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A bellow of incomprehensible words and a flash of green light shattered through the hallway, as fright and confusion spread across their faces. They stood up, but made no more movements. A scream pierced ears before it was silenced, once again by a bright green light and a yell of words. She could hear them coming, they were tiptoeing up towards them, as she and her brother backed against the curtain. The door slammed open with wicked laughter, as the girl was approached. The madly cackling woman edged towards the girl. As she once again cried horrible words the girl was pushed away, and her brother fell to the floor. More green, but the scream was not silenced, but doubled, as the woman and the girl howled. The girl dropped to the ground, as the woman was dragged away by her scurrying friend.
Silence.
She woke up again as the train jolted her up, and opened her eyes to escape her now regular nightmare. She brushed her dark brown hair away from her lightly freckled cheek and looked around the cabin. A tall boy with hair a violent shade of orange and a girl with light brown bushy hair were staring at her in shock.
"See? I told you! You're- you're Tia Harris, aren't you?"
Tia suddenly realized her mistake and pulled her hair over her cheek again, to cover a lightning bolt-shaped scar that had been permanently etched into her.
"Uh… yup that's me," she said, her shyness fixed upon her expression.
"Wow!" exclaimed the boy opposite her. "I didn't know you were coming to Hogwarts!"
Tia smiled. "Well yeah, Professor Dumbledore's been helping me throughout the holidays anyway, so he asked whether I wanted to go to Hogwarts. I don't really know anyone here though… But he told me about Harry Potter! Do you know him?"
Once again the boy spoke. "Well… well yeah we're his best friends… we are…" he muttered into silence.
"Um… Is he here?" Tia looked around the cabin as if Harry was hiding somewhere.
The girl lifted her head slightly and spoke. "He's just gone to find the twins… Fred and George they're, they're Ronald's brothers…" Tia raised an eyebrow.
"Ronald…?"
"Oh! I'm sorry, we didn't even introduce ourselves! This is Ronald Weasley…" she said, indicating the boy opposite Tia, who quickly mouthed 'Ron' to Tia as the girl continued. "And I'm Hermione Granger."
Tia opened her mouth to reply when her eyes stopped on the carriage door. Two tall identical boys with hair as orange as Ron's sprawled themselves dramatically against the door, causing Hermione to shake her head and roll her eyes. One of them nudged the other, indicating Tia's presence, and they both pushed themselves off the door and opened it, revealing a grinning boy with messy black hair and glasses, holding brightly coloured sweets standing behind them. One of the twins sighed and approached Tia.
"What an unfortunate young lady, having to sit here with our dear brother,"
"Though I suppose 'Mione's brains make up for Ron's stupidity," argued the other twin, still in the doorway.
"You do have a point there George," said the first twin, kneeling in front of Tia.
The two tall red-headed boys smiled eagerly at Tia, and she slowly waved a hand, raising an eyebrow.
"Hello!" the twins said at exactly the same time, causing Tia to laugh.
"Hi."
"I'm Fred,"
"George,"
"Weasley." They both finished.
"I'm Tia," she replied, grinning. "Tia Harris."
"Well, nice to meet you Miss Harris! Wait what?!" George reached out and brushed her hair away, showing her scar. "Woah! You're Tia Harris!"
"Yup." She laughed and turned to the boy with glasses as Fred and George jumped onto the seat beside her. "And are you… Harry Potter?"
The boy nodded and sat down between his friends. "Yeah that's me, nice to meet you Tia…"
She smiled back and for a few minutes the six remained silent. "So um…" Hermione paused. "Are you going to get sorted into a house?"
"Yeah I think I'm getting sorted before the first years get to the Hall."
"You better be in Gryffindor!" Piped up the twins.
"Is that your house?"
"Yeah, all of us are in it," started Ron. "The house for the brave, it is!"
"With some exceptions…" Fred said, jabbing across the cabin at Ron, who in turn threw a glare.
Tia looked around at them. "But I'm not really brave," she said hastily, and the train slowed to a stop. Tia, for nearly the first time for the whole journey, looked out of the window as they all stood, and gasped.
"Welcome to Hogwarts," said Fred, placing a firm hand on her shoulder.