Having just walked through towards the platform, Ally Turner stopped to look at the steaming train which now stood in front of her. Students rushed about, greeting friends they hadn't seen through the summer or saying goodbye to family members. Butterflies twisted in her stomach as the realisation of being the new girl in school hit her. She turned her back on her soon-to-be-school mates and watched as her 'family' joined her on the platform. Her golden eyes looked at them apprehensively, knowing they would know immediately she was worried about today.

"You'll be fine darling" a tall, platinum blonde hair woman told her, smiling brightly, trying to ease the young girls mind. Ally tried a feeble smile, but knew it wouldn't convice her guardian.

"Cheer up Ally, I mean, look around you, the boys aren't so bad looking" the youngest member of the family besides Ally commented. With platinum blonde hair falling in a straight sheet, Sienna Beauvard was the spitting image of her mother, Sarah. Sienna's eyes roved the platform taking in the masses of pupils. Her mother sighed and shook her head, although not quite being able to hide the small smile that graced her features.

"One track mind, Si" her older brother commented half heartedly. At 17 years old, with messy blond hair falling over his eyes Max Beauvard was unknowingly claiming a lot of attention from a large portion of the female population of Hogwarts. Shaking his head at the sight of his sister looking about the platform, he turned his attention to Ally. Her golden eyes, in turn worried him. He knew she was a shy person and he didn't fully believe that she could cope with a change like this right now.

"You really will be fine Ally" he told her, lowering his voice so only she would be able to hear him.

"Fresh start might be good for you" Max continued, trying to reassure her. Ally merely looked at him, trying to steady her nerves. She loved them all, they were her family now, but there was still a part of her that wished her own mother and father would be here to send her off.

Three years ago, Ally, her mother and her father had been involved in a car accident. It had been a stormy night and the roads were wet. It was a blind bend and her father hadn't seen the other car coming. Ally could remember seeing the headlights flash on her face, hear the roaring of the thunder as the cars clashed together, and then the movement as the car rolled itself down the hill.

Ally shook her head, temporarily trying to remove the thoughts from her head. Now wasn't the time to be thinking about it. A clearing of the throat brought her back to the present, as she cast her eyes on the only member of the group who had been silent up until now. A blond haired man with hair like his sons and a gleaming set of teeth brought himself forward.

"Ally love, it's nearly time" Philip Beauvard stated quietly. Out of the four members of the family it was him who had the most obvious french twang. Ally looked over the four people stood in front of her and really didn't want to leave them. Her golden eyes shone even more brightly and Max sighed heavily.

"Come on Ally, it can't be as bad as before" he tried saying in a positive voice. He was, of course, referring to her previous school, Beauxbatons. Ally had previously been attending the french school, and had disliked it immensly. She had had no friends, and had been constantly ignored throughout her three years of being there. The only company she had kept was that of Max and Sienna, but even that was considered strange. Sienna was two years older than herself and Max three. Max and Sienna were extemely popular however, and Ally didn't want to be a burden to them. She tried to keep herself to herself, and had spent her three years at Beauxbaton almost in the library. Maybe it would be the same here, maybe it wouldn't, only time would tell.

Still not having spoken a word since arriving, a small cough behind her made her jump. Turning slowly she found herself face to face with a girl, roughly two years older than herself, with long red hair and emerald green eyes. A bright smile illuminated her face as she spoke,

"Hi, Nathalie, remember me? Lily Evans? We met when you came down to Hogwarts at the end of last year" she stated in a confident voice. Ally sighed slightly in relief, although she had cringed slightly at the use of her full name.

"Hi, sure I remember you, although you can just call me Ally" she stated, her throat feeling very dry. Her voice was quiet yet had a melodious ring to it.

"Well, we better get your stuff on the train, it's nearly time to go" she said with a smile, motioning at the trunk at Ally's feet. Ally smiled slightly and turned back to her family.

"I guess, I should go then" she said in a small voice, looking up at the four people stood in front of her. Sarah, Philip, Max and Sienna all carefully took in Ally's appearance and mentally sighed in relief at the apparent change in eye colour. They were no longer a bright burning gold, but a more dull gold, boardering on brown. Silently they thanked her parents for the extraordinary gift she had received.

"Write to us when you want darling" Sarah said brightly, swooping down to plant a kiss on both of Ally's cheeks.

"Yeah, and keep us updated with everything going on" Sienna added after her mother, moving in to kiss Ally on both cheeks as well.

"Stay out of trouble" Max stated, grinning, knowing this would be extremely easy, bending down to try and ruffle her hair, which she successfully dodged with a smile.

"Try your best, thats all you can do" Philip said in his deep french voice, kissing Ally on both cheeks.

Ally smiled up at her family,

"I will, I will" she reassured them all, a smile on her face, and her eyes now a deep chocolatey brown. She turned to Lily, who looked puzzled at first, but then a look of comprehension lit her face.

"Right let's get going" she said cheerfully, bending down to give Ally a hand with her trunk. Ally turned to give her family one last wave goodbye and was just in time to see them turn and walk back through the wall into the muggle world.

"What have you got in your trunk?!" Lily exclaimed as she finally managed to heave the trunk up the stairs onto the train. Ally gave Lily an apologetic smile, her eyes having returned to a bright, shimmering, liquid gold colour.

"I honestly have no idea, Sienna wouldn't let me pack" she said, a small playful smile playing on her lips. Ally followed Lily through the train, packed full of jostling students all trying to get a compartment.

After a while of continuous searching, they managed to find the compartment Lily had managed to bag earlier, within which held her own trunk.

"Here we are" she said, dumping Ally's trunk on the ground next to her own. She spun round to face the shy girl, who had walked cautiously in after herself.

"I would try putting them out of the way, but I know there's no way I'd managed that one" Lily explained to Ally, motioning to the luggage racks above their heads. She took a seat by the window and gestured for Ally to take the seat opposite her. Being careful to move at usual speed, Ally manouvered around the two trunks to the seat Lily had motioned to and sat down. She could feel Lily's eyes on her and looked across atthe curious expression lighting the red headed girls eyes.

"Can I ask you something? I really hope you don't find it too personal or anything" Lily began, her hands fidgeting in her lap slightly. Ally smiled slightly, thinking she knew what was coming. Her eyes, now a chocolatey brown colour, shone as she responded.

"Sure go ahead"

"Well, I was just wondering, well your eyes, they were golden before and now they're kinda, well, a chocolate brown. Is that because of," here Lily leaned in, obviously not wanting to be overhead by absoloutly anyone, "because of, you being, well, erm, well, special?" she finished cautiously, obviously trying very hard not to offend Ally. Ally merely smiled, silently congratulating herself on her correct guess.

"Yes, it's because of me being an Etoileige" she confirmed.

Ally Turner was no ordinary girl. At 5"5 she was relatively short, with mid length chocolate brown hair, she looked like your average girl. However it was her eyes that gave her away. The continuous changing of colour, reflected her emotions. The shimmering golden colour they had occupied earlier reflected the worry she had felt at starting a new school. The chocolate brown that now filled her eyes showed that she felt comfortable with the current arrangement. This changing eye colour was a very rare trait, not fully understood by a lot of people. Ally was an Etoileige which meant that she was "a star". The Etoiliege people were extremely uncommon, and found few and far between. Noone quite knew how they came about, but they knew that they existed. They were so named due to their ability to glow. When extremely happy and content, a glow would emit from their body, visibly shining. Ally just happened to be one of those blessed few with this amazing gift. Not only this but Ally was an amazing exception to the Etoileige race. She was the only known one that had the amazing ability to change her eye colour dependant on emotion. It had never been seen before. As well as this, Ally was entering her 6th year. However she was not 16 going on 17, she was in fact 14 going on 15. One of the special traits of an Etoileige was their mental development. They were gifted with intellect. Ally had the mental intelligence of a 16 year old, and when meeting with Dumbledore and her previous headmistress, it was decided that she would be moved up two years to help her.

Lily looked on at Ally with continued curiousty, but looked away, thinking this might make the younger girl feel uncomfortable

"So you looking forward to coming to Hogwarts? You're going to be in Gryffindor aren't you?" Lily questionned, moving their conversation on. Ally was grateful for her not lingering on the subject about her inheritance and replied readily and willingly.

"I'm really looking forward to it, I've heard Hogwarts is very difficult from my old school. And yes, I'm going to in Gryffindor"" she finished with a small smile. She remembered back to the day in Professor Dumbledore's office when the Sorting Hat had been placed on her head and had immediately told her what house she would be in.

"Well I'm sure you'll really like it, although there are one or two downfalls to it all" she added as an afterthought, a small frown placed on her face. Just as she had finished speaking the compartment door flew open and a loud shout of "LILY! I FOUND YOU AT LAST" could be heard.

Ally spun round the look at the new addition to their compartment to see a tall, blonde haired, blue eyed girl come charging in, making a bee line for Lily.

"Hey Fi" Lily greeted her friend with a hug as the girl took a seat next to Lily.

"I've been looking everywhere for you, marching up and down the train, I've only just managed to get away from James with him whining about not being able to find you..." the girl chattered away at lightening speed, trailing off at the end finally noticing Ally sitting there.

"Oh sorry, you must think I'm so rude, I'm Fiona, Fiona Shorts" the girl smiled brightly at Ally.

"Pleased to meet you, I'm Ally, Ally Turner" Ally responded, her eyes having returned to a shimmering golden colour.

Dam, I'm really going to have to get my emotions under control she thought to herself, as she felt worry fill the lining of her stomach.

"Yes, this is Ally Turner, she's a transfer student, she's going to be in our year and she's in Gryffindor with us" Lily explained to her friend quickly, getting out the necessary information.

"Well it's nice to have you with us Ally" Fiona smiled politely at the young girl.

"So how was your summer Lils?" Fiona asked Lily and the two girls began to delve into conversation.

Ally sat back in her chair, watching as the scenary flew past her, hoping that this year wouldn't be too bad.