year" she replied.

"Well it's very nice to meet you my canadian friend, I'm Sirius, and this is James. Welcome to England" he gave her a smile and held out his hand to her. She took it, and he gave it a kiss, "See you around" he said with a wink and walked out with James. She shook her head, she was used to boys flirting with her. They were all pigs back in Québec, and most of them flirted with anything that had two legs and tits. She sighed as she sat down and looked out the window. She started watching the family that helped her through the barrier. Another boy had joined them as Lily said goodbye to her parents and sister. He was an interesting looking boy who was already in the school uniform. The boy was pretty tall, and had long slightly oily black hair, which curtained around his pale face and almost hid his dark eyes. The train let out a whistle and Lily and the boy both jumped on the train and waved goodbye to Lily's family. Catherine was sitting in her compartment wishing her parents were there to say goodbye to her, when the compartment door slide open and the boy and Lily walked in. "Do you mind if we sit?" Lily asked, "Everywhere else is taken" Catherine shook her head and smiled at the girl.

"I'm Lily Evans, as you might have heard from my mom, and this Severus Snape." Lily pointed to the boy. Catherine smiled at them, "I'm Catherine Delacour"

"Very French" said Lily with a smile. "So what school in Québec are you coming from?" Lily continued.

"I come from ze Academie de Sortilege Beauxbatons."

"I read about that one! It's supposed to be an excellent school," Lily said excitedly.

"Eet ees. Eetz ze best in all of Nort' America" Catherine said a little sadly, she just realized how much she was going to miss being in the Palace of Beauxbatons.

"So why are you coming to England? Why not transfer to France? It can't be easy for you here." Lily asked her.

"Well, my parents were killed back 'ome, and my only living relatives are 'ere in England. My aunt moved 'ere from Québec when she was 21, I 'ave no clue as to why she did such a t'ing, and as for going to France, zey considered it, but decided zat 'Ogwarts was a better school. Plus ze French zat I speak is very different from ze French spoken in France. So zat ees why we are 'ere, even z'ough my Eenglish ees bad." Catherine replied.

"Nah, it's not that bad," Severus said with a smile. "For someone like me, who speaks no French, you're not that difficult to understand."

"Oh t'ank you" Catherine said grinning.

"So, I guess you don't know anyone yet?" Lily asked her.

"Well I met two boys earlier, I t'ink dey are our age. Zey 'elped me wit' my trunk." Catherine answered, "Zere names were James and Sirius."

"Oh yes, those two." Lily said rolling her eyes, "It figures they would take the first chance to try and pick up the new girl. All the other ones are onto them. And they won't give up easily."

"What do you mean?" Catherine asked.

"Well they're the biggest flirts in the entire school. They are incredibly conceited. It's a wonder their brooms can even get off the ground with their big heads on it." Lily finished, and Severus laughed.

"Ze one named James said I was pretty and ze one named Sirius kissed my 'and. Zey are not zat bad looking." Catherine said with a grin. Severus rolled his eyes, but Catherine didn't notice.

"Maybe not, but they are pigs." Lily said.

"I am used to zis. Ze boys in Québec, zey start young. 'Alf of dem t'ink zey are super 'ot shit. Stupid little boys ees what zey are. Zey will like you as long as you 'ave two legs and tits." Catherine said. Lily burst out laughing and Severus smiled,

"A lot of them are like that here too," Lily said, "Right Sev." She said looking at him.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Severus said trying to look innocent. Catherine and Lily burst out laughing.

As the ride continued, the girls shooed Severus out of the compartment so they could change into their school uniform and robes. Catherine put on her uniform, but left her robes next to her and sat back down and continued chatting with Lily. Five minutes later Severus came storming back into the compartment and slammed the door shut causing the window to shatter.

"What the…" was all Lily could manage before glass fell all over her. Catherine stood up to brush the glass off, and at the same time waved her hand at the window and said 'Reparo' as all the glass instantly flew up and placed itself back in the window frame. "What ees your problem Severus?" But he didn't answer her, him and Lily were staring at her.

"What?" Catherine asked looking from Lily to Severus.

"You just did magic without a wand." Severus said.

"I know, I do eet all ze time, what is ze big deal?" she asked looking incredulous.

"Well the big deal is that not many witches and wizards are that powerful" Lily said, finally finding her voice.

Catherine shrugged, "I 'ave always been able to do zat, and I am pretty sure eet 'as nuz'ing to do wit' being powerful. So tell us Severus, why you just stormed in and broke ze glass?" Catherine said quickly changing the subject.

"Nothing, just fucking Potter and his stupid fucking mates." He said through clenched teeth. "Oo ees zis Potter?" Catherine asked.

"That would be James, they don't get along well with Severus. Well actually James and Severus hate each other, as does Sirius and Severus." Replied Lily,

"I see, and what did zey do to you?"

"Nothing," was all Severus said before sitting back down and staring out the window with a big scowl.

A/N: Thanks for reading! This is my first ever fic, so please review and be kind! For those who do not speak french, translation are as follows:

Bon, alors c'est quai 9 3/4. 9 3/4? C'est pas possible. : Ok, so it's platform 9 3/4. 9 3/4? That's not possible.

Calisse. Il devrait mieux s'expliquer comment ce rendre sur le quai.: Fuck! They really should take time to better explain how to get onto the platform.

Academie de Sortilege Beaubatons.: The Beauxbatons school of Sorcery(or Wizardry). In french only the male tense is used when naming proper nouns.

Excuser-moi: Excuse me.