Chapter Two: Hogwarts Express and The Sorting
It was September first and Lily Evans was sitting in a compartment to herself near the front of the train. There were other compartments but they were for the prefects. Lily had finished most of her books, but she didn't get Transfiguration, she could understand most of the equations but she just couldn't manage the spells. Lily was halfway through the book when the compartment door opened and she saw standing there was a small girl with reddish-brown hair. She had baggy clothes on and she was carrying her trunk with no problem. She dropped her trunk and pulled off her headphones.
"Would it be alright if I sat with you?" She asked.
"Yeah, sure." Lily said as she helped bring her trunk in. "My name is Lillian Evans." She said shyly. Lily was a little scared of the girl but she couldn't really tell how scared she should be. The girl took off her disc man and turned it off and then she stuck out her left hand to shake as she took off her sunglasses. Lily got sight of amazing sea-green eyes when the girl took them off.
"Most people call me Bobby, but I think that you can call me Maggie." She said smiling. "I'm not going to hurt you." She said smiling.
"Sorry." Lily said averting her eyes.
"It's no problem, I get it a lot. I don't put up with bull so people think that I'm going to kill them or something." She said smiling. "What were you reading?" She asked.
"The transfiguration book." Lily said as they both sat down.
"It's a little confusing eh?" Maggie said.
"It is, well it's more the problem of doing it." Lily said.
"I can perform the spells fine but I can't understand the equations for the life of me." She said smiling.
"Are you a muggleborn?" Lily asked.
"Yeah." Maggie said. "I'm supposing you are too." Maggie said smiling.
"Yeah." Lily said smiling back.
Before another word was said the door opened again and a small boy stepped in. he looked around and then set off again. That's when they heard the noises out in the corridor. They both got up and went out in to the corridor and saw that a tall scrawny blonde was picking on a small girl. Maggie stepped out in to the corridor with her wand and helped the girl up off the ground.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" The girl asked.
"Helping her up off the ground, why? Would you like to be where she was?" Maggie asked smartly.
"Like you could do anything to me." After the girl said that, Maggie lifted her wand and muttered something. The next minute the girls hair was electric pink instead of perfectly blonde. The group of them ran off trying to help her with her hair while, Lily and Maggie helped the girl into the compartment.
"Are you alright?" Lily asked as she sat down next to the girl.
"Yeah, thank you for helping me." The girl said to the both of them.
"It's no problem." Maggie said smiling.
"My names Harley Abbott." She said smiling.
"I'm Lillian Evans and this is Maggie." Lily said.
"Hey." She said as she took out a book from her trunk.
The girls got in to discussion about what house they wanted to be in and what they thought the sorting would be like, but they stopped talking when the compartment door opened yet again to reveal four boys. Three of which, Lily had met in Diagon Alley.
"Lillian, good to see you." The tall boy with long messy black hair.
"Yes, if you say so." She said grinning.
"Lookey here, we got some fresh meat James." Sirius said as he sat down next to Harley.
"Yeah I think I got myself a better pick." James said smiling from beside Maggie. Remus sat down next to Lily and smiled at his friends.
James put his hand on Maggie's leg and got a quick and decisive smack with her book before she continued reading.
"She's a feisty one." James said.
"Yeah and you wouldn't fit this ones requirements." She said smiling at the two of them.
"Oh and how does this one like her men?" Sirius asked grinning.
"She likes them stronger, smarter, older and to actually know what they were doing." She said smiling.
"So you're a slut." James said grinning at his friend.
"Yeah, I'm a slut." She said as she rolled her eyes and then went back to reading her book. Harley left with the guys and Lily and Maggie were left to laugh at their antics.
"I can't believe that he had the nerve to touch you." Lily said laughing.
"Yeah well he wouldn't have got much had I not smacked him." Maggie said smiling.
"Though I'm sure that Harley will certainly be giving Sirius something to smile about." Lily said grinning.
"That is what I'm afraid of, I hate guys who do that shit." Maggie said angrily.
"What are you against men and women having relationships?" Lily asked.
"No, I just hate men who use women for a booty call and then never talk to them again." She said smiling lightly.
"Hey do you wanna play muggle cards?" Lily asked.
"Sure." She said smiling. They played poker the entire trip, Lily losing every time. Five minutes before the train was due to stop, they locked the door and changed in to their robes. They also packed things up for when they were to get off of the train.
'When we arrive at Hogsmeade Station, just a reminder that you are to leave your luggage on the train as it will be taken up separately." A bodiless voice rang through the train. When the train stopped, Lily and Maggie got off and followed the voice of a tall man who was carrying a lantern.
"Hey 'here Maggie, who's yer li'le friend?" Hagrid asked.
"This is Lillian Evans, Lily, this is Hagrid, he's the games keeper for the Hogwarts grounds, and he does an amazing job too." She said grinning at the giant man.
"Hello Hagrid." Lily said smiling.
"Well we better get going, after yer get settled in, you come and have a cup o' tea." He said.
"I will." She said smiling. The group of them started down a steep hill, it was about a five-minute walk and then they were on a grassy shore that looked over the lake, it was icy black.
"Four to a boat." Hagrid said as he got in to one himself. Lily and Maggie got into a boat and were soon joined by a small girl that had long braided brown hair and looked like she was going to cry if anyone even talked to her. They also had a boy in their boat; it was the boy that had looked into their compartment earlier on the train ride.
"Look up at you'll get yer first look at Hogwarts." Hagrid said loud enough for all of them to hear. All the heads looked upwards and awed in amazement at the castle that stood above them. When they all looked back down they saw a little cavern like thing that went underneath the castle.
"Duck yer heads." Hagrid said, and everyone ducked their heads and about five minutes later they were getting out and heading up stairs. They came out a door at the side of the castle and then they went to the front door of the castle where Hagrid knocked three times.
The door was opened by a tall stern looking witch, with her midnight black hair in a tight bun at the nape of her neck.
"Thank you Hagrid." She said.
"Yer welcome Professor." He replied before he left them and headed towards a cabin that was on the edge of a huge looking forest.
"Come in." She said to the student and led them towards a room that was obviously not the great Hall. It was a room off of the entrance hall that they were stuck in for about ten minutes before the Professor came back and lead them in to the Great Hall where the rest of the student body and the other Professors were seated waiting for them. Maggie and Lily stood next to each other waiting to see what they had to do to be sorted.
The Professor left the hall and came back carrying a three legged stool that had a very old looking wizards hat on it.
"When I call your name you will come and sit on the stool and put the hat on your head and when you are sorted you may join your house at their tables." She said after she set the stool down. "Sirius black." Sirius walked up and sat down on the stool, it was a few minutes before it yelled out 'GRYFFINDOR'.
It seemed like forever that the sorting took. Lily and Maggie were both seated at Gryffindor table by the end of the sorting. Much to Maggie's dismay so were all the boys from the train.
The night went by fast for them as they ate and chatted with their new housemates. At the end of the night they finished off the day with the Hogwarts song and then they made their way to their different houses. Lily and Maggie followed the Prefect of their house and then they went up to bed. Lily and Maggie's beds were together, and they quickly climbed in under the heavy and warm comforters.
It was September first and Lily Evans was sitting in a compartment to herself near the front of the train. There were other compartments but they were for the prefects. Lily had finished most of her books, but she didn't get Transfiguration, she could understand most of the equations but she just couldn't manage the spells. Lily was halfway through the book when the compartment door opened and she saw standing there was a small girl with reddish-brown hair. She had baggy clothes on and she was carrying her trunk with no problem. She dropped her trunk and pulled off her headphones.
"Would it be alright if I sat with you?" She asked.
"Yeah, sure." Lily said as she helped bring her trunk in. "My name is Lillian Evans." She said shyly. Lily was a little scared of the girl but she couldn't really tell how scared she should be. The girl took off her disc man and turned it off and then she stuck out her left hand to shake as she took off her sunglasses. Lily got sight of amazing sea-green eyes when the girl took them off.
"Most people call me Bobby, but I think that you can call me Maggie." She said smiling. "I'm not going to hurt you." She said smiling.
"Sorry." Lily said averting her eyes.
"It's no problem, I get it a lot. I don't put up with bull so people think that I'm going to kill them or something." She said smiling. "What were you reading?" She asked.
"The transfiguration book." Lily said as they both sat down.
"It's a little confusing eh?" Maggie said.
"It is, well it's more the problem of doing it." Lily said.
"I can perform the spells fine but I can't understand the equations for the life of me." She said smiling.
"Are you a muggleborn?" Lily asked.
"Yeah." Maggie said. "I'm supposing you are too." Maggie said smiling.
"Yeah." Lily said smiling back.
Before another word was said the door opened again and a small boy stepped in. he looked around and then set off again. That's when they heard the noises out in the corridor. They both got up and went out in to the corridor and saw that a tall scrawny blonde was picking on a small girl. Maggie stepped out in to the corridor with her wand and helped the girl up off the ground.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" The girl asked.
"Helping her up off the ground, why? Would you like to be where she was?" Maggie asked smartly.
"Like you could do anything to me." After the girl said that, Maggie lifted her wand and muttered something. The next minute the girls hair was electric pink instead of perfectly blonde. The group of them ran off trying to help her with her hair while, Lily and Maggie helped the girl into the compartment.
"Are you alright?" Lily asked as she sat down next to the girl.
"Yeah, thank you for helping me." The girl said to the both of them.
"It's no problem." Maggie said smiling.
"My names Harley Abbott." She said smiling.
"I'm Lillian Evans and this is Maggie." Lily said.
"Hey." She said as she took out a book from her trunk.
The girls got in to discussion about what house they wanted to be in and what they thought the sorting would be like, but they stopped talking when the compartment door opened yet again to reveal four boys. Three of which, Lily had met in Diagon Alley.
"Lillian, good to see you." The tall boy with long messy black hair.
"Yes, if you say so." She said grinning.
"Lookey here, we got some fresh meat James." Sirius said as he sat down next to Harley.
"Yeah I think I got myself a better pick." James said smiling from beside Maggie. Remus sat down next to Lily and smiled at his friends.
James put his hand on Maggie's leg and got a quick and decisive smack with her book before she continued reading.
"She's a feisty one." James said.
"Yeah and you wouldn't fit this ones requirements." She said smiling at the two of them.
"Oh and how does this one like her men?" Sirius asked grinning.
"She likes them stronger, smarter, older and to actually know what they were doing." She said smiling.
"So you're a slut." James said grinning at his friend.
"Yeah, I'm a slut." She said as she rolled her eyes and then went back to reading her book. Harley left with the guys and Lily and Maggie were left to laugh at their antics.
"I can't believe that he had the nerve to touch you." Lily said laughing.
"Yeah well he wouldn't have got much had I not smacked him." Maggie said smiling.
"Though I'm sure that Harley will certainly be giving Sirius something to smile about." Lily said grinning.
"That is what I'm afraid of, I hate guys who do that shit." Maggie said angrily.
"What are you against men and women having relationships?" Lily asked.
"No, I just hate men who use women for a booty call and then never talk to them again." She said smiling lightly.
"Hey do you wanna play muggle cards?" Lily asked.
"Sure." She said smiling. They played poker the entire trip, Lily losing every time. Five minutes before the train was due to stop, they locked the door and changed in to their robes. They also packed things up for when they were to get off of the train.
'When we arrive at Hogsmeade Station, just a reminder that you are to leave your luggage on the train as it will be taken up separately." A bodiless voice rang through the train. When the train stopped, Lily and Maggie got off and followed the voice of a tall man who was carrying a lantern.
"Hey 'here Maggie, who's yer li'le friend?" Hagrid asked.
"This is Lillian Evans, Lily, this is Hagrid, he's the games keeper for the Hogwarts grounds, and he does an amazing job too." She said grinning at the giant man.
"Hello Hagrid." Lily said smiling.
"Well we better get going, after yer get settled in, you come and have a cup o' tea." He said.
"I will." She said smiling. The group of them started down a steep hill, it was about a five-minute walk and then they were on a grassy shore that looked over the lake, it was icy black.
"Four to a boat." Hagrid said as he got in to one himself. Lily and Maggie got into a boat and were soon joined by a small girl that had long braided brown hair and looked like she was going to cry if anyone even talked to her. They also had a boy in their boat; it was the boy that had looked into their compartment earlier on the train ride.
"Look up at you'll get yer first look at Hogwarts." Hagrid said loud enough for all of them to hear. All the heads looked upwards and awed in amazement at the castle that stood above them. When they all looked back down they saw a little cavern like thing that went underneath the castle.
"Duck yer heads." Hagrid said, and everyone ducked their heads and about five minutes later they were getting out and heading up stairs. They came out a door at the side of the castle and then they went to the front door of the castle where Hagrid knocked three times.
The door was opened by a tall stern looking witch, with her midnight black hair in a tight bun at the nape of her neck.
"Thank you Hagrid." She said.
"Yer welcome Professor." He replied before he left them and headed towards a cabin that was on the edge of a huge looking forest.
"Come in." She said to the student and led them towards a room that was obviously not the great Hall. It was a room off of the entrance hall that they were stuck in for about ten minutes before the Professor came back and lead them in to the Great Hall where the rest of the student body and the other Professors were seated waiting for them. Maggie and Lily stood next to each other waiting to see what they had to do to be sorted.
The Professor left the hall and came back carrying a three legged stool that had a very old looking wizards hat on it.
"When I call your name you will come and sit on the stool and put the hat on your head and when you are sorted you may join your house at their tables." She said after she set the stool down. "Sirius black." Sirius walked up and sat down on the stool, it was a few minutes before it yelled out 'GRYFFINDOR'.
It seemed like forever that the sorting took. Lily and Maggie were both seated at Gryffindor table by the end of the sorting. Much to Maggie's dismay so were all the boys from the train.
The night went by fast for them as they ate and chatted with their new housemates. At the end of the night they finished off the day with the Hogwarts song and then they made their way to their different houses. Lily and Maggie followed the Prefect of their house and then they went up to bed. Lily and Maggie's beds were together, and they quickly climbed in under the heavy and warm comforters.
