Two first-year girls raced across platform 9 3/4. One was Esencha Cassia. She was tall, as tall as her counterpart, and wore an all-white outfit, complete with a long shirt with puffy arms and a short skirt over stockings and rainboots. Her long ponytailed hair slapped her thin waist, and her large grey eyes looked all the bigger behind circular glasses. A coal-black rat clung to her head as she ran.
Her friend was Andromeda Von Brean. She was the complete opposite of her friend. Her short black hair stuck up in spikes, and her intelligent green eyes glanced everywhere. She wore an all-black out fit with a t-shirt, short jeans that just hit her knees, and knee-high hightops. A white rat clung to her shoulder.
"C'mon 'Dromeda! We're gonna be late!" Yelled the angelic-looking girl.
"I'm coming!" The devilish-looking girl shot back.
They both jumped onto the train with their bags just as the doors were going to close.
Andromeda glanced around nervously, and her friend caught it.
"Stop being so nervous, 'Dromeda! We're going to Hogwarts! The best school of magic around! What's got you hyped up?"
"Well..." She looked at her friend, "Es, what happens if we end up in different houses?"
This made her friend think. Esencha smiled defiantly, "Then we still hang out! We'll still have some classes together, won't we?"
"Yeah, maybe..."
"C'mon, let's go find somewhere to sit."
Later...
Andromeda yanked open a compartment door. Three people sat within, one, the girl, looked like she was going to stand up.
"Can we sit here?"
"We?" The red-haired boy said.
Andromeda moved over, revealing Esencha. Both boys stared at the beautiful girls asking for seats.
The girl rolled her eyes, "Sure."
"Thanks." The girls said together.
They shuffled in and hauled their bags above their heads, onto the racks and sat.
"I'm Hermione Granger."
"Ron Weasley."
"Harry Potter."
Neither girl looked surprised.
"I guessed." Esencha stuck out her hand to all three, "Esencha Cassia. This is my rat, Andy. She's a girl, despite the name." She pointed to the black rat.
Andromeda did the same, "I'm Andromeda Von Brean. This is Essa. She's a girl too." She pointed to her white rat.
"So are the rat's named after each other?" Ron Weasley said, "This is Scabbers."
"Yeah." The girls said in tandem.
"Oh." He said.
"Yup."