CHAPTER 2

"Merlin's beard, why are there so many Griffindors?" I still can't seem to find

a compartment to sit in, particularly with someone in it who doesn't stare at me

like I have something gross on my face.. I don't have something gross on my face

do I? I stop and wipe my face, nope nothing. I turn to my right and see Luna

Lovegood and Nevill Longbottom sitting together in a compartment they turn to me

and wave, not like the others who I can still feel staring at the back of my

head. Luna waves for me to come sit with her, so I do so.
"Bella! do come sit

with us." Luna's voice has always sounded a bit dreamy, it adds to her

personality I guess.
"Hello Bella," Nevill stands up for some odd reason.

"How was your summer?" He sits back down and I nearly forget what he asked me,

it takes a few seconds to remember and then, "Not so good, as you've probably

heard, seems like all of the other kids have." Luna seems puzzled and I take the

seat next to her.
"So its true?" Luna takes off a pair of sparkly glasses

that twist and turn in pink shades, i'm not going to even bother to ask her

about them.
"Yes Luna."
"Oh, i'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked." Neville

seems truly upset, he lost his parents when he was young, I probably reminded

him of it and it makes me feel guilty. My mother Farrah and I were never close,

I never really considered her as a nothing more than a mother, she was always in

her shop in diagon alley so I didn't see much of her.
"Its okay Nevill, I

wasn't very close to my mother anyway." I can see that he's in deep thought but

he quickly raises his head and nods.
"So is it true, you know, that Professor

Snape is your father?"
"Luna.." Neville sounds innocent but the expression on

his face says otherwise.
"Neville, honestly its okay. Yes its true, even

though I didn't know about it until the end of the summer." Neville is still

giving Luna a 'shut up!' look. I switch places onto the other side next to

Nevill so I can see out the other side of the window. Luna is talking about the

Quibbler and Neville changed the subject to something about plants, never was

good at Herbology. I look outside some more at the trees and the re-appearing

grass, its getting dark out so we shouldn't be far away from Hogwarts.
I

finally join into the conversation when they were talking about what classes we

were taking this year, Luna is doing Arithmancy and Neville is doing Care Of

Magical Creatures, I hadn't really decided yet, but I said that I would go with

Neville. Neville and I are good friends and we have been since our first year at

Hogwarts, but we hardly spoke this summer.
Fred and George Weasley popped

out of nowhere in-front of me and made me scream.
"Did we scare you?"
"I

think we did George." I hit Fred when I realised what just happened, I laughed

and my checks started to hurt, I hadn't smiled in quite a while.
"Merlin's

Beard! Don't do that!" I chuckle lightly as I pull myself together. I first met

these two clowns in first year, they had done the same thing on the train that

year too.
"Well Bella, you look lovely."
"Yes much better than what our

mother made us wear." They sit on either side of me and Neville moves next to

Luna where they continue on with their conversation. I look down to George's

chest and see a huge 'F' on the front of his sweater and a 'G' on Fred's

sweater. I laugh loudly at the mistake they had made, or had they made it

purposely?
"So Fred," I turn my head to George, "Pranked anyone lately?" I

try and hold back the laughter coming up my throat and they both smirk at the

same time.
"Oh, no-one but you." I pull at their sweaters and let go so it

sinks into their chests. This time I turn to Fred, "Nice try, but I know your

Fred." I smirk at George and hit them both on the back of the head.
They both

said "ow" at the same time.
"So your to cleaver for us aye?"
"No-one is

to cleaver for us, Fred." George says it like an echo in the room and they both

turn to face me.
"I beg to differ." My comment made them turn and face each

other both synced at the same time.
"Well tell us this Bella," George turned

his head towards me, "Is that dim witted teacher your father?" Fred finished for

him, in a joking manner of course, otherwise I might have taken

offense.
"Apparently so, George." Completely cutting of Fred I turned to

George, he caught the drift and stopped looking at Fred and concentrating on

me.
"Well, you two do look quite alike, although you are a lot prettier." We

both chuckled and Continued to ignore Fred, only playing of course. I thought

about what George said, we do look alike now that I think about it, both me and

Snape have dark black eyes and dark hair, mine not as dark as his though. Then

again, I was a lot tanner than him in comparison.
"Oh, how immature of you

two." Just by his tone of voice I can picture his cocky smile and him winking at

me.
"Oh, how can I be mad at you!" I turn to Fred and fling my arms over his

shoulders and hug him tucking my face under his chin so I can see

George.
"See George, I told you I was always better looking." I laugh and try

and let go of Fred to sit in the middle again but Fred pulls me into the hug

again and pulls me up to sit on his lap.
"Oh, i'm truly hurt, by the both of

you."
"You sound like my mother!" Both me and Fred gestured this to George

and all three of us ended up in hysterics. Fred and George had been my best

friends since I first walked onto the Hogwarts Express, and it hasn't changed

one bit. Its nice to know that some people won't judge me by my family. I tried

to pull myself from Fred's lap but he just pulled me back onto his lap.
"Stop

moving, you." He showed the same smirk that I always loved and winked at

me.
"Oh, okay then. I was going to go to sleep but if your happy like this I

think i'll just fall asleep here." I turned hiding my face from Fred and winked

at George, he to showed the slightly evil but cocky smirk.
"Oh well then,

your not going to sit on my for another two hours." Fred tried to move but I

just tighten my grip around his neck so he couldn't.
George laughed at his

brother and stood, "bye Fred." He said it almost girl like and left the

compartment with just Luna, Neville, Fred and I inside it.