Chapter 1: The Hogwarts Express

As the Hogwarts Express prepared to leave, Rose Weasley made her way down the aisle to find a compartment. She did this alone as her cousin, Albus, was still saying goodbye to his father. She wished he was there right now, with her, as a large number of students were hanging out of their compartments to look at her and were beginning to make her feel embarrassed. All she wanted was a compartment that was empty, so that she and her cousin could start their journey in peace.

When she finally found a compartment, before sitting down to wait for her cousin, she waved out the window to her parents, uncle and auntie, her brother Hugo and to her cousin Lily, both who weren't old enough to go to Hogwarts yet.

Albus entered the compartment and Rose immediately relaxed. At least she wasn't the only one getting all of the attention. Se wondered how James put up with it all, yet again, he had always been a show off; her uncle always said that he took after his grandfather.

Two girls appeared outside the door of their compartment, they were the only ones who didn't seem to be staring. It was a refreshing change for Rose. One was blonde about the same height as Rose; she was wearing a Purple T-Shirt with a pink top underneath and a black skirt. The other looked exactly like her except her hair was red and curly and she was wearing a blue dress.

"Hi, I'm Anna Faulding and this is my sister Emily," said the blonde girl, "Do you mind if we share a compartment with you? All of the others are full."

"Sure," said Rose, she'd wanted to make friends and these were the only two girls who didn't seem to know who they were, she liked that about them. "I'm Rose Weasley and this is my cousin Albus." Rose was fairly confident that if they didn't recognise her then they wouldn't recognise her name. However, she was careful not to mention her cousin's last name just in case. After all her uncle Harry was always slightly better known.

The two girls sat down on the remaining two seats of the compartment and looked at their companions nervously. "Are you two from wizarding families?" asked Anna, who was always more open and friendly than her sister, "We aren't, our parents were so surprised when we got in. But they understand. Apparently not many people from non-wizarding families have siblings who are also magical, but it could be because we are twins."

"Oh" said Rose, so she was right, they didn't know about her parents. So that's why they didn't stare, she realised. "Yes, we are from wizarding families, though my mother was Muggle-born."

"Muggle-born?"

"Non-wizarding people,"

"Does it make a difference?" Anna asked, the worry rather evident in her voice.

"Not at all, as I said my mother was muggle born and she was one of the best in her year. So was Albus's grandmother, isn't that right Al?"

Albus looked up, he had been paying attention but his mind was still lingering on the information his father had given him about being able to choose which house you wanted to be in. "Oh yes, it doesn't matter if you are muggle born." he stated. It was then that he took a good look at Anna, she was very pretty and her long blonde hair was tied in a ponytail.

"So, have your parents told you anything about Hogwarts?" she asked the two.

"Well there are four houses, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin and Hufflepuff."

"I know, they were named after the four founders, my sister told me, she read it in 'Hogwarts: A History'. They are Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff and Salazar Slytherin. My sister has read all of the school books already; she likes to read," replied Anna, she didn't like books much, but had read some and found them rather interesting.

"Well, when we get there, we are sorted into each of the houses by the sorting hat, it's a hat that is bewitched to read your mind and put you in the house you belong in."

The four of them, well three, as Emily who was too shy to speak just listened, continued to talk about Hogwarts. They talked about nearly everything else in the wizarding world too, until a knock at the door stopped them.

"James!" Albus exclaimed, wondering why his brother was bothering to come down and see how he was going.

"I was just coming to remind you two to get into your robes because we are nearly there, little bro. Mum made me promise to. See you!"

With that, the four of them changed and continued to talk until the train came to a halt outside the station.

As it stopped, Rose, Albus, Anna and Emily rose from their seats and made their way through the mass of students all proceeding to get off, and stepped onto the dark platform. This must be Hogsmeade, Rose thought, remembering the stories her mother and father had told her of their own time at Hogwarts. She knew she would not be travelling by Thestral this year, as her parents had already informed her. They had not, however, told her exactly how she was going to get to her new school. As she thought of this, she heard a familiar voice.

Hagrid, her father's friend was calling: "Firs' years! Firs' years this way!" As they approached him, he gave Albus and Rose a big smile. Rose then informed Anna how they knew him; though she seemed to be intimidated by his considerable bulk.

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