CHAPTER ONE-lily

I walked down the aisle of the Hogwarts express. It was my first year! My mind buzzed with all the wonderful possibilities of Hogwarts! Gryffindor and Hufflepuff sounded nice… but Ravenclaw! A house full of smart intelligent people! Plus… they'd be fun! Ya, Gryffindor is Hogwarts's new "poster house"! Everyone strives to be a Gryffindor… the house Harry Potter himself was in.

Even though i want to be a Ravenclaw, Gryffindor would make me popular! Then there was slytherin that was STILL being publicly shamed for being Voldemort's home house. Anyone sorted there was basically shunned by Hogwarts! Avoided ignored… and even though though headmaster longbottom had tried to stop it… each slytherin was put to a standard test. Then closely watched. Even first years.

I walked up to the first empty compartment. I had no friends at the orphanage. So… that was MY luck.

I don't know how long it had been, but there came a knock at the compartment door.

"Uh, umm. COME IN!" I said, awkwardly. The door slid open and a young handsome boy stood in the doorway. He had blond hair that swept in front of his eyes, and bright blue eyes.

"Oh! I didn't know this space was occupied," he said. He turned to leave.

"Wait! You can stay! I'm actually kinda lonely," i felt my cheeks go warm.

He turned back around. He looked at me as if not very sure i really meant what i had said. I smiled at him, just to get my point across.

Sit! Please! I begged in my mind. He smiled back and sat down, sliding his bag under a seat that was across from mine.

"I'm mason... Mason dean," the boy said. He smiled again. It made my heart flutter. We were quiet for a moment.

"I'm Liliana Ashworth, but call me Lily," I said. I looked at the window trying not to stare. His eye's were REALLY blue.

"Sooo," mason said, breaking the awkward pause, "which house do you want to be in,"

"Well, Ravenclaw sounds nice… I'd practically die if I were to be a Slytherin," I said, with a small laugh.

"Same, But Gryffindor would suit me, not because of harry potter or anything but, I love to adventure, and play games and… have fun!" he exclaimed, a wistful look in his eyes. My heart was pounding against my rib cage. He held my eye contact until i couldn't take it anymore and HAD to look away.

We sat in silence for a while. Then voice rang through our door

"ANYTHING FROM THE TROLLEY?!" mason stood up and asked,

"Want anything?" I pulled a bag out of my pocket full of galleons. After my parents died, I inherited ALL the money.

"Ummm, take this and buy two of everything," I said. Why not break the tension with nothing other than a bit of sugar? Mason laughed and took my money bag. A few moments later, he returned, his arms full. He then piled everything onto a row of seats.

"Now, help yourself," I said. He gave me a look and opened his mouth to say something,"no! Just, have some," I said again, smiling. He smiled in return and passed me a chocolate frog, taking a licorice wand for himself.

As I had thought, candy made everything better. The rest of the way we talked continuously, laughing like old friends.

The day grew darker and the stars came out. "You see that row of stars there! That's the Big dipper!" said mason, pointing to a cluster of stars. Both of our faces were pressed to the window.

"Cool!" I replied. Then I looked at him,"you know, I hope we're in the same house, Mase," I said

"Me too, Lily," he replied.

I left to change into robes. I put my muggle clothes into a bag and returned into the compartment, just as the train stopped.

"COME ON! LILY! LET'S GO!" mason yelled. He grabbed my hand, and my heart stopped. He smiled at me, then lead me out of the compartment with his soft hand. (That's when i figured out, mason is going to be the death of me). As we entered the hall, we got caught in a stream of children. We, me and my new best friend where going to Hogwarts!