I looked around Platform 9 ¾ curiously. Everyone around me looked so excited to be here, meanwhile I wanted to be anywhere but here. I groaned as someone grabbed my arm. I jumped and turned around to see my father smiling down at me with his bright blue eyes that always confused me. Everyone in my family had some variation of blue eyes: my father and sister have bright blue while my mother and brother had dark blue. I was the black sheep of my family with green eyes.
He kneeled down in front of my taking something out of his pocket, "I know you are not happy transferring schools to a whole different country, but your mother and I thought this would make you feel better." In his hand he held a necklace I have seen many times before around the neck of my mother. I never seen her take it off before.
"Your mother wanted to be the one to give this to you, but you know why she cannot be here," he stated and I nodded my head. My mother was eight months pregnant with her fifth child and on bed rest. "Your grandmother gave this necklace to your mom on her first day of Hogwarts, and she wan-"
"Mom went to Hogwarts also?" I cut him off. This is the first time I heard of this, and I quickly realized how it was obviously true. It was not like the fact was a family secret. My mom told me she grew up in England, and Hogwarts is the school everyone in England goes to.
"Yes, she was in Gryffindor like your uncle Will" my father began going back to the earlier topic, "this is important so be careful."
I turned around as my father put the necklace on me. I lifted up the charm and took a closer look at it. It was simple but beautiful. A silver oval with a black rose engraved on it, and underneath it my mother's family name was engraved, 'Blackburn'.
"Tell her thank you" I said smiling before a loud horn went off.
"Time to go, be good now" he said, "see you over Christmas break." I nodded my head before running onto the train. I pushed down the corridor nervously looking for any empty or nearly empty compartments to find none or there were older kids. I was lost in thought thinking of what to do as I walked into someone.
"Sorry" I said and I looked to see a girl around my age. She had bushy brown hair and matching eyes and she shrugged it off.
"It's okay… are you looking for somewhere to sit?" she asked and I nodded my head, "you can sit with my friends and I." Well that was easy, I think. Depends on how her friends are. She seemed nice enough, her friends cannot be that bad right?
"Are you a first year?" she asked.
I blushed, "am I that short? I am a transfer student, I am going into my third year."
She blushed, "I am going into my third year too, my name is Hermione Granger. What about you?"
"Olivia Yates" I said as the two of us walked down the corridor toward her compartment.
"Are you from America?" she asked.
"Yes, how did you know" I asked.
Hermione laughed, "the accent. What part of America?"
"New York City" I responded with a small sigh, and I missed it. We reached the compartment and she opened the door to reveal two boys, a red head with brown eyes and black haired with green eyes, and a sleeping man.
"Hello" I said nervously as Hermione sat in between the two boys and I sat down beside the sleeping man giving him a nervous glance.
"You picked up a first year?" red head asked. I felt my cheeks redden. I know I am short, but am I really that short?
"I am a transfer student, I am going into my third year" I stated, "also my name is Olivia Yates."
"I am Ron Weasley" the redhead stated.
The black haired boy added, "I am Harry Potter." The name sounded familiar but I could not put my finger on it. All the nerves I had before began to disappear as we continued to talk. It stopped when the train randomly stopped. I looked at the three about to ask if this was normal but their nervous expressions answered my question. Ron looked out the window as it began to freeze. He jumped back as the door opened.
I turned to see a...thing… floating in the entrance. The compartment felt as if the temperature was lowered by ten degrees. I could not help but to feel as if the happiness I felt from meeting new friends disappear. I heard a soft thud and saw a bright light. I looked over to see the sleeping man, whose name was probably Remus Lupin according to his bag, had jumped up with his wand out. The thing vanished as I heard someone yell Harry. I looked down to see Harry had collapsed to the floor and back to the man. I finally got a better look at him, he had brown hair and green eyes.
I walked through the doors with the first years. I really do fit in with them… I looked up at the ceiling not caring much at what was going on in the front of the room. They had nothing like this ceiling at my school. My old school…
It was beautiful still, seeing the night sky as we ate. Names were beginning to be listed, but I had time since I was in the Ys. After what felt like hours, I was the last one left. I walked up and sat in the stool many people sat in before me and the professor put the hat on me. I felt all the eyes in the room glued to me making me even more nervous.
"Hmmm… brave girl, but also intelligent and loyal… but your bravery and chivalry is greater, only one choice," the hat began, "GRYFINDOR!"
A/N- What do you guys think?