AN: My other marauder fic. didn't work, so I'm doing this one instead. This starts on the train.
Disclaimer: I don't own this stuff. Only Serafina.
Serafina POV
I sat in an empty compartment with my nose in a book. I was reading 1001 Wizard Pranks and Their Reverses. Don't get me wrong, I don't pull pranks. I just want to be prepared in case someone else did. I was sure someone else would. Halfway through the book, someone knocked on the door.
"Can my friend and I come in?" a female voice asked.
"Sure." The girl opened the door and her and her male friend slipped inside. I had expected another girl. Eh, live and learn. I went back to my book.
"So what's your name?" the girl asked. I looked up again. She was a redhead, with little freckles and beautiful green eyes.
"I'm Serafina." I held out my hand. She shook it politely.
"I'm Lily."
"What's that short for?" I asked, looking at her.
"Uh..." she said.
"Or is it just Lily?"
"Just Lily. This is my friend, Severus."
"Hello, Severus." I said, putting my hand out again. He also shook it. "Now if you excuse me, I'll be reading." I turned once again to my book, but was interrupted by knocking again. "Hello?"
"Can we come and sit down?" It was a guy this time. I looked at the other people.
"Come in." A boy with dark brown hair and glasses, and a boy with black hair and brown-ish eyes came in.
"Ugh, Potter. Let's go, Severus." Lily led her black-haired friend into the train corridor.
"Dumped before you even got to ask. Ha!" one of the boys said. I guessed the other one was 'Potter'. I sighed. I really didn't want to share a compartment in the first place. They finally seemed to notice me. "Hullo, I'm Sirius Black." He held his hand out. I shook it.
"I'm Serafina." I said.
"I'm James Potter." I shook the other guys hand. "What's your last name?"
"Everglade." I said. "Why'd you come here?"
"Needed a place to it." he shrugged. I went back to my book. "Woah, is that 1001 Wizard Pranks and Their Reverses?"
I showed him the cover. His eyes widened.
"Can I borrow it? My parents wouldn't let me get it." he pouted.
"Let me guess, they said that you would 'get into much trouble' and 'attract the wrong crowd'?" I asked. He nodded. "Sorry, I don't trust people with my book unless I know them, or they are in my line of sight."
"I'm in your 'line of sight'." I rolled my eyes and tossed him the book. He flipped through it. I stood up to grab another book, but, again, was interrupted by a few knocks.
"Come in." I didn't need to hear them ask. A tall, skinny boy with scars came in and closed the door. How many people are gonna come in here? I thought. "So, what's your name? Mine's Serafina, that guys James Potter, and the other one's Sirius Black."
"I'm Remus Lupin." I grabbed the book I wanted.
"Do you want me to grab your suitcase? I'm already standing so it won't be a problem." I grabbed his suitcase delicately and put it next to mine.
"Thanks." Remus said. I sat back down with Magical Theory. Remus looked at it.
"Does everybody like my books?" I asked nobody in particular.
"Probably." Sirius replied. I handed Remus the book. He eagerly started reading it. "I'm still surprised you got a book that shut James up."
"Let me find one for you then." I stood up on the seat and looked through my book-bag. I pulled out three books.
"The ones I'd think you'd like would be one of these three. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Tales of the Wild Hippogryphs, or How To Escape Detentions and Get Them." He snatched the detentions book. "I have a book for every occasion." That was my catchphrase. Sirius and James put my books down at the same time. Remus had put his down before them.
"So... wanna talk about Hogwarts?" James started, kind of nervous.
"Sure. Which house do you want to be sorted in?" I asked all three of them.
"Gryffindor, 'where the brave dwell at heart'." James quoted.
"Same. I hate Slytherin." Sirius agreed.
"I don't care if it's Ravenclaw or Gryffindor." Remus said.
"I couldn't care less about which house." I admitted.
"Even Slytherin?" Sirius asked.
"I'm fine with Slytherin. I don't see why you guys hate it."
"Well, for one, most people there are evil and mean-" James started.
"No proof. You haven't even met one."
"Two, people always try to trick everyone-"
"And so do I."
"Three-"
"Just shut up already. It's stupid that you think all of them are evil, even without meeting them." I sat with my arms crossed, glaring at him.
"Why do you care so much? It's not like your brother or something is in Slytherin." James stated.
"I don't need a brother or something to know that what you said about Slytherin is idiotic and stupid."
"Why are you so angry?" Sirius asked, "I mean, my family has been in Slytherin forever and I'm not getting angry at him."
"That's because you have different views. She thinks it's wrong, you think it's fine. It doesn't matter that much." Remus said, trying to defuse the situation. It worked out well.
"Sorry, it's just annoying to me when people do that." I said, and shook my head. A woman came and slid the door open.
"Anything off the trolley, dears?" the kind woman asked.
"Uh... I'll have six chocolate frogs and a thing thing of Bertie Botts Every Flavored Beans." I said. She handed them to me.
"That will be a galleon and a knut. Anything for you boys?" I handed her the money and the other boys placed their orders. I held out a chocolate frog to James.
"Peace offering?" I asked.
"Sure." He took it nicely.
"We will be arriving at Hogwarts in thirty minutes." an announcer said.
"Okay then. Now all of you, out. This is my compartment. You can come back in when I'm done changing." I pushed them out the door and locked it using a charm. I got into my robes and uniform, and slid the door open again. They were gone. "You guys in the other compartment?" There was muffled 'yeses' from the compartment to the right. I sat back down and packed up my books. The boys came in a few minutes later.
"Sorry for the inconvenience, we have an hour before we arrive." the new announcer sounded a little bit annoyed. I ignored it. Now we had more time to get to know each other.
We all sat down again. "You know, I don't know your last name. What is it?" Remus asked.
"Ollivander." I answered simply.
"I thought it was Everglade." Sirius said.
"It is." I answered.
"But you just said it was Ollivander."
"It is." I repeated.
"But which one is it?"
"Both. I have two last names." He stared at me blankly. "People can have two last names, Sirius."
"Really?"
"Yes, Sirius."
"Are you lying?"
"No, Sirius. I'm just trying to grasp the concept of how stupid you are." I said tonelessly.
"So, if your last name is Ollivander, does that mean that Mr. Ollivander the wand-guy is your dad?" James asked.
"Yes. Thank you for being more intelligent than Sirius." I told him. He pulled his wand out of his pocket.
"What's this made of, then?" He handed it to me. I examined it and smiled.
"Mahogany, eleven inches, the core is interesting. Little bits of everything, all in one. It's a very powerful, but very hard to control, although it's seemed to take a liking to you. Back to the core, it's impossible to chose. It has maybe a bit of dragon scale, or heartstring. Could be phoenix, but I highly doubt it. Only my father knows." I handed it back to him. "Do you two want me to tell about your wands? Hand one over." Sirius decided to go first.
"Fifteen inches. This is an old, old wand." I continued to look over it. I put it to my ear. "Interesting. It is older than any wand in the shop, and it will be fatal to a person. It is happy with you as it's owner. Your turn Remus." I smirked when I held his wand.
"This was my favorite. I made this one myself. It's twelve inches, oak, and...Hmm... a phoenix feather and a dragon heartstring. Second one I made. It will cast tremendously powerful spells, and someone will use it for wrongdoing, even for the shortest time, but still will be used for evil. It's quite happy with you, and that's always good. Loved this wand, I used it at least fifty times." I told him, and handed it to him smiling.
"You've made wands?" Sirius asked. "Did you make yours?"
"Of course. Thirteen inches, maple, hippogryph feather. First one I ever made. It isn't very pretty, but works quite well." I pulled my wand out of my pocket. It was a light brown at the top, and a dark brown at the bottom. It blended in the middle and had symbol carvings in it. "Only wand, so far, to have a feather from a hippogryph."
"Are you going to take over the shop when you get out of Hogwarts?" Remus asked.
"I sure hope."
"We will be arriving at Hogwarts in ten minutes." I immediately jumped to the window. In the darkness, a castle started to take shape. A few lights were on. A smile formed on my face as we rapidly came closer to the castle of Hogwarts.
AN: So... what do you think? I think it's pretty good, if I do say so myself.
