"Bye mum!"
"Make sure you write us!"
"See yo-"
The window shut with a small 'click' leaving me to the silence that I've become accustomed to. My brother had disappeared the second we passed thought the wall to find his friends.
"You'll be a good girl, right Char?"

"Yes, Daddy."
They never seemed to get tired of saying that to me, 'be good', 'don't draw eyes to yourself', 'do as your brother says'. They never trusted me to be okay by myself...but here I was. A lone on a train full of other witches and wizards that hold some kind of hate to the others, simply because of the house they where in.
"You better be in Gryffindor. If not, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff at the very least. Merlin help you if you are in Slytherin." "Yes, Daddy."
Everything was about what house you are or were in. It's almost as if, just by the name of whatever house you're in, will make your life easier to see or something.
I was brought out of my reverie by a loud "meow".

"Oh, Midnight I forgot to let you out."
The tiny kitten looked at me with it's green eyes and sneezed.
I giggled," Bless you."
Midnight yawned before curling in the spot next to me as I went looking for my art book or book to read.
"What house do you want to be in, Mid?"
The cat glanced lazily at me before rolling over on his back.
"Same."
The train started moving just as I sat down, and immediately, teens sticking their heads and hands out the windows to say goodbye to their families. I rolled my eyes - it wasn't like they weren't see each other for Christmas, or anything. The walls of bricks faded away to trees, giving me inspiration to draw.
New people, new rules, new everything. I wonder if my brother will even say anything to me...probable not. Midnight meowed and curled up in my lap, purring.
"Silly kitty."
A few minutes past, and the landscape I was drawing had just started to take shape, when the door opened, startling Midnight and causing her to hiss.

"Oh, sorry to bother you," a female voice said, surprised.
Tearing my eyes away from my drawing, I looked up to see who the voice belonged to.

A small girl with red head and green eyes stood at the door, a Gryffindor crest on her robes, and behind her stood a blacked haired boy, who was looking down at his feet, hindering me from seeing his face clearly. "Can we sit here? Everyone else is ether full or won't take us." Said the girl, who I now knew was who had originally spoken.
I nodded slowly and started to pet Midnight, causing him to calm down.
"Thank you!"
I nodded again. "They're only asking to sit with you, Char." I mentally told myself. "It doesn't mean that they have to know who you are,"

They both sat down across me, the crest on the boy's robes showing he was from Slytherin. "A Grffindor and Slytherin," I thought to myself, "maybe there is some hope for Hogwarts."
"Is that your kitty?" The girl smiled at Midnight as he sat watching the two new people.
I nodded, bashfully.
"Can I pet him?" She asked, albeit shyly.
Midnight mewed again, and jumped into the girl's lap, causing the girl to giggle quietly to herself, and immediately started petting Midnight. Midnight's satisfaction from the situation he was in, was demonstrated by his relentless purring, causing all of us in the compartment to smile.

"Look Severus," the girl exclaimed happily, "He really like me!"
The boy smiled a little, "It's difficult to not like you, Lily. I'm not surprised,"
The girl, now known as Lily, giggled again," Thank you Sevy." Midnight sneezed again and moved into the boy's - who I now knew was named Severus, lap still purring. My eyes widened a little in surprise - the only guy that was able to touch Midnight without getting hissed at or scratched was Wolfy, and he was, well, a wolf (hence his nickname).
Lily giggled again, "Looks like he likes you, too,"
Severus smiled a little and jumped when the cat started to kneed his legs.
"Can you get him off?" The boy asked after a minute.
I bite back a smile and took my cat back, placing him in his carrier.
"What's his name?"
I blinked and looked down at the floor, "Midnight."
"Aww. What a cute name." She said petting him though the bars. "I'm Lily Evans, this is Severus Snape. We are second years."
A small smile pulled at my lips, "Char, fist year"
Lily smiled and hold out her hand, "Welcome to the Hogwarts Express."
I slowly took her hand and shook it before pulling my knees up on the seat and going back to drawing, "Thank you."
It stayed quite for a few minutes, the other two wiggling and feeling awkward.
"What-" Lily was about to say something, but was interrupted by the Trolley Lady, "Anything off the trolley dears?"
Severus bit his lip and glanced at sweets then looked away.
"We don't have-"
"Two of everything, please." I slowly got up and handed her the money not looking at the other two.
"Sure thing, young lady." The woman gave me what I asked for and continued on her way down the train.
"Here." I put the sweets in between the two of them, "You look hungry."
They stared at me as I put my small money pouch away, in surprise.
"You didn't have to do that." Lily said in shock, picking up a chocolate frog hesitantly.
Severus, however, just glared at me and the sweets, not touching them.
I smiled at her, " I wanted to. You both looked at the sweets before saying no, telling me that you wanted them, but didn't want to spend the money."
Lily glanced at the pile, "At least take something."
I glanced at the chocolate wands, then looked back a that her, "I'm oka-"
The wands there placed in my hands. "Here. You wanted them right?" Severus said, exasperated.
I blinked a few times at the older boy in shock, "Thank you." Was all I managed to say.

I smiled at him, making him blush and look away, "It wasn't much...Can I pet Midnight?"