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Chapter one
Standing in a busy train station. I find myself looking at the reflection in the window. "Am I ready for this?" I hear the words out loud, even though the question is only for my ears. I am not so sure I am ready to embark on this next journey. Taking a deep breath, I steady my nerves. Searching my reflection I see tan skin, an auburn Paige boy that falls in waves to just below my ears and my eyes. My eyes are sky blue ringed in a deep sapphire. They are not just color. They hold my soul, my strength and my faith. I look as ready and calm as I am supposed to feel. Turning I start my walk to platform 9 3/4. My parents offered to take me in, but one month shy of 18 I am an adult. Some paths need to be walked alone. Thats not to say it will be easy, or that there wont be help along the way. Its your path, no one can walk it for you. I was told by the professor that came to explain my transfer details over the summer how to get onto the platform. I approached the platform just as a woman about my age with long blonde hair crossed over the barrier. I steeled my nerves, held my breath and walked through. This was a great deal different then arriving at Ilvermorny. Going on a hike up a mountain or apparating on to the top most peak of Mount Greylock. The fog would offer more then enough cover, but if that wasn't enough the dense cover of the trees would provide even more. It was beautiful to arrive simply. No complicated arrival, that for a new person can be overwhelming.
The Hogwarts Express is beautiful in its own right. A steam train, gleaming red. The smoke from the train was comforting, almost as if I was back in the fog of home. Watching as students and parents a like bustle about the platform. Goodbyes and Hellos were all around me. I clearly must look a little out of sorts because a guy approached me. "Can I help you find your way? I am the Headboy, James Potter." " Hi, I am Susan Lewis. I am transferring here from Ilvermorny." "Yes, that makes sense. In my letter Dumbledore said to keep a look out for you. We don't get many transfers here, ever." I just smiled a little shyly, not sure what to add to that. "Let me help you with your trunk and then I can help you to a compartment." " Thank you, that would be wonderful." He picked up my trunk and guided me through the crowd to the back of the train. I continued to follow him to the train and to a compartment. We reached a door that James opened for me and allowed me in. Walking in I noticed two woman about my age sitting there already. "Hey Alice, Lily. This is Susan Lewis. She is the transfer they mentioned in our letters." "Hello. How do you do?" I smiled at each of them and then took a seat on the bench next to the one called Lily, and the window. James headed back out to the Platform. I take note of a Headgirl pin on lily's jumper. You never know when you might need a head girl.
After introductions I started looking out the window and noticed James walk over to a group of guys on the platform. They were all handsome and seem to be laughing at something no one around them understood. They didn't seem to care either. I was staring at them. Questions whizzing through my mind. Would they be in my year? Would I be in their house? Would I be brave enough to talk to these obviously popular guys? I was shyer then most. I retreated to my books and off to my reservation when away from school. This was a new beginning, a chance to be reborn. I almost forgot I was still staring at these young men when the one with the longer black hair caught my eye. He was staring back at me with a half smile and grey looking eyes, from what I could see of them anyway. There was something about him that seemed to call to me. His friends took notice that he was staring and stared to look to me as well. My cheeks flushed and I turned back to the people I was sitting with.
"Come on Evans, you like him now!" " I do not Alice. Stop saying stuff like that, will you?" " I caught the way you looked at him on the platform before you ran to get on the train, even if James didn't see you." Lily just huffed in response to this and rolled her eyes. I was looking back and forth between each girl when Alice spoke to me. "James Potter, who has openly loved and sought out Lily for years, was always turned away. Now Something has changed and I think she is starting to like him back. She wont admit it but I can tell. I have shared a room with her for just as many years." I look at her and start talking. I never just jumped into a conversation like this or a friendship of years but I have to start somewhere. I could also use some friends here. "He seemed really nice when he helped me." I nod out the window to the group of guys now turning to enter the train. "They all seem nice and fun." " Sometimes to much fun." lily muttered just as the door slid open and the guys in question walked in. "Evans!" "Black. Hi Remus, Peter." "Who is your new friend Evans?" "She is a transfer student from Ilvermorny" "Really?" The guy with the shoulder length black hair turns to me, my heart skips a beat. I keep my features as calm as possible. I don't want anyone to think I am an introvert, that can't really talk to people because she is to shy. Or have them think i am stuck up or to good. I keep repeating its a new start over and over in my head. "Yes." Thats good keep it simple and sweet, hard to screw that up. "Have you been sorted into your house?" Squeaked the smaller of the guys. " Umm.. No, I was told I would be sorted at the end of the first year sorting and to just go with them at the station. I was in Thunderbird in Ilvermorny, I am told this is closest to your Gryffindor house. I am Susan Lewis by the way." " Oh sorry Susan." Lily looked up. i gave her a little head shake, meaning not to worry. As the boys started introducing themselves. " I am Sirius Black, the most dashing of the Marauders." " Sure, Padfoot." I look to James at the use of a nickname I imagine has a story. " I am Remus." " Peter." The boy who asked about sorting stated. "How do you all do?"
"So, whats your story, love? Why jump across the pond?" I turn to look back at Sirius. His eyes were grey. Like pools that seemed to beg to be dove into. "Wow Sirius. Could you give her a moment to settle in?" Lily seems a tad uneasy sitting here, next to James. Not to the point where she would want him to leave at all, mind you. Just like she is struggling to find her footing with new feelings. "ok, ok" not more then 10 seconds later " Well, that was at least 10 moments. So?" he turned to me and smiled. A smile that seemed to feel friendly, like we know each other somehow. I have felt this way before. I will need to try to figure where and why. Looking up I notice 6 sets of eyes on me. " Well its not the most interesting tale." " We can be the judge of that. Tell us about you, love." Sirius looks as if he is clearly settling in for a good long story. Here is hoping I dont disappoint.