Prologue- "The Hogwarts Express"
Fiona stared at the brick wall, icy blue eyes wide with confusion and fear. "I... I'm supposed to go through that?" She looked up at her mother, Amelia.
"Yes." Amelia repeated for what seemed like the millionth time. "Just go through it."
"B-but." She stammered. "It's a brick wall! How the bloody hell am I supposed to run through a brick wall!"
"Language!" Her father, Edgar, suddenly cut in, eyes widened.
"You better run, sis." The middle sibling, Pete, laughed, looking up at their parents glares.
"Well, I'm just gonna-" She suddenly took off running, straight through the brick wall which's logic she had been questioning just moments before. Upon making it through the wall, she saw the hustle and bustle of platform 9 and 3/4. Wizard and witch children running around with their friends, as their numerous types of pets squaked and meowed, making the entire platform filled with various noises.
"Intresting, isn't it?" Pete suddenly said behind her, noticing her admiring all the noises and sights around her.
"That's a bit of an understatement, don't you think?" She smirked, her eyes darting around in all directions as she struggled to take it all in before the train arrived.
"Fi!" A familiar feminine voice called from a few feet away. Fiona looked over and saw her best friend, Juliana Raeshaw. She had curly hair, much like Fiona, but her black hair and green eyes contrasted greatly with Fiona's blond hair and blue eyed combo. "Oh my God! It is you!" She hugged her tightly. "How are you?"
"I-I'm alright."She stuttered out. "How about you?"
"I'm alright. My family is still a bit grumpy about the whole magic thing." She rolled her eyes at the thought. "'It's all a bunch of rubbish!'" She mocked, perfectley imitating her father's voice as her face morphed into his. "'Rubbish, I say!'" Her face turned back to normal and the two burst out laughing. "Ah, I love being a metamorphagus. It's bloody great for jokes."
"Yes!" Fiona replied, still laughing. Suddenly, over all of the noise on platform 9 and 3/4, the whistle of a certain locomotive could be heard.
"The train!" They could hear Fiona's oldest brother, Clark, yell behind them.
"Oh, let's go!" Juliana smiled as they ran towards the train.
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"Who's that?" Fiona asked quietly, pointing at a boy with long greasy black hair and a hooked nose sitting alone in one of the railcars, his nose in a book, seemingly unaware of his surroundings.
"I'm not sure." Juliana shrugged, examining the boy more closely through the window, her nose pressing against the glass.
"I'm gonna talk to him." Fiona announced, hand on the handle to enter the almost empty railcar.
"No! He's obviously sitting alone for a reason, you'd have to be bloody insane!" Juliana said, gripping her long time best friend's arm tightly and holding her back.
"He just looks lonely." Fiona responded, innocence in her gaze. "He probably just needs a friend."
"Fiona..." Juliana sighed.
"My descison is final." She jerked her arm away.
"Fine." Juliana rolled her eyes. "I'm gonna go see if I can find James."
"You have fun with that." Fiona opened the door and quietly closed it behind her. "Excuse me?" She asked, her voice more quiet than she intended.
The boy looked up from his books and his dark eyes met her light blue ones. "Yes? Do you need something?"
"I-I- I saw you were sitting alone, you see, and I was just-" She stammered, and looked down awkwardly. When she looked up, she saw that the boy wasn't looking at him as if she were crazy as she had thought he would. He seemed quite concerned, as if she had just had a complete panic attack in front of him. She looked up all the way and spoke. "I was wondering if you needed a friend!"
"I-" The boy looked puzzled. This girl, whom he had never even seen before, wanted to become friends, with him, of all people. "I suppose."
She sat down with a sigh of relief. "Thank you. What's your name?" She asked, thinking carefully about each and every word she spoke, trying not to say anything stupid.
"Severus Snape." He said, putting a bookmark into his book and setting it down carefully next to him. "Yours?" His voice was quiet, and he seemed to be quite shy, just as Fiona was.
"Oh. I'm Fiona." She said quickly. "Fiona Lucille Everett."
Severus eyed the girl carefully, noticing her twitchy personality, clear shyness, and obvious awkwardness.
"Why were you sitting alone?" She suddenly asked before covering her mouth, her eyes wide, afraid she had just said something stupid, as she feared. "I'm sorry- I don't mean to pry, it's just you seem like a perfectly nice person and I'm really not quite sure as to why you would be sitting alone. Oh, I'm rambling, sorry." She mumbled, looking away.
Snape raised an eyebrow before settling on what he was going to say in response. "I just don't really know anyone, I suppose." He shrugged. "And the people I do know just don't like me because I want to be in Slytherin."
"That's so silly!" She suddenly interuppted. "There's nothing wrong with wanting to be in a certain house!"
Severus smiled at her. "Thank you."
Fiona eyed the book he had been reading. "Ooh! Fantastic Creatures and Where to Find Them!" She scooped up the book and stared at it with excitement. "I love this book! I cherish my copy!"
"You like reading?" For what seemed like the eightieth time, Snape raised an eyebrow.
"No." Fiona scoffed. "I bloody love reading!"
Severus smiled and the two continued talking about their shared intrests for what seemed like an eternity, and they both smiled the whole time.
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"Fiona!" Juliana shouted, waking up Snape, but not Fiona.
Severus looked down at the blond haired girl, who was sleeping soundlessly, her head on his chest and her arms locked in his.
"Fiona!" Juliana screamed again, and she jerked out of her seat, landing on the floor with a thud. "I came here two hours ago telling you to go to James and Sirius' railcar! What have you been doing?!"
"I was talking to Severus." She yawned, standing up. "He's actually quite intriguing."
"You just met the guy, and you were already sleeping on him! That's weird, Fi. Let's just go meet up with James, Siruis, and Remus."
"Remus? Who's Remus?" Fiona asked.
"Oh. One of James' friends. You'll love him. He's all bookish and dorky like you." She grabbed her friend's arm and started pulling her out of the car.
"Bye Severus!" Fiona tried to drag her feet as Juliana dragged her out. "I'll see you when we get to Hogwarts, if not sooner!"
"Bye." He said back as Juliana pulled her completely out.
When the two go to James' railcar, Juliana pushed Fiona into the car and set her down next to Remus.
"Ah ha! There she is!" James said, smiling that smile that made everyone laugh.
"Hey James." Fiona shot a smile back, laughing a bit. "Who's the newbies?" She gestured to the two boys she didn't recognize.
"That's Peter." He pointed.
"And that's Remus." Sirius pointed.
"Hello." Remus smiled at Fiona.
"Nice to meet you." She smiled back.
"Likewise." He said. The boy was different that most she knew. He seemed more mature somehow, and his smile was warm, unlike James', which was normally either so weird it was funny or downright creepy. Not to mention the various scars on the boy's face. His voice was calm and quiet, unlike Sirius' overwhelmingly loud voice.
"So, Juliana said you were hanging out with some boy. Who was it?" Sirius asked.
"Severus Snape." She replied.
James' mouth dropped open. "Snape?" The name was like acid on his tounge.
"Yes?" Fiona replied, her head cocked sideways.
"The one who wants to be in Slytherin?" He hissed out.
"Yes?" She responded quickly, still confused.
"Why would you-"
She cut him off. "James.If you're going to be a dick, be a dick about someone who isn't my friend." Her eyes were locked on him.
"Oooh." Sirius' laugh cut through the silence. "You got tolllleeddd!"
"Shut up." James adjusted his glasses and laughed too.
The six talked for the rest of the ride, and time practically flew by when they realized the train had stopped, and they were finally at Hogwarts.
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"And that's why I'm never letting Julie anywhere near my chocolate ever again!" Fiona finished her story.
Remus laughed. His laugh was suprisingly loud and -she had to admit- pretty hilarious if you got him to laugh hard enough, considering his quiet normal laugh and voice. Juliana was glaring at her. "You said you wouldn't tell anyone that." She grumbled, crossing her arms.
"Hey, it was pretty funny." James said, laughing like everyone else. He had even snorted a few times throughout the story.
"Whatever." She mumbled.
"Hey! We're here!" Peter suddenly shouted.
"Seriously? Let's go!" James smiled and led the group out.